Charles Morris Day was born in Todd County, Kentucky, on August 16, 1890. His parents were Charles Morris Day, Jr. and Rowena Williams Day. After attending college for three years at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee, Charles went to work for Hickman, Williams, and Company in St. Louis in 1909. He was transferred to the Birmingham office in 1915 where he worked until World War I. Charles M. Day was a soldier in the United States Army during World War I. He was first stationed at a training base in Georgia called Fort McPherson where he wrote to his girlfriend Marguerite King of Birmingham, Alabama. Later, he was deployed to France where he fought from May 1918-May 1919. Before Charles was sent to France, he and Marguerite King married. After Charles returned from the war, he and Marguerite moved to St. Louis where Charles became the vice-president at Hickman, Williams and Company, where he was in the pig-iron business. Later, he and his uncle began the Valley Dolomite Corporation, a steel and iron company. Charles passed away on September 17, 1963. Henry P. Day, Charles and Marguerite’s son, attended Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his time there, he was required to do his service with the Army. He was first stationed on a base in Oklahoma called Fort Sill before he was transferred to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. While in North Carolina, he married Nancy Westcott of Delaware. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war and Henry was sent to North Africa. During the war, Henry served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Corsica. Upon his return to St. Louis, Henry began working with his father at the Valley Dolomite Corporation.