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William S. McDaniel was born in the State of North Carolina on December 17, 1827, and is the son of William and Mary McDaniel, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, being born in that State in 1798, and followed farming as a profession all his life, and was married to Miss Mary Stone about 1820. Of this union eleven children were born, five of whom are living, the subject of this sketch being the second son. The family moved to Arkansas in 1855, and there settled in life. In 1853 William S. was married in Alabama to Miss Mary Burton, of Alabama, a daughter of Drewry and Margaret Burton, and to them have been born five sons and six daughters, of which only the following are still living: Margaret (who married D. H. White), Mary J. (the wife of W. J. Hitt). Owen R. (now department clerk of Nevada County), William T., John H., Ada V. and Euna P. Mr. McDaniel enlisted in the late war in 1862, and fought faithfully and bravely for his country until the close of the war, after which he returned home to engage in farming, and in 1872 was elected county treasurer, an office which he retained many terms. He owns an estate of 177 acres of highly cultivated land, is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Baptist Church. He is a shining light in the business, religious and social circles of the community in which he resides, and in politics is a strong Democrat.