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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ARCHER D. DANIEL, a native of Campbell County, Ky., was born October 2, 1819. His father, Charles Daniel, a native of Kentucky, was a Whig in politics, and was constable and master commissioner of Campbell County for a number of years; he enlisted in the war of 1812, but engaged in no active service; he died in Campbell County in his seventy-fourth year; he married Esther Dickerson, of Grant County, daughter of Archer Dickerson, and four sons and three daughters were born to them, of whom the subject of this sketch is the third child. William Daniel, the grandfather of Archer D., a native of Virginia, was an early settler in Campbell County, where he died; he took part in the war for independence. Archer D. Daniel was reared and educated in Newport, where he followed merchandising, and where he owns nineteen acres of land; he settled in Glencoe in 1872, since which time he has been engaged in general merchandising; he also owns a store at Marion’s Landing, Owen County. November 14, 1843, he married Mary Reasdall, of Hamilton County, Ohio, daughter of John and Lydia Reasdall, natives, respectively, of England and Massachusetts. Seven sons and two daughters blessed their union: William, Archer, Charles, Henry, Mary, Elwood, Lewis J., Dillard H. and Irene. William, Archer and Henry are deceased. Mrs. Daniel died November 1, 1867, at Belleview, Boone County; she was a member of the Swedenborgen Church at Cincinnati, Ohio. Politically Mr. Daniel is a Democrat, but was formerly a Whig.

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This family biography is one of 39 biographies included in the Gallatin County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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