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M. McDANIEL, Greenville, firm of McDaniel & Son, manufacturers and dealers in furniture. Greenville, like most cities of its size, has its representative men in nearly every branch of trade, and to the above firm must be accorded the honor of being the leading firm in this line in Darke Co. M. McDaniel was born in Medina Co., Ohio, Aug. 15, 1836; the early part of his life was passed in Putnam Co., where he received a fair education in the common schools. In 1854, he located in Troy, Miami Co., where he completed the trade of cabinet-making, with Joel T. Thompson, who was one of the early pioneers of Darke Co.; he continued in Mr. Thompson’s employ three years, when he associated with James W. Hickison, and purchased his employer’s interest and continued the furniture business, under the firm name of Hickison & McDaniel, until the fall of 1860, when he sold out to his partner, and after a short residence in Lima, Ohio, enlisted, Aug. 12, 1862, in the 94th O. V. I., and went forward to battle for the union; he was in many severe engagements, among which were Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Hoover’s Gap, Tullahoma, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Dallas, Peach Tree Creek and all through the siege and capture of Atlanta, during which time he was actively engaged for eighty-four days in succession, and was with Sherman on his march through Georgia to the sea, through the Carolinas, and was with Sherman at the surrender of Johnston; thence north through Richmond to Washington, where, after the grand review of the army, he was forwarded to Columbus, mustered out of service, and received his discharge on June 14, 1865, having served in the Union army nearly three years. Upon receiving his discharge, he returned to Troy and followed his trade five years, and in 1871 came to Greenville, and for four years was foreman of Turpen & Co.’s furniture factory, and in 1874 purchased the furniture store of Turpen & Auld, since which time he has continued the business under the above firm name. His marriage was celebrated with Nancy E. Mickfall Dec. 1, 1859; she died Dec. 14, 1879; they were the parents of three children, of whom two died in infancy; the living, William A. J., is now junior member of the above firm. Mr. McDaniel has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1865, and became a member of Center Lodge, No. 272, of Troy, in 1860, and in 1874 affiliated with the Greenville Lodge, No. 195, and is also a member of Greenville Encampment, No. 90.