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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  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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COL. C. A. McDANIEL is a son of Fielden and Lucy (Barker) McDaniel, and was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1823. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in Virginia, in 1781, but a resident of North Carolina at the time of his marriage, which occurred about 1803. In 1808 he came to Middle Tennessee, and was a resident of Lincoln County, Tenn., after 1810 or 1811. He died in 1840, being one of the early residents and pioneers of the county and suffering many privations incident to pioneer life. The mother was born in North Carolina, in 1783, and died in 1839. Our subject is one of their nine children, and resided with his parents until their respective deaths, then he and his brother Charles bought the old homestead and began tilling the soil. When the news came that gold had been discovered in California, he, with a number of friends, started for the “Golden Gate,” going overland, the trip taking nine months. There he remained seven years engaged in mining. He returned home in November, 1856, and in December, 1857 was married to Margaret Buchanan, daughter of Andrew Buchanan. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Lincoln County in November, 1831. They have four children: Mary Lou (Mrs. J. B. Whitaker), Andrew C., and Fielden and Felix (twins). In 1848 Mr. McDaniel had purchased 100 acres of land, on which he settled after marriage, and where he has since made his home. He now owns 374 acres of good and well improved land. In 1847, at the age of twenty-three, he was elected to the State Legislature, being the first native representative of Lincoln County. In 1854 he represented Calaveras County, Cal., in the State Legislature, and has been a life-long Democrat. He served in the Mexican war and was slightly wounded at the battle of Monterey. He took an important part in the late war, and assisted in organizing the Forty-fourth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, and he was chosen colonel of the same. He was wounded in the right arm at Shiloh, but served until the close of the war with the exception of nine months. He returned home in May, 1865. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886.  The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee

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