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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  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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William J. Daniels is a son of Thomas and Nancy Daniels, the former a native of Indiana, and the latter born near Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Daniels maiden name was Stenson, and she first married a Mr. Ellis, by whom she had six children; having moved to Ohio, where her husband died, she afterward married Mr. Daniels, and with him, in 1847, came to Missouri, locating at the Meramec Iron Works, where both died, he in 1849, and she in 1852. Mr. Daniels was connected with iron works the most of his life, was a Democrat in politics, and with his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. William J., the eldest in the family of three children, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1834. Beginning work at the Meramec furnace as a common laborer, he rose to the position of chief furnace man, which position he held from 1862 until 1866. Five years were spent in New York and a short time in Tennessee, in similar positions. In 1860 he married Mary Harris, a native of New York, who was born in 1842. Their only child, Ellen E., died in childhood, and they have reared a brother's child from infancy, named Ellen D. Mr. Daniels moved to his present farm in 1882, and owns 200 acres, having been very successful in a financial way. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He votes the Republican ticket.

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This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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