Etowah County AlArchives Biographies.....McDaniel, M. L. May 20 1833 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   M. L. McDANIEL, son of John and Ellen (Johnston) McDaniel, was born May 20,
1833, in Talbot county, Ga. The McDaniels are of Scotch descent, and came to
America in colonial times and settled in Chester district. S. C. Mr. McDaniel's
grandfather, John McDaniel, was born in 1746, and was a Revolutionary soldier.
He had a large family, and died in 1812. The father of Mr. McDaniel was born in
1789, and was a soldier of the war of 1812, and also of the Florida Indian war,
and was a prominent figure in his county, being a magistrate for forty years and
a democrat. He was a Union man in his sentiments, and always opposed secession.
The family consisted of seven children, of whom two are living. An older brother
of M. L. McDaniel went to the Mexican war and was never heard of again, and
another brother, Thomas S., who was a captain in the Confederate army. He has
one sister, Sarah, wife of Jerry J. Jones, of Somerville, Ala. Mr. McDaniel came
to Etowah county, when a lad of fifteen years, and when the war came on he
enlisted in company E, Fifty-first Alabama regiment, and served in the army of
the Tennessee, and was in the following battles: Luverne, Murfreesboro,
Shelbyville, Chickamauga, Atlanta, followed Sherman to the sea, and was at the
battle of Bentonville. Paroled at Greensboro, N. C., he has been a farmer since
that time, and owns a farm of 511 acres. He was married on the 14th of
September, 1865, to Buena Vista, daughter of Maj. A. H. Colvin, and nine
children have blessed the union, as follows: Parrie, wife of S. J. Riddle; Lura,
wife of Thomas Gilchrist; Sumter C., William L., John A., Earl Houston, Thomas
A., Mattie L., and Joe C. Mr. McDaniel is a democrat.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1016-1017
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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