Jackson County FlArchives Biographies.....Daniel, William J. December 1, 1876 - 
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Source: The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. III  pg.268  1923
Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present

	DANIEL, WILLIAM JOSEPH.  The Daniel family has been one of prominence 
in West Florida for many years.  The name is especially associated with 
banking, and WILLIAM JOSEPH DANIEL of the present generation is now cashier 
and active head of The Peoples Bank of Marianna.
	His father was the late WILLIAM J. DANIEL, a native of Florida, and at 
one time a member of the State Legislature, and the State Senate.  Many years 
ago he established a private bank conducted under his individual name, the 
first bank in West Florida between Pensacola and Tallahassee in 1886.  
Subsequently this was changed to W. J. Daniel & Company, bankers, and in 1902 
he organized the First National Bank of Marianna and was its president until 
his death, January 21, 1906.  He married SARAH S. DEKLE, also a native of 
Florida, now deceased.
	Their son, WILLIAM JOSEPH DANIEL, was born at Campbellton, Jackson 
County, December 1, 1876.  He was educated in the public schools in Marianna 
up to the age of eighteen, and afterward attended a private school conducted 
by a Presbyterian minister at Tallahassee.  For nearly thirty years Mr. DANIEL 
has been continuously identified with banking, gaining his first experience 
under his father.  He served as assistant cashier of the First National Bank 
of Marianna until 1911.  In September, 1912, he with Judge C. L. WILSON and 
their associates organized the Peoples Bank of Marianna, with $35,000 
capital.  The president is Judge Wilson and the vice president is Doctor 
Baltzell, but the active management devolves upon the cashier, Mr. DANIEL, who 
is regarded as one of the keenest financiers in this section of the state, and 
his progressiveness has been manifested in many ways for the benefit of the 
community.  As a banker he had a prominent part in handling the Liberty Loan 
sales in the county during the World war.  He is a democrat, a member of the 
Episcopal Church and the Knights of Pythias.
	June 15, 1905, Mr. DANIEL married ELISE G. MILTON.  Her grandfather 
was the war Governor Milton.  Her parents were JOHN and CARRIE (RUSS) MILTON, 
both natives of Florida.  Her father was a merchant, served as county 
treasurer, and later retired to his farm.  Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL have one son. 
WILLIAM JOSEPH, Jr.


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