Burke-Screven County GaArchives Biographies.....J.H. Daniel 1831 - 
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Author: Author Unknown - Taken from Memoirs of Ga., Vol II
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., pages 824-825
Published by the Southern Historical Association in 1895

J.H. Daniel, merchant, Millen, was born in Burke County in 1831, and is the son 
of Zack and Lydia (Griffin) Daniel.  His father was a native of, and followed 
farming all his life in Burke County, and his grandfather, a native of North 
Carolina, first settled in Burke County about 1800.  The parents of the mother 
of Mr. Daniel were born in South Carolina and moving to Georgia died in this 
state.  He was educated at the public schools and in 1858 he married Mary H. 
Gray, daughter of Robert H. Gray.  Mr. Gray was born in Columbia, S.C., and 
moved to Waynesboro, Ga.  He was tax receiver for a number of years and 
afterward moved to Millen, where he died in 1870.  To this union were born four 
children, now living: Robert G., engaged in business with his father, now in 
England; James H., also in business with his father; and Grover Stanley.*  The 
mother was born in Waynesboro in 1840.  They are both active members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.  In 
1855 he was made tax receiver of Burke County and held the office two years.  
He was then employed as a mail clerk for two years and was then promoted to 
conductor, and afterward became a railroad agent at Millen.  He also 
established a general mercantile business in 1876, which has seen been 
continued.  He is a partner in the firm of Daniel Sons & Palmer, and owns large 
farming interests in both Burke and Screven Counties.  Mr. Daniel has about 
20,000 acres of land, a large number being in cultivation, in tilling which he 
runs about 130 plows; his cotton production being about 1,500 bales annually.  
Mr. Daniel is one of the best businessmen in Screven County, and handles the 
reins of his vast interests without any apparent responsibility.  He lives in a 
fine residence near Millen.


*Note – the biography states Mr. Daniel has four children but only three are 
listed.


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