TALBOT COUNTY, GA - BIOS M.L. McDaniel Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mrs. Frances and Peter D. Gold [McDaniel] Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm MEMORIAL RECORD Of ALABAMA BY HANNIS TAYLOR, Mobile Ala Two [2] Vol. Vol#1, page 1016-1017 M.L. McDaniel, son of John and Ellen (Johnston) McDaniel, was born May 20, 1833 in Talbot County, Georgia. The McDaniels are of Scotch decent, and came to America in colonial times and settled in Chester district.S.C. Mr. McDaniel’s. grandfather was born in 1746, and was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He had a large family and died in 1812. The father of Mr. McDaniel was born 1789, and was a soldier of the war of 1812, and also of the Florida Indian Wars, 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 from 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, Alabama. Mr. McDaniel came to Etowah County, when a lad of fifteen years,[1848] and when the war came on he enlisted in Company E, 51st Alabama regiment, and served in the army of the Tennessee and was in the following battles: Luverne, Murfreesborough, Shelbyville, Chickamunga, 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 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.” The foregoing is a bio, believed to have been written ,by Mr. Madison Lafayette McDaniel before his death in 1909. Submitted by Mrs. Frances and Peter D. Gold[McDaniel] 4865 Rainbow Drive, Rainbow City, Alabama 35906. January 09,2002.