Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Daniel, Alfred B ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 2:57 am Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885 Alfred B. Daniel is a prominent agriculturist of Whiteside County, and is a citizen of Clyde Township, where he is located on section 21. He is a native of the county, having been born in Jacobstown, Mt. Pleasant Township, June 15, 1842, and was one of the first white children who began life in Whiteside County. His father, Henry Daniel, was a miller by profession, and was born in England. In early life he emigrated thence to Canada, where he married Lydia Hollenhead, and lived a considerable time with his family in Ontario. The father was the operator there of a water-power grist-mill, which he managed some time, and afterwards became the owner of a large tract of land in Clyde Township. Later he went to Houghton, on the Mississippi River, in Iowa, where he operated as a miller until his death about the year 1848. The mother, so far as known, was born in the province of Ontario, where she was brought up and educated. Her death took place in the township of Clyde about the year 1857. The son, who is the subject of this sketch, lived with his mother until her death. He was then 15 years of age, and he entered the family of a man named Dent, one of the oldest citizens of the township of Clyde, who is still living. Mr. Dent released him from his obligations to himself, when he was 20 years of age, and he passed some time in general farm labor. The first event of any importance was his marriage Feb 12, 1866, to Cynthia Mutart, who was born in Canada, and came after reaching womanhood to Whiteside County, where she found a home with her relatives. She was of mixed French and English extraction, and died Aug. 9, 1871, in Clyde Township. Of this marriage two children were born, as follows: Lydia, Oct. 9, 1867; and Ora, Oct. 16, 1869. The second marriage of Mr. Daniel, to Mrs. Jennie (Schwarer) Lay, occurred Jan. 31, 1878, in Ustick Township. She is the daughter of John V. and Marie (Oberacker) Lay. Her parents were born respectively in Prussia and Bavaria, and were both of German ancestry. Mrs. Daniel was born Oct. 25, 1855, in Germany, and when she was six years of age emigrated with her parents to the United States and located in the State of New York. The father died there in 1864, of quick consumption, and the death of the mother, of the same disease, occurred in 1866. The daughter was 11 years of age when she was wholly orphaned, and she was cared for by strangers until she was married to Harry K. Lay, that event occurring July 29, 1874. She became the mother of one child, Roswell L., born Aug. 16, 1875. At the time of her second marriage she was a resident of Clyde Township. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel have three children, born as follows: Bertha L., Nov. 29, 1878; Reuben H., May 17, 1882; and Alfred D., Sept. 12, 1884. After his first marriage Mr. Daniel located on the homestead of his father, where he had control of one-fifth of the estate for some time, and later purchased the interests of the other heirs. He owns 170 acres of land, all of which is well improved, fenced, stocked and supplied with good buildings, among which is one of the best stock and grain barns in the county. He is a Democrat, and has never aspired to the honors of official life. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full- page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/daniel2322nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb