Biographical Sketch of William J. Daniels, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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William J. Daniels is a son of Thomas and Nancy Daniels, the former a
native of Indiana, and the latter born near Knoxville, Tenn.  Mrs.
Daniels maiden name was Stenson, and she first married a Mr. Ellis, 
by whom she had six children; having moved to Ohio, where her husband
died, she afterward married Mr. Daniels, and with him, in 1847, came
to Missouri, locating at the Meramec Iron Works, where both died, he
in 1849, and she in 1852.  Mr. Daniels was connected with iron works
the most of his life, was a Democrat in politics, and with his wife
belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.  William J., the eldest 
in the family of three children, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 
1834.  Beginning work at the Meramec furnace as a common laborer, he
rose to the position of chief furnace man, which position he held 
from 1862 until 1866.  Five years were spent in New York and a short
time in Tennessee, in similar positions.  In 1860 he married Mary
Harris, a native of New York, who was born in 1842.  Their only child,
Ellen E., died in childhood, and they have reared a brother's child
from infancy, named Ellen D.  Mr. Daniels moved to his present farm
in 1882, and owns 200 acres, having been very successful in a finan-
cial way.  Mr. and Mrs. Daniels are members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.  He votes the Republican ticket.

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