Biographical Sketch of Daniel A. Claiborn, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Daniel A. Claiborn, farmer and merchant at Hancock, MO., was born in
Smith County, Tenn., in 1839, and is the son of Onsley and Frances
(Robertson) Claiborn, who were born in Virginia and Tennessee, in
1802 and 1814, respectively.  Both are yet living, and reside in 
Camden County, MO., whither they had come from Tennessee in 1849.
The father is a farmer, and in 1850 was elected judge of the Camden
County courts, serving two terms.  Six of his eight children are 
now living:  John L., William F., Susan J. (Stone), N.T. (Mitchell), 
Elvira E. (Barr), and Daniel A.  The paternal grandparents are Daniel
and Anna Claiborn.  The maternal grandparents, David and Mary (Hunter)
Robertson, came from Tennessee to Missouri in 1839, where they en-
gaged in farming.  David Robertson was a soldier in the War of 1812,
and was at the battle of New Orleans.  Daniel A. Claiborn resided in
Camden County, MO., until the breaking out of the late Civil War, re-
ceiving a common school education, and in 1862 enlisted in Company D,
Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry, United States Army, and participated
in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, in which he was wounded in the arm, 
which necessitated amputating the limb.  He was taken to the hospital
at St. Louis, and returned home the following March.  In 1863 he was
married to Miss Jane E. Huffman, who was born in Camden (now Laclede)
County, MO., in 1845.  She is a daughter of M. J. and Elizabeth
(Daniels) Huffman, being one of their ten children, whose names are
as follows:  Jane E. (Claiborn), Mary (Arnold), Caroline, Robert,
Susan (Biggs), Missouri (Blakely), Martha (Bean), John, and a set of
twins Jacob and Jesse.  Two hundred acres of Mr. Claiborn's fine 800
acre farm are under cultivation, and he has a nice residence and good
bearing orchard.  He also owns a general mercantile store in Hancock,
which has been established since 1887.  He is a Democrat in politics,
and he and wife are the parents of the following family:  Onsley,
H. A., Eddie, Drura, Fannie, Belle, Inauda, Carrie and Arthur.  Mr.
Claiborn served two terms, from 1882 to 1886, in the county court of
this county.

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