Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....McArthur, Daniel July 9, 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 November 1, 2008, 11:38 am Author: Hardin & Willard McArthur, Daniel, Russia, was born in Russia, July 9, 1851, a son of Donald McArthur, a native of Nairnshire, Scotland, born in 1793, who married Ann Rollo, a native of Scotland. They had one son and two daughters. In 1830 Mr. McArthur and family came to America and settled at Remsen, Oneida county, and after nine years moved to the farm now owned by Daniel. Here he spent the remainder of his life. Mrs. McArthur died in 1841 and he married second, Margaret Rollo, a twin sister of his first wife, and to them one daughter was born. She died in1846, and he married third, Ann Morrison, a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. Mr. McArthur was a mason and builder by trade, but followed farming. He was a Democrat and was assessor twelve years, and was also a Free Mason. He died November 17, 1875, and his wife December 6, 1890. The subject of this sketch has always resided on the farm where he was born. He was educated in the common schools and the union School at Holland Patent. In 1876 Daniel McArthur married Rachel, daughter of Henry and Christina Fisher, of Ohio, N.Y., and they have had three children: Nellie E., William and Frank, all residing at home. Mr. McArthur keeps a large dairy and also owns a cheese factory, and makes about 67,000 pounds of cheese annually. He is a Democrat. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church of Ohio. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/mcarthur570gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb