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McDANIEL, BARKER, BUCHANAN, WHITAKER



Col. C. A. McDANIEL is a son of Fielden and Lucy (BARKER) McDANIEL, and was

born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1823.  The father was of Scotch-Irish

descent, born in Virginia, in 1781, but a resident of North Carolina at the

time of his marriage, which occurred about 1803.  In 1808 he came to Middle

Tennessee, and was a resident of Lincoln County, Tenn., after 1810 or 1811.

 He died in 1840, being one of the early residents and pioneers of the

county and suffering many privations incident to pioneer life.  The mother

was born in North Carolina, in 1783, and died in 1839.  Our subject is one

of their nine children, and resided with his parents until their respective

deaths, then he and his brother Charles bought the old homestead and began

tilling the soil.  When the news came that gold had been discovered in

California, he, with a number of friends, started for the "Golden Gate,"

going overland, the trip taking nine months.  There he remained seven years

engaged in mining.  He returned home in November, 1856, and in December,

1857, was married to Margaret BUCHANAN, daughter of Andrew BUCHANAN.  Mrs.

McDANIEL was born in Lincoln County in November, 1831.  They have four

children:  Mary Lou (Mrs. J. B. WHITAKER), Andrew C., and Fielden and Felix

(twins).  In 1848 Mr. McDANIEL had purchased 100 acres of land, on which he

settled after marriage, and where he has since made his home.  He now owns

375 acres of good and well improved land.  In 1847, at the age of

twenty-three, he was elected to the State Legislature, being the first

native representative of Lincoln County.  In 1854 he represented Calaveras

County, Cal., in the State Legislature, and has been a life-long Democrat.

He served in the Mexican war and was slightly wounded at the battle of

Monterey.  He took an important part in the late war, and assisted in

organizing the Forty-fourth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, and he was chosen

colonel of the same.  He was wounded in the right arm at Shiloh, but served

until the close of the war with the exception of nine months.  He returned

home in May, 1865.  He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal

Church South.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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