WHITE COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Daniel MOONEYHAM
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Daniel MOONEYHAM, of Benton, Ill, was born in WHITE COUNTY, TN 4 November 1823 
to Shadrach and Lucretia (OGELS) MOONEYHAM. They went to IL in the fall of 
1838. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation and died here. Daniel
was reared on a farm, and secured a common-school education in this county. 
About 1850 he engaged in the mercantile business in Benton, and following this 
did stock trading until he enlisted in the One Hundred and Tenth Illinois 
Volunteer Infantry, and was elected major of the regiment, serving about six 
months. He resigned on account of injuries received from his horse. Maj. 
MOONEYHAM was also a lieutenant in the Mexican War, serving one year, and now 
the surviving officer of this war in the county. For two years after the late 
war he followed farming and stock raising, which he still conducts, and in 
February 1882, he bought the Franklin Grist Mills, which he greatly improved. 
In 1885 he put in the new roller process, having five double sets of rolls and 
a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day, employing about a half dozen 
hands. They have the largest and best trade in the county. January 6, 1842, he 
married Mary A. WARD of Hamilton County, who died February 24, 1886, leaving 
three children: Thomas M., a lawyer of Benton; Nancy J., wife of A. D. WESTON, 
of Benton; and Winfield S. He has always been a Democrat, first voting for 
Polk. He is a Royal Arch Mason, the oldest Mason in the county, a member of 
that order since 1847. He is also a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, 
and one of the few surviving heroes of two wars.