CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: J. J. McDANIEL - Wood County, TX 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 

J. J. McDANIEL.

J. J. McDaniel, of Mineola, was born 19th of March, 1845, at Tuskeega, 
Macon county, Ala., and removed to Texas in the fall of 1865, where he 
engaged in mercantile pursuits, and then settled in the town of his 
present residence, where he has lived up to this writing.  In 1861 he 
enlisted in the Tuskegee Guards, that became Co.F, 1st Alabama regiment 
of infantry, but served a while in the heavy artillery.  Served a while 
at Pensacola, and then transferred to the army of Tennessee, was 
captured at Island No. 10, exchanged and returned to his command and 
served with gallantry until the close of the war.  He participated in 
the battles at Port Hudson, in the campaign of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, 
in Georgia and with Gen. Hood at Franklin.  Received his parole 
April 9th, 1865, when Gen. Johnston surrendered at Greensboro, N.C.  
In November, 1869, he was married to Miss Dora E. Clements, a daughter 
of  Dr. W. H. Clements, an early settler in East Texas, who was 
prominent as a physician, merchant and farmer.  They have four children, 
Maud, who married Mr. E. S. Smith, Floy, Annie and Horace, who reside 
with their parents.  Capt. McDaniel made a gallant Confederate soldier, 
and is an honorable citizen and a progressive business man.