| i. | MAGGIE FRANCES9 DANIEL, b. May 05, 1884, Wood Co., TX; d. July 24, 1973, Mineola, Wood Co., TX; m. MONROE WILSON PRITCHETT, December 21, 1902, Mineola, Wood Co., TX; b. February 10, 1872, Alabama; d. August 10, 1952, Mineola, Wood Co., TX. |
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Notes for MAGGIE FRANCES DANIEL: Aunt Maggie and Uncle Monroe had five children who were all still (1990) living. As of today, 1999, only Marjorie Pritchett Peeler is living. Uncle Monroe had a farm near Mineola, but they always lived in town. When we visited them I loved to watch Uncle Monroe drink his coffee from his "moustache cup". He was a lot older than Aunt Maggie. Aunt Maggie was a member of Little Hope Baptist Church, as was her mother-in-law, Martha Pittman Pritchett. [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Apr 12, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.50198.189] Individual: Pritchett, Maggie Social Security #: 450-64-4144 Issued in: Texas Birth date: May 5, 1884 Death date: Jul 1973 Residence code: Texas ZIP Code of last known residence: 75773 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Mineola, Texas |
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Notes for MONROE WILSON PRITCHETT: His mother Martha S. Pittman Pritchett was living with the family at time of 1910 census. |
| ii. | JAMES FLOYD DANIEL, b. September 18, 1885, Wood Co., TX; d. September 1944, Tyler, Smith Co., TX; m. LUCILLE MCALLISTER, July 30, 1911, Wood Co., TX; b. November 24, 1888, Wood Co., TX; d. October 23, 1974, Smith Co., TX. |
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Notes for JAMES FLOYD DANIEL: Uncle Floyd was a mortician in Tyler for many years. He received his teaching certificate from the State of Texas in 1905 in Wood County. No place of teaching is listed in the register. In 1909 he was listed as an attendant at a teaching institute, and was also listed as teaching at Yantis, in Wood Co. See Wood County Genealogical Society Newsletter, Oct. 1987. From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records show him living in Winnsboro with wife, as salesman and embalmer for W.R. Wilkinson; registered 9/12/1918. |
| iii. | JOHN ELIAS DANIEL, b. July 16, 1887, Wood Co., TX; d. November 09, 1955, Wood Co., TX; m. JESSIE P. LAWRENCE, November 08, 1909, Wood Co., TX; b. March 30, 1893, Texas; d. March 23, 1955, Wood Co., TX. |
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Notes for JOHN ELIAS DANIEL: Uncle John was baptized at Little Hope Baptist Church in August 1902 and moved his membership to Ebenezer Baptist Church at Oak Grove with his parents and brother Robbie in 1906. He and Aunt Jessie had no children. I remember hearing him, Aunt Jessie, Uncle Rob and Aunt Essie sing quartets at our church in Abilene when I was a child. They would come out to visit occasionally. The Nov. 24, 1932 edition of the Wood County Democrat had the following item: Celebration when well at Ogburn spudded in Monday...Two beeves and six goats were barbecued for the occasion, and Wood County citizens from every section of the county were present. Talks were made by Herman V. Puckett, Ep Roberts, Wes Bailey, John Daniels(sic), Judge Ben Cathey, Clifton Chadick, Charles Goldsmith, Carroll Gree, and others. After the barbecue a big square dance was held. The well is located in Block 19 of the J.M. Candler survey 12 miles northeast of Quitman. Uncle John served as a county commissioner for Wood County during the 1930s and 1940s. From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records show him living in Peach, farmer, with wife; registered 6/5/1917. |
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Notes for JESSIE P. LAWRENCE: Aunt Jessie suffered a stroke in the early 1940s. She lived for a number of years, but was partially paralyzed and had trouble speaking. I loved to go to their house as a child. They lived down the road from Uncle Pat and Aunt Nancy Murphy. |
| iv. | ROBBINS DANIEL, b. July 30, 1889, Wood Co. , TX; d. October 01, 1965, Winnsboro, Wood Co., TX; m. ESSIE ONA CAIN, January 06, 1913, Wood Co., TX; b. July 13, 1891, Wood Co., TX; d. February 21, 1970, Quitman, Wood Co., TX. |
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Notes for ROBBINS DANIEL: Uncle Rob and Aunt Essie had twin daughters, Leo and Cleo, and another daughter Earline, who prefers to be called Mickey. Uncle Rob owned several small businesses, a sawmill, lumber yard and hardware. Lived in Pine Mills, Quitman and Winnsboro, TX. Baptized at Little Hope Baptist Church in August 1905. Moved with his parents and brother John to Ebenezer Baptist Church at Oak Grove in 1906. Listed on the membership roll as "Robbie". From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records show that he was living on Mrs. M.E. Daniel farm with wife and two children; registered 6/5/1917.[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 3, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.58157.139] Individual: Daniel, Rob Social Security #: 450-50-0249 Issued in: Texas Birth date: Jul 30, 1889 Death date: Oct 1965 |
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Notes for ESSIE ONA CAIN: 1870 census shows her born August 1891. |
| v. | WILLIAM ARCH DANIEL, b. January 31, 1891, Wood Co., TX; d. August 29, 1979, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX; m. NINA PEARL MORRISON, September 24, 1924; b. October 27, 1898, Gainesville, Cooke Co.,Tx; d. November 22, 1972, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX. |
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Notes for WILLIAM ARCH DANIEL: Uncle Arch and his brother Isham M. taught school at Alba, Wood Co., in 1916. He served in the US Army during World War I, but never went overseas. He came to Abilene in the early 1920s, and was in the automotive supply business and ranching for many years. His ranch was located in southwest Taylor County north of the hills of the Callahan Divide. There was drilling for oil on the property, but little production. The land was willed to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, but little revenue was received from oil. The land was put up for sale. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star. First Baptist Church, Abilene. He completed a Dale Carnegie course and was interested in public speaking. At his death in 1979, he left his surviving brother and sisters $5,000 each (Howard, Mary, Lillie). Hardin-Simmons benefitted most. They told us to take keepsakes from the house, which most of us did. After Aunt Nina's death he remarried briefly, but a divorce came after only a few months. From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records show him living in Alba, school teacher, single; registered 6/5/1917. |
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Notes for NINA PEARL MORRISON: Aunt Nina loved to entertain in her home and hosted my announcement luncheon when I became engaged to Lonnie in 1946. She was a regal woman, who showed a lot of pride in herself and her surroundings. She suffered a stroke in the 1960s and was bedridden for several years. Member of Queen Esther Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Abilene. First Baptist Church.[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 3, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.58151.181] Individual: Daniel, Nina Social Security #: 453-80-8130 Issued in: Texas Birth date: Oct 27, 1898 Death date: Nov 1972 Residence code: Texas ZIP Code of last known residence: 79601 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Abilene, Texas |
| vi. | ISHAM MARION DANIEL, b. October 16, 1892, Wood Co., TX; d. November 05, 1918, France. |
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Notes for ISHAM MARION DANIEL: Uncle Isham was killed in France just six days before the end of World War I. He had been a school teacher at Alba, TX before entering the army. He served in Company I, 359th Infantry. Some family members did not believe the body shipped home was his and refused to attend the burial. His funeral was held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church at Oak Grove on Oct. 27, 1921. The same day his cousin Isham Clough Robbins was buried in Quitman. Also buried was Walter Holley of Wood County, who had also been killed in France. All three had been buried in France, but were later brought home for permanent burial. The three caskets arrived on the same train. The Mineola newspaper carried a long story about the funerals. From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records show him living in Alba, school teacher, single; registered 6/5/1917. |
| vii. | CLAUD DANIEL, b. December 30, 1894, Wood Co., TX; d. January 07, 1972, Little Hope, Wood Co., TX; m. ARVA LEE CHASTAIN, December 21, 1913, Mineola, Wood Co., TX; b. September 24, 1894, Millsap, Parker Co., TX; d. April 06, 1975, Little Hope, Wood Co., TX. |
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Notes for CLAUD DANIEL: Uncle Claud was always a farmer. He and Aunt Arva Lee lived down the road from Little Hope Baptist Church as long as I remember. I can still see him sitting in his big rocking chair on the front porch, smoking his pipe, after a hard days work. From John F. Daniel: WWI draft registration records who him living in Peach, farmer on his mother's farm with wife and baby; registered 6/5/1917. |
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Notes for ARVA LEE CHASTAIN: Some of my cousins called her "Aunt Doodle", but she was always Aunt Arva Lee to me. Lena Fay Whittiker of Little Hope Baptist Church told me that Aunt Arva Lee always said she wanted to die at church. Her wish came true as she was leaving church on a Sunday evening. She slumped on the step going out and was dead by the time they got her to a hospital. She was an old-fashioned cook and a very good one. When I was a small child I was fascinated by the big black wood stove she cooked on. |
| viii. | LILLIE MAY DANIEL, b. November 26, 1896, Wood, Texas; d. January 15, 1985, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX; m. (1) MARVIN FLETCHER MOXLEY, January 1913, Wood Co., Texas; b. November 07, 1892, Wood Co., TX; d. September 1968, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX; m. (2) WALTER SCHADY, September 17, 1923, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX; b. September 07, 1889, Baltimore, MD; d. April 30, 1965, Roanoke, Tarrant Co., TX. |
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Notes for LILLIE MAY DANIEL: Aunt Lillie married first Marvin Moxley. They had one daughter, Mildred Berneice. She divorced Marvin and later married Walter Schady, "Uncle Jack", who was a designer and builder of furniture. Their house on Hampton Road in Dallas was beautifully furnished with his creations. They owned land near present-day DFW airport and they moved there in the late 1940s. Uncle Jack had an orchard and also grew grapes from which he made wine during Prohibition, storing it in the cellar of the Dallas house. This was legal, but one day his stock was confiscated by some men who convinced Aunt Lillie that it was illegal. She loved beautiful clothes, had dark hair and a slender build. |
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Notes for MARVIN FLETCHER MOXLEY: Marvin Moxley was a jeweler. His father was a Methodist minister in Wood County. The following account is given in the Wood County Genealogical Newsletter of December 1987. I have corrected the obvious mistakes: In the winter of 1911 or 1912 (these dates are wrong because Marvin and Lillie did not marry until 1913), Marvin Moxley shot and killed a man on a downtown street in Quitman. It seems (so the story goes) that Elbert Lake, a young man once married to Ruth Smart but separated, was seeing Lily, Marvin's wife, over the back fence after dark. Marvin (it was told) was tipped off on the matter. One night when Lily left the kitchen Marvin followed. There he saw Elbert and fired. Elbert Lake fell dead in the street. Marvin was "no billed". He was a jeweler, moved to Dallas and continued in the jewelry business. [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 19, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.26269.156] Individual: Moxley, Marvin Social Security #: 567-38-0628 Issued in: California Birth date: Nov 7, 1892 Death date: Sep 1968 Residence code: Texas ZIP Code of last known residence: 75223 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Dallas, Texas |
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Notes for WALTER SCHADY: Uncle "Jack" was a maker of fine custom furniture for some of the wealthiest families in Dallas. He also made wine and kept it in his cellar. He and Aunt Lillie lived on Hampton Road in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas. They had an Franklin automobile which they used to drive us to downtown Dallas--always a highlight of trips to East Texas. He had untreated diabetes and lost his eyesight several years before his death. They spent the last several years of his life on his farm near Roanoke. [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 19, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.69511.149] |
| ix. | MARIE ANTOINETTE DANIEL, b. May 23, 1899, Wood Co., TX; d. June 01, 1988, Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX; m. JOHN SAMUEL ANDERSON, June 15, 1923; b. September 06, 1893, Smith Co., TX; d. April 03, 1972, Euless, Tarrant Co., TX. |
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Notes for MARIE ANTOINETTE DANIEL: I called her Aunt Rie. The family lived in University Park, Dallas, but moved to Euless in Tarrant County in the mid-1940s. I remember Aunt Rie especially for her jovial laugh and the enormous breakfasts she served her family and visitors. Once on a visit to their home I stepped on a scorpion. The sting was very painful, but she came to my aid with baking soda on a damp clean cloth. On November 25, 1919, after the death of their mother, Mary and Howard were placed under the temporary guardianship of their older brother James Floyd Daniel. On February 20, 1920, four tracts of land were ordered sold and 1/9th of the proceeds given to each of these minors. Mary attended teachers' college in Denton and taught for a time. |
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Notes for JOHN SAMUEL ANDERSON: Uncle John Anderson was a salesman for a cap and gown company for a number of years. After the family moved to Euless, then a small country town, he served as mayor for a number of years. We had several Daniel family reunions at their Euless home. [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 3, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.7207.166] Individual: Anderson, John Social Security #: 457-16-2792 Issued in: Texas Birth date: Sep 6, 1893 Death date: Apr 1972 Residence code: Texas ZIP Code of last known residence: 76039 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Euless, Texas |
| x. | HOWARD DANIEL, b. November 24, 1901, Wood Co., Texas; d. June 08, 1982, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX; m. ELBA ELIZABETH COX, December 24, 1925, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX; b. January 07, 1905, Yazoo City, Yazoo Co., MS; d. March 14, 1988, Abilene, Taylor Co., TX. |
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Notes for HOWARD DANIEL: Howard Daniel was born in Wood County, TX in November 1901, the youngest of ten children. He attended school at Oak Grove. His father died when he was nine and his mother when he was sixteen. After his mother's death he lived with his cousins Lois M., James Hill, Ella O., and Henry F. Robbins. The 1920 census gives Lois as 27, Hill 26, Ella 14, and Henry 7. Hill was a rural mail carrier. Howard was attending school, and was always good at arithmetic and an excellent speller. These cousins were children of Isham Wells Robbins and his wife Eugenia Lipscomb Robbins. My dad was always especially fond of Hill Robbins. Newspaper item about burials of Walter Holley, Isham Daniel, and Clough Robbins mention a little brother "Buster" of the Robbins cousins. Possibly Henry? Daddy did not join the church until the 1940s, although he had been raised in a devout Baptist home. He attended church at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Oak Grove, Wood Co. TX as a child, and enjoyed attending "singing conventions" most of all. He was baptized in First Baptist Church of Abilene about 1942 or 43. Daddy attended Metropolitan Business College in Dallas and came to Abilene in 1924 and became a bookkeeper at a bank. His brother Arch was already in Abilene. He met and married Elba Cox in 1925. During the Depression he lost his bank job and went to work for my grandfather Cox in his office machines business. In 1947, he and Mother started their own business, H.A. Daniel Office Machines. They sold the business to Lonnie in 1968. It became Boggs-Daniel Office Machines. During the war, Daddy kept chickens and had a peach orchard. They lived near my grandparents just outside Abilene. He loved to be outdoors puttering around the house and yard. He was a shy man who rarely expressed a strong opinion about anything. But when he did, you knew how strongly he felt about the issue. His death from cancer of the esophagus was very painful. After radiation, he endured surgery, but gave up the will to live under such conditions. Lonnie remembers that on the day before his death he wanted to go with Lonnie to feed Jason, our black lab. |
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Notes for ELBA ELIZABETH COX: Elba Cox attended school in Merkel, TX until her senior year in high school when the family moved to Abilene. She graduated with the Abilene High class of 1923, and after attending business college went to work as secretary for J.M. Radford, wholesale grocer. She married Howard Daniel on Christmas Eve 1925. She soon went to work for her father, B.F. Cox, in his typewriter store as office manager. During the Great Depression, Daddy also went to work as a salesman in the business. They remained until Mr. Cox retired in 1943. Elba worked for Lee Medical Supply and Howard for Sears after 1943. In 1947 they opened their own office machines business, H.A. Daniel Office Machines. They sold to their son-in-law Lonnie Boggs in 1968. Elba enjoyed friends, church, dominoes, Rose Park Senior Center. She and Daddy sold their Cox Acres property and moved into an apartment house in 1970. After Daddy died in 1982, she moved to Abilene North Manor where she enjoyed visiting with her neighbors. |