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McDaniel, John Randolph

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Last Name McDaniel
First Name John
Middle Name Randolph
Maiden Name
Death Date 7/31/1890
Birth Date 9/23/1805
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, Aug. 7, 1890
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Brooklyn
Family Information
Spouse 1) Elizabeth Scotten; 2) Margaret Morley
Survived By Wife, Margaret; 4 sons and 3 daughters from first marriage; 2 sons and 2 daughters from second marriage. "A brother from Marshall, Illinois attended the funeral, along with a maiden sister, who lived with him."
Other Age 84 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Born in Chatham Co., North Carolina; son of Peter and Barbary Smith McDaniel. (John's twin brother Eli died March 13, 1825.) Moved to Morgan Co., Ind. in 1836. [Listed as a legal voter in Clay Twp., Morgan Co. in 1833.] Married Elizabeth Scotten on July 21, 1831; they had 12 children, 5 sons and 7 daughters. (One son and 4 daughters, plus their mother, have died.) Elizabeth died in 1856. Married second wife on March 1, 1858; they had 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters, all still living. [Obituary says he was buried at Centennary cemetery; Brooklyn cemetery index lists him as buried there, next to Margaret.] "John McDaniel, of Clay Township and a pioneer of Morgan County, died at his home in Brooklyn Thursday. He was the father of Ira McDaniel of Brooklyn and C.W. McDaniel of Franklin." [May also have been married to an Alsey Bray, on April 14, 1826.]
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