Laura C (McDaniel) Seale (1846 - abt. 1881)

Born 22 Feb 1846 in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about Feb 1881 at about age 34 in Marquez, Leon, Texas, United States

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Biography

Birth

Laura C^[1] McDaniel was born 22 Feb 1846^[2], probably in Nacogdoches county, ^[3][4] Texas, United States.^[5] daughter of William Robert McDaniel and Martha Hammiel McDaniel ^[6][7],

Marriage

Laura McDaniel married James Madison Seale in January, 1869,^[8] and had seven children with him before she died in 1881.

Issue:

Mack Wyatt (1870-1944)

John Taylor (1871-1875)

Joseph Hamilton (1872-1957)

Cora Lee (1874-1936)

James S (1875-)

Lilla (1876-1918)

Martha Winnie (1878-1950)

Death

Laura Seale died Feb 1881^[9][10]

Burial

Burial data comes from secondary sources only:

1. Clear Creek Cemetery^[11][12]

2. McDaniel Cemetery records on Find A Grave are all unsourced, and there are only 3 existing headstones^[13]

3. Without evidence of headstones or other documentation one could also speculate that Laura could have been buried in the White/Seale Cemetery, where her infant son John Taylor is interred. ^[14]

Timeline

1850, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. ^[15] William McDaniel, 56, SC;
Martha, 35, TN,
William, 26, AL;
Rebecca, 20, AL;
James, 17, AL;
Bartlet, 15, MS;
Josephine, 8, TX,
Roberta, 7, TX,
Andrew, 5, TX;
“Sarah” [this is Laura, but clearly listed as Sarah. Enumerator is consistent with his “S” and “L” names in other entries] 3, b. TX,
Taylor, 2, TX

1860, Leon, Texas, United States, ^[16] (P.O. Boling)
M McDaniel, 45, b. TN,
Josephine, 18, b. TX;
Andrew P, 15, b. TX;
‘”L C’”, 13, b. TX;
Y T, 12, b. TX;
C H, 10, b. TX;
Wm H, 6, b. TX
(One of the few places that uses Laura's middle initial “C” )

1870 Boling community, Leon, Texas, United States (enumerated 6 August 1870) ^[17]
James, age 22, farmer, b. AL;
‘”Laura’”, 22, b. TX,
“McW” 3/12, b. TX

1880 Federal Census, Leon County, Texas; ^[18]
James M Seale, 33, b. AL;
Laura C, 33,
McM, son, 10;
Joseph H, 8;
Cora L, 7;
James, 5;
Lilla, 3;
Martha W, 1,
all b. Texas.

Research Notes

Birthplace in Nacogdoches by inference only, based on county residence in Federal Census 1850, no other documentation (?) Robert Seale 17:08, 15 January 2017 (EST)

Death certificate of her son states “mother’s birthplace Marquez”, reliability poor^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Middle initial noted only in Federal Census of 1860
2. ↑ History of Leon County, p761
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census residence was Nacogdoches, but birth location was simply “Texas”,
4. ↑ Less confident is birthplace of Marquez, stated on death certificate of her son Mack Wyatt Seale (Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Leon co. TX, Jan-Mar 1944 #4233, database on-line, Ancestry.com
5. ↑ Censuses of 1860, 1870 and 1880 all give Texas as birthstate.
6. ↑ History of Leon County, Texas, p761
7. ↑ William and Martha were both named in the 1850 Federal Census
8. ↑ Wyatt S Seale Bible Record Page 3.
9. ↑ History of Leon County, Texas, p761
10. ↑ Secondary Source Find A Grave: Memorial #140653687
11. ↑ History of Leon County, Texas, p761
12. ↑ Personal Communication by Letter. Etta Hearron, family history, RHSeale|1981.
13. ↑ Secondary Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #140653687 Some of this information may have come from Ancestry.com which has a cemetery listing containing many obvious errors. Wm. R McDaniel biography, viewed 8/11/18
14. ↑ Secondary Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #63718214
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXLL-ZHW : 12 April 2016), "Sarah" Daniel in household of William M Daniel, Nacogdoches county, part of, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; citing family 350, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
16. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census Repository: database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXFT-MY9 : 26 July 2017), L C Mc Daniel in entry for M Mc Daniel, 1860
17. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census Repository: #R02, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGS-RSH : 12 April 2016), Laura Seale in household of James Seale, Texas, United States; citing p. 28, family 222, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,095
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 July 2017), James M Seale, Precinct 5, Leon, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 213D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1317; FHL microfilm 1,255,317. viewed by RHSeale 24 Jan 1977.
19. ↑ Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-198, database on-line, death certificate of son Mack Wyatt, Leon co. TX, Jan-Mar 1944 #4233.

• Source: FamilySearch.org, Laura C McDaniel 1846–1881 • 9MTT-6QS; url:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9MTT-6QS

• Source: History of Leon County, Texas, Leon County Genealogical Society; Leon County Historical Commission; Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas, TX, ©1986. This is all secondary source material, no original citations noted.

• Wyatt S Seale Bible Record
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Acknowledgements

• 12 Feb 2016 01:53 Robert Seale created Laura McDaniel Seale

• History of Leon County, Texas citations by Enda Fae Boutotte