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Daniel Wyatt was born in Stewart County, Tenn., July 29, 1830, and is the fourth son of David Wyatt and Jansey Nickols. Daniel received his education in Randolph County, Arkansas, and worked on his father's farm until twenty-three years of age, when he located on the farm where he now lives. then consisting of eighty acres, to which he has since added 700 acres. November 10, 1852, he married to Nancy C. Burrow, a daughter of Jesse Burrow. She was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, March 27, 1832, and died in Randolph County, Ark., on the 30th of September, 1868. She bore five children, Mary, who died young; Nancy, who died young; Leetha C., wife of J. T. Bennett, a farmer of Cooke County, Tex.; Ella, wife of J. W. Knoy, a farmer of Kaufman County, Tex., and Marion, a farmer of Randolph County, Ark. November 10, 1868, was the date of Mr. Wyatt's second marriage, it being with Bethany J. Flanery, a daughter of John Flanery. She was born in Arkansas on the 30th of September, 1832, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died on the 25th of July, 1880, having become the mother of four children: Martha, who died young; Marvin, John, and Nancy J., who is the wife of Charles H. Tyler, a farmer of Randolph County, Ark. Mr. Wyatt's third marriage took place September 23, 1880, his wife being a Mrs. Ellen A. Chesser (her maiden name was Ellis), whose birth occurred on December 13, 1842, in Davidson County, Tenn. They have one child: Jethro W., born May 5, 1881. Mrs. Wyatt is a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Wyatt belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In the month of September, 1862, he enlisted in Capt. Wyatt's company (C), in Col. Shaver's regiment of infantry, Confederate States army, and served eighteen months, participating in many skirmishes. In 1876 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace, which position he held for several years, and in 1880 he was elected county and probate judge of Randolph County, Ark., but did not wish to serve longer than one term. He is a member of Randolph Lodge No. 71, A. F. & A. M., and of the Knights of Honor, belonging also to the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of Arkansas. He is a Democrat politically.
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