John Wesley Daniels (1840 - 1922)

Born 5 Feb 1840 in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Kearney) Daniels — married 30 Jun 1861 in Will County, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1922 at age 82 in Lewellen, Garden County, Nebraska

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Biography

John Wesley Daniels was born the 5th of February 1840, in Hampshire England. John was the son of George Daniels and Mary Franks. Note: John's tombstone gives his date of birth as the 22nd September 1829, this date is incorrect. ^[1]

John was two years old when his parents and other siblings sailed from Liverpool England on the ship Berwick for the United States and the port of New Orleans. ^[2]

John, age 10, appears in the 1850 Federal census in Clay county, Illinois in the household of Jesse Williams. (Note: there is no known family relationship with Jesse Williams who is listed in the census as being born in North Carolina.)^[3] John, age 23, appears as a Farm Hand in the 1860 Federal census in Will county, Illinois in the household of John Kearney.^[4]

John married Isabella Kearney on the 30th June 1861 in Will county, Illinois. Isabella was under age and attached to the marriage license is letter of consent to the marriage signed by Isabella's parents.^[5]

John enlisted in the Civil War in 1863, in the Union Army as a private with Co. C 13th Michigan Infantry.^[6]

John appears in the 1870 Federal census in DeKalb county, Illinois. John's household appears as follows: John age 37, occupation Farmer; Isabell age 24; Mabel age 8, and Henrietta age 6.^[7]

John appears in the 1880 Federal census in DeKalb county, Illinois. John's household appears as follows: John age 50; Isabella age 36; Mabel age 18; Henrietta age 17; florence G. age 8; and Flora C. age 3.^[8]

John appears in the 1895 Iowa State Census in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa. John is listed in the household of Henry King. John's age is given as 65; occupation is given as Laborer and his religion is listed as being a Universalist.^[9]

John appears in the 1900 Federal census in Deuel county, Nebraska. John's household appears as follows: John age 70, occupation listed as gardner; daughter Ettie age 37, occupation laundress; and granddaughter Ethel M. age 1.^[10]

John appears in the 1910 Federal census in Garden county, Nebraska in the household of Amos O. Meeker. John's age is given as 80 and his occupation is listed as servant, farm laborer.^[11]

John, age 90, appears in the 1920 Federal census in Fall River county, South Dakota as a patient in the Battle Mountain Sanitarium. The Battle Mountain Sanitarium was a hospital for U.S. Military Veterans.^[12]

John died the 26th March, 1922, in Lewellen, Garden county, Nebraska. John was buried in Ash Hollow Cemetery, Lewellen, Garden county, Nebraska.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M79Q-FSY : 4 September 2017), John Daniels in household of Sarah Daniels, Bentworth, Hampshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census"
2. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKNG-149L : 13 March 2018), John Daniels, 1842; citing Ship Berwick, affiliate film #022, NARA microfilm publications M259 and T905 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 200,150.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M852-HJS : 12 April 2016), John Danels in household of Jesse Williams, Clay county, Clay, Illinois, United States; citing family 121, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCQ-VFK : 13 December 2017), John Daniels in entry for John Carney, 1860.
5. ↑ Illinois Statewide Marriage Index Illinois State Archives; Search Criteria: Daniels, John and Kerney; https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriageSearch.do
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSH2-53F : 4 December 2014), John Daniels, Private, Company C, 13th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M545 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 881,923.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67G-38N : 8 June 2019), John Daniels, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJC-JVY : 15 September 2017), John W Daniels, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 102B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0202; FHL microfilm 1,254,202.
9. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTSP-5VB : 10 March 2018), John Daniels in household of Henry King, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States; citing p. 697, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,341.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YL-LRQ : accessed 16 August 2019), John Daniels, Alkali & Blue Creek Precincts, Deuel, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,922.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML46-DNT : accessed 16 August 2019), John Daniels in household of Amos O Meeker, Blue Creek, Garden, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 3A, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 846; FHL microfilm 1,374,859.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JD-CVD : accessed 16 August 2019), John Daniels, Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States; citing ED 59, sheet 3A, line 20, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1717; FHL microfilm 1,821,717.

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Carolyn Wilder for her research into the records in England and the United States for documentation on her great great grandfather John Wesley Daniels.