The father of David W. Daily removed to Indiana from Kentucky in the year 1796 settling at a point some two and a half miles south of Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana, in then wilderness of this locality, which was chiefly inhabited by Indians. At the time all the country lying between the mouth of Fourteen Mile Creek and the Falls of the Ohio River was covered by forest and dense under growth of cane.
He was elected Sheriff of Clark County, Indiana in 1828, and re-elected to the same office in 1830, serving two terms. In the year 1835 he was elected to fill the unexpired term of John M. Lemon in the State Senate, Mr. Lemon having been appointed Receiver in the Land Office, we believe. At the expiration of this term Mr. Daily was re-elected to the State Senate from the joint district composed of Clark and Floyd Counties. During this term of service the notorious and fatal Internal Improvement Bill passed the Legislature of Indiana. Mr. Daily, to his lasting honor, with but ten other members of the Senate, bitterly opposed its passage, finding themselves in a hopeless minority, they determined to bolt and thus prevent it's passage of the measure by breaking a quorum. Their horses were ordered for their departure from the State Capital, when through the influence of Tighlman A. Howard one of the eleven bolters, they finally determined to remain and make the best fight possible in the Senate against the measure.
Mary Shirley Dailey was born near the Kentucky River above Boonesboro at what is called Cubbard Rock. As a child with her family, was in Boonesboro with Daniel Boone. She was old enough and from association with her family was able to relate many interesting things relative to Daniel Boone and the Fort. In fact, her children and grandchildren were reared on Real Indian stories. She married David Wise Daily on August 30, 1818, at the "Old Stone Home." David Wise Daily was the first white male child born in Charlestown, Indiana.
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