Alexander W. McDaniel (1814 - aft. 1880)

Born 1814 in Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Halterman) McDaniel — married 30 Jan 1833 in Lawrence County, Ohio

Husband of Delilah (Miller) McDaniel — married 25 May 1846 in Lawrence County, Ohio

Descendants

Died after 18 Jun 1880 after age 66 in Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio [uncertain]

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Biography

Alexander McDaniel, eldest child of Caleb and Martha (Williams) McDaniel, was born in Ohio several years after the McDaniel family left Monroe County, Virginia [now WV]. He farmed all his life in Symmes Township of Lawrence County. He appears as Alex in the 1850 census and Ellie in the 1880 census. He was twice married and raised a family of nine children in all.

Alexander was first married to Katherine Halterman on 30 January 1833, by John Pethoud, Justice of the Peace.^[1] The couple had two children - Henry and Rutha - before Katherine's untimely death in or shortly after childbirth, which was in 1836.

Alexander was next married to widow Delilah Filkins nee Miller on either 26 or 28 May 1846, by Joseph Yates, Justice of the Peace. The Probate Court Register lists the marriage twice, both accounts signed by Yates but one stating the 26th and the other the 28th.^[2][3] Alexander and Delilah had several children together.

The family is found in the 1850 and 1880 census as follows ...

1850 Symmes Township, Lawrence Co., OH; p. 423; 2 Nov 1850

Alex McDaniel, age 36, b. in OH, Farmer

Delila McDaniel, age 30, b. in OH

Rutha McDaniel, age 14, b. in OH

Joseph McDaniel, age 4, b. in OH

Catharin McDaniel, age 1, b. in OH

Henry McDaniel, age 16, b. in OH, Farmer^[4]

1880 Symmes Tshp, Lawrence County, Ohio, ED 97, Sheet p 18B, 18 Jun 1880

Ellie McDaniel, age 74, Head, b. in OH, father b. in OH, mother b. in VA, No Occupation

Delila, age 68, Wife, b. in OH father, both parents b. in OH

James, age 24, Son, b. in OH both parents b. in OH, Farm Laborer^[5]

The 1880 census is the last known record of Alexander. The date and place of his death, and place of burial, are as yet undiscovered.

Excerpt from Henry Miller Family and Descendants, Page 142

Evidently Alex McDaniel was a farmer by trade. He possibly did some work cutting wood for the furnaces that were not too far distant.

We do not know when Delilah or Alex, her husband died, or where they are buried. Again we are left to some guessing. We do have them listed in the 1880 census, living in Symmes township of Lawrence county. Their son James is still with them. Their son William Franklin had been married the previous year and was living nearby.

So both of them died after the census of 1800, and as for where they are buried, I would tend to believe that they are in the Buffalo (Rehoboth) cemetery where there is a sister of Delilah, also two half-brothers and other relatives buried.

Facts

Names Listed:

• Alexander McDaniel ^[6][7]
• Alexander Mcdaniel ^[8]
• Alexander W Daniel^[9]
• Alex McDaniel ^[10]
• Ellie Mcdaniel ^[11]

Birth:

• 1806, Ohio ^[11]
• 1814, Ohio ^[10]
• 1816, Virginia ^[7]

Note: Of these 3 census, the one for 1850 is correct. Alexander's father had migrated from VA to OH in 1810 and was married there in 1811. Often, the farther a record is from the event, the less likely it is to be correct. [See his father's profile.]

Marriages:

• 30 Jan 1833. Lawrence Co., Ohio, Katherine Halterman ^[1]
• Lawrence, Ohio, Delilah Miller, as a widower ^[6]
• Delila McDaniel ^[10][7][11]
• 26 May 1846. Lawrence, Ohio, Delilah Filkins

Occupation:

• Farmer ^[10]

Residence:

• Lawrence, Ohio ^[6]
• 1840, Lymins [sic], Lawrence, Ohio ^[8]
• 02 Nov 1850, Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio ^[10]
• 01 Aug 1860, PO Campbell, Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio ^[7]
• 18 Jun 1880, Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio ^[11]

Death:

• After 1880 ^[6]

Burial:

• Believed to be Buffalo (Rehoboth) cemetery ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7F-NQW : 27 September 2021), Alexander Mcdaniel and Katharine Halterman, 1833
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7F-PPX : 27 September 2021), Alexander W. Daniel and Delilah Filkins, 1846
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7F-5MW : 27 September 2021), Alexander Mcdaniel and Delilah Filkins, 1846
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQN-1W2 : 21 December 2020), Alex McDaniel, Symmes Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89F-B3Q : 14 January 2022), Ellie McDaniel, Symmes Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Henry Miller Family and Descendants Chester I Miller, Henry Miller Family and Descendants [1], Chester I Miller, 4385 Roberts Mill Rd SW, London, OH 43140, June 25, 1980. Detail: Page 142
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} 1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [2]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Detail: Year: 1860; Census Place: Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: M653_997; Page: 284; Family History Library Film: 803997
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 1840 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [3]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Detail: Year: 1840; Census Place: Lymins, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: 407; Page: 40; Family History Library Film: 0020170
9. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 [4]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses. Detail: Film Number: 000317716
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} 1850 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [5]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Detail: Year: 1850; Census Place: Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: M432_701; Page: 422B; Image: 627
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [6]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Detail: Year: 1880; Census Place: Symmes, Lawrence, Ohio; Roll: 1039; Page: 317B; Enumeration District: 097

See Also

Esta (McDaniel) Lee, "Our McDaniel Family", D.A.R. (1975)