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William Daniels

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Siblings:
Joseph Warren Daniels
Olive Daniels
John Daniels
Barna Daniels
Ezra Daniels
Charles Daniels
Lydia Ann Daniels
Ruth Daniels
Sarah Daniels
Emma Daniels
Martha Daniels
Betsey Daniels
Silas Daniels
Harriet Eliza Daniels
Nathan H. Daniels
William Daniels
  • Born: 12 Dec 1844, Bingham Twp, Potter Cty, PA
  • Married 14 Jan 1866 to Ellen H. Harris
  • Died: 1 Jun 1907

    WILLIAM DANIELS was born in Bingham township. Potter Co., Penn., December 12, 1844, a son of George W. and Achsah (Hawley) Daniels, who settled in that township in 1827. His maternal grandfather was Solomon Hawley, a native of Connecticut, who settled in Bingham township in 1827. William Daniels was reared in his native township, and April 1, 1862, enlisted in Company F, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was wounded at the battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29, 1864, and was honorably discharged from the service April 20, 1865. After the war he engaged in farming in Bingham township, which he followed up to 1880. He then embarked in the grocery business at Lewisville with G. H. Cobb, and a year later purchased his partner's interest, conducting the business alone for a short time, when he sold out. He then opened a clothing store in same town, the first exclusive establishment of the kind in the place, which he conducted two years. He then traveled for an Elmira commercial house for two years, and afterward again engaged in mercantile business in Lewisville for one and a half years. January 14, 1866, he married Ellen H., daughter of John and Martha (Lewis) Harris, of Lewisville, and they have two children: M. Inez and Henry H. Mr. Daniels is a well-known citizen of Potter county, and is a member of the F. & A. M. and G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.


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