WARREN TAYLOR DANIELS

DANIELS, MONEY, CRAIG

Posted By: Alice Wayne Daniels (email)
Date: 7/23/2004 at 19:42:37

BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY, PG 26-27
1903 APPANOOSE AND MONROE COUNTIES, IOWA HISTORY BOOK

WARREN TAYLOR DANIELS

Anyone who will call at the farm residence to which mail for the above named
gentleman is directed, near Moulton, in Appanoose county, Iowa, may realize what is
meant by the expression “up-to-date farming.” It is situated in the beautiful prairie
country for which Iowa has long been noted, and is part of the land which produces those
enormous crops of corn who figures in millions of bushels astonish the world. The
visitor will notice in front of the house a metal box marked “U. S. Mail,” which means
that the occupants of the place enjoy free rural mail delivery, that recent luxurious device
of advanced civilization. Going inside, he will soon discover that Mr. Daniels, the
hospitable owner, has telephone connection with Moulton, where most of his business is
transacted. He can also talk to all other important places in the county and state; in other
words, he can attend to all his foreign business without going out of the house, and
meantime enjoy reading the morning papers brought to his door by obliging “Uncle Sam.”

Such is a model farmer out in Iowa, and Warren Taylor Daniels is one of them. He was
born in Jackson county, Ohio, September 23, 1856, and is a son of William and Mary Jane Daniels, who are spoken of in detail in another part of this volume. Warren grew up
in his native county, attended the schools, and, like other boys, wondered in his
impatience if he would never become a man. At length the time came when he was free,
and his first venture in the world of business was a farmer and stock raiser. When
twenty-three years old he embarked in the retail charcoal trade, but only continued his a
year, and some ten years later tried an investment in the lumber business. This, too, he
soon disposed of, and in 1891 emigrated to Iowa and settled at Moulton, in Appanoose
county. He resumed the lumber business at this place, owning a sawmill on Sheridan
river, four miles from town, and prosecuted it energetically for five years after his arrival.
Eventually he sold all his interests in Moulton and moved to the farm which is mentioned
at the beginning of this sketch. It consists of one hundred and eighty acres of good
farming land, with all the necessary improvements and conveniences, where he is
engaged in raising and feeding stock, and in addition to his Mr. Daniels owns a residence
and six building lots in Moulton.

On November 30, 1881, Mr. Daniels was married to Miss Eliza, daughter of James and
Jane (Money) Craig, both natives of Ireland, who came to the United States in 1846.
They resided in Massachusetts for thirteen years after reaching the United States, ,and
then removed to Gallia county, Ohio, where the mother died in 1889, but her husband is
still living in the last named state. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have four children, whose names
are Lizzie Jane, Craig E., Emma M. and Ward T. The parents are member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Daniels is connected with the Odd Fellows,
Daughters of Rebekah, Red Men and Knights of Labor. There are few more comfortable
homes than that occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, and the hospitable greeting always
extended makes it a pleasure to many friends to assemble around their cheerful
hearthstone.