DANIEL, T. B.

DANIEL, HIGHT, HENSLEY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 09:41:45

Biography ~ T. B. Daniel

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 692-94:

T. B. DANIEL, contractor and builder, at Garden Grove, was born in Greene County, Indiana, February 16, 1843, the youngest child and fifth son of JOHN and LUCY (HIGHT) DANIEL, natives of Kentucky, and of German and Scotch descent . They lived in Kentucky during their early lives, then removed to Indiana, where they lived several years, thence to Clarke County, Iowa, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. DANIEL remained under the parental roof and followed farming until twenty-nine years of age, when he learned the carpenter’s trade, and he is now engaged in contracting for and building houses. He was married in Leon, July 15, 1865, to RHODA A. HENSLEY, daughter of WILLIAM K. and ELIZABETH HENSLEY, natives of West Virginia . She was born in Kentucky, in 1842. Their children are - JOHN W., JAMES A., LUCY A., MARY E., THOMAS B, JOSEPH A. Mr. DANIEL moved from Green County , Indiana, in 1856, and settled in Clarke County. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and served three years. He was engaged in the battle of Snake Creek Gap, at Columbia, South Carolina, Bentonsville, Rome, and Savannah , Georgia; was with SHERMAN on his famous march to the sea, and was the third man who crossed the river at Columbia. He came to Garden Grove in 1867, where he is recognized as one of the prominent men of the township, and one who has never sought political favor. He owns eighty acres of land south of the depot, twenty-five acres south of the home place, and seven acres upon which he has a nice residence. Politically he is a zealous Republican.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014