DAILY, William Ellsworth 1868-1941

DAILY, PENNEY, HALSEY, MADSEN, VARGASON

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 8/28/2010 at 11:29:18

William Ellsworth Daily
November 13, 1868 – September 25, 1941

Husband of Martha Augusta (Penney) Daily
August 24, 1866 – November 1, 1942

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William E. Daily, veteran Dexter businessman and former mayor of that village died Thursday afternoon at his home.

He was born 13 Nov. 1868. When he was 17 he entered the employ of C. Smith and son as a tinner. He worked in Stacyville and Sutton before coming to Dexter in 1900. He has been in the hardware business since that time.

Survivors include three daughters and a son, Florence of Austin; Marguerite, St. Charles; Mrs. George Madsen, Marion, Illinois and William, Dexter.

Funeral services were Sunday from the home in Dexter and at the cemetery in LeRoy, where the Masonic Order was in charge

[Leroy Independent, Tuesday, October 28, 1931]
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"William E. Daily, merchant of Dexter, of which village he is at the present time (published in 1911) serving as mayor, was born in this county, having first seen the light of day November 13, 1868, son of Ziba and Jane C. (Vargason) Daily. William E. attended the district school, and remained on the home farm until seventeen years of age, at which time he entered the employ of C. Smith & Son, to learn the trade of tinner.

Two years later he entered the employ of E. S. Fonda, hardware dealer at Staceyville, Iowa. After three years at this work he went to Sutton, and purchased grain and managed a creamery in connection with conducting a general store ten years. In 1900 he came to Dexter and purchased the S. A. Sorenson stock of hardware.

In the fall of 1910 he bought out Reed & Noyes, and combined it with his former line. His business now consists of hardware, farm implements, furniture and harnesses, all under one roof, his establishment being the most extensive of its kind in Mower county.

Mr. Daily served as treasurer of his school district seven years before assuming his present position. He is past master of Dexter Lodge, No. 253, A. F. & A. M., and is past worthy patron of Dexter Chapter, No. 175, O. E. S. The subject of this sketch married Mattie Penney, daughter of William and Hannah (Halsey) Penney, and to this union have been born four children: Marguerite, Alice, Florence and William E., Jr.

Mrs. Daily was born in Mitchell county, Iowa, August 24, 1866. Mr. Daily is a stockholder in the First State Bank, of Dexter; manager and stockholder of the Dexter Telephone Company, of Dexter; president of the Dexter Commercial Club, and is also interested in other enterprises. His home in the village, which he purchased from Peter Vandenover, is a model of comfort and convenience, and in addition to this he owns nine lots about his home and three lots elsewhere in the village."

[History of Mower Co., Minnesota 1911]