Biography of Harvey McDaniel, b. 1825
Contributed by Diana Flynn
HARVEY MCDANIEL is a native of Pulaski County, Ky., was born August 29, 1825, and is the fifth of the family of Spencer and Martha McDaniel, natives of Virginia and Tennessee respectively. The grandfather of our subject was also a native of Virginia, where he married and in the early time emigrated to Pulaski County, Ky., there continuing to reside until his decease. His family consisted of Polly, William, Elizabeth, John and Spencer. Spencer McDaniel was born in 1782, and in Kentucky married Martha Derosset, with whom, in 1834, he moved to Monroe, and the following year to Morgan County, Ind., where he closed his life January 21, 1871. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812, and the parent of eight children--Mary, Hardin, Elizabeth, Channa, Samantha, Julia, Clarinda and Harvey. Harvey McDaniel, January 10, 1850, married Rebecca A. Darrell, who died May 25, 1853. He next married, March 24, 1880, Martha Owens, widow of Jacob Owens.

Mr. McDaniel is the father of two children--Elizabeth (deceased) and Martha E. (now Mrs. Beattie, residing in Wisconsin).

COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL., CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA, PAGE 195

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