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Abraham McDaniel (deceased) was one of the prosperous and esteemed farmers of Craighead County. He was a native of Tennessee, his parents, John and Mary McDaniel, having been residents of that State. After his mother’s death, his father came to Poinsett (now Craighead) County, Ark., locating near the present home of his son’s widow, but he afterward removed to Missouri, where he died. His children, Abraham, Mary, Nicholas and Charlie, returned to Arkansas. There were six children, only two of whom, Solomon N., and Mary, widow of William Pauldin, are now living. Abraham was about grown when he came to this county, and has engaged in farming all his life. He settled on the homestead farm in September, 1852, entering a half section of land. Having given to his sons, John B. and James N., sixty and sixty-three acres of land, respectively, the homestead now contains 183 acres. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in 1865 was ordained to preach in the Christian denomination, and devoted the greater part of his life to his Master’s cause. He died March 7, 1879, aged fifty-three years. He was married October 20, 1847, to Jane Cary, a daughter of Benjamin and Sallie (Stotts) Cary, residents of this county. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Carroll County, Tenn., October 31, 1832. In 1830 Mr. Cary removed with his family to Poinsett County, Ark., where he died in 1843, his wife having died two years previously. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel were the parents of ten children, three deceased: Rebecca, Sally and an infant boy; and seven living: John B., married to Mintie McGown, James N., married to Mary Hendrix; Mary, wife of John H. Darr; Nancy Ann, wife of Louis Sowells; Elizabeth, wife of William Fuller, and Martha Jane and A. B., at home. Mrs. McDaniel has been a devout and influential member of the Christian Church for about nineteen years, and four of her children are also members.