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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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O. R. McDaniel, deputy county and circuit clerk of Nevada County, was born in Magnolia, Columbia County, August 14, 1859, a son of William S. and Mary S. (Burton) McDaniel, the father a native of North Carolina, and the mother of Franklin County, Ala. They came to Arkansas in 1853, settling in Columbia County, and afterward moving to Nevada County (in 1809), where the father is successfully engaged in tilling the soil, and is a prominent citizen. He served as treasurer of Nevada County for six years. The subject of this sketch was ten years of age on coming to this county, and received his education at the common country schools. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1885, when he embarked in the mercantile business at Honeaville, Nevada County, and carried on both farming and merchandising until his appointment to his present position in October, 1888. He then moved to Prescott, where he has since resided, and now owns some valuable town property and real estate. He was married in 1879 to Miss Mary A. Alsobrook, a native of Nevada County, and this union was blessed with four unusually bright and interesting children, viz.: Thomas W., May, Maude and Hugh. Mr. McDaniel is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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