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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  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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DANIEL W. HAINER, druggist, was born in the State of New York, August 8, 1843. He enlisted in a three months’ regiment at the age of seventeen and re-enlisted for three years’ service. In 1866, he went to Denver, where he was engaged in freighting between that city and Salt Lake, and was afterward in the mining business in Montana two years. He was then in the cattle business three years at Salt Lake City and in Texas three years in general speculation. He then went to Colorado and was in the mining and lime business for one year, coming to Columbus, Kan., in 1875, and then to a drug store in Cherokee, where he remained as a clerk for a short time. He was then in Carterville, Mo., in the drug business one season, and came to Galena in 1877, and engaged in his present business. He owns three residences in Galena. He is a member of the Kansas Benevolent Society and the K. of P. He was elected Councilman of Galena in 1881. He was married to Mrs. Nola V. Clifford, of Illinois, in 1878. They have three children-Maud, Pearl G. and Mabel.

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This family biography is one of 289 biographies included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883.  For the complete description, click here: Cherokee County, Kansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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