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REV. RUFUS H. McDANIEL, P. O. Decatur, was born in this township in the year 1850, and is a son of Hiram and Caroline (Lawwill) McDaniel, early settlers, whose sketches appear in this book. The boyhood of our subject was passed on the farm, and in the district schools; he received the rudiments of his education, after which he attended a select school at Bentonville, Ohio, and still later the academy at New Richmond, Clermont Co., Ohio, which completed his literary education. He paid some attention to theology, and began laboring in the ministry in the summer of 1869, since when he has labored in the Christian Church. He was a licentiate minister until the fall of 1874, when he was ordained during the Conference at the Bethlehem Christian Church. Since then he has labored regularly until the present year; owing to a serious eye difficulty, he is incapacitated for labor. He was married in 1874 to Miss Maggie, the daughter of F. W. and Susan (Hawk) Dragoo, of Brown County. Ohio, who has borne him three children, namely — Clarence, Minnie M. and Eben. F. W. Dragoo is a son of Belteshazzar Dragoo, the first settler in Brown County. Hiram McDaniel, father of Rufus, was born in Mason County, Ky., in the year 1822, and is a son of Edward and Mary (Waldron) McDaniel, who settled in this county about 1822. Edward was a son of Watson and Nancy McDaniel, natives of Maryland. Hiram was but an infant when his parents came to this county. He was reared on the farm, and was married to Caroline, the daughter of John and Mary (Reed) Lawwill, early settlers in Brown County, and natives of New York. Hiram was married in 1844, and afterward located in this township, where he has resided to the present time. To them have been born nine children, of whom six are living, namely — Mary, Sarah, Rufus H., Eliza J., Charles and Thomas. The deceased are Susan A., John L. and an infant. They are both members of the Christian Church, and are exemplary and consistent Christians. He owns thirty acres of improved land.