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Henry C. Daniel, farmer, Wallaceburg, Ark. Prominent among the many successful sons of toil now residing in Wallaceburg Township stands the name of Henry C. Daniel, who was born in Lawrence County, Ala., on February 11, 1843, and who is the son of James and Martha (Condren) Daniel, both born in Alabama in 1817. The parents were married in their native State in 1833, and of the nine children born to their marriage, only five are now living: Andrew J., John C, Stephanas, and Emma L. (wife of D. J. Montgomery, Jr.). The father emigrated to Arkansas from Mississippi in 1855, and settled in Hempstead County, where he received his final summons in 1889. He was a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The mother died in 1885, and was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Henry C. Daniel came to Arkansas with his parents when but twelve years of age, and his educational attainments were of rather a limited order. On December 28, 1873, he wedded Miss Cassandria Ervin, a native of Hempstead County, Ark., born February 7, 1854, and who died on March 6, 1875. Mr. Daniel’s second marriage occurred February 10, 1876, to Mrs. Martha E. (Hughes) Rhodes’, a native of Howard County, Ark., born in 1851, and the daughter of John H. and Margaret (Sample) Hughes. Mrs. Daniel’s first husband was William A. Rhodes, whom she married in 1872, and who died on May 5, 1874. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and socially was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Daniel owns a good farm, and has it well improved and cultivated. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E. Twentieth Arkansas Infantry, and served until May, 1865. He was captured at Vicksburg in 1863, but was held but a short time when he was paroled. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and in his political views is strictly Democratic. He and Mrs. Daniel are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.