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DANIEL, JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18, P.O. Kane. James Daniel is a native of Greene County, where he was born in the year 1824. The oldest son of Nathan Daniel and Louisa. Nathan Daniel was a native of Kentucky, and was but a young man when he emigrated to the west and settled in Greene, where he became a contemporary with some of the earliest settlers, the date of arrival in all probability being 1818 or ‘19. Here he married Miss Louisa Allen, a daughter of Daniel Allen, a well-remembered citizen of the county. This marriage was blessed with five children, of whom as stated, James was the elder, and who has followed farming from his earliest years. In 1846 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Scoggins, a daughter of Franklin Scoggins, by whom he had six children, five of whom are living. Mrs. Daniel died on February 8, 1869, and was laid at rest in Kane Cemetery. In 1875 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Mundy, relict of Thomas Mundy, and a daughter of Jackson Wright, who was an early settler of Greene County, and a native of South Carolina. Thomas Mundy was born in Tennessee, and became a successful agriculturist. He died in September, 1866. He was the father of eight children, of whom five are living: George B., John O., Madison O., Thomas W. and William C. The estate comprises 126 acres, and is, for its size, one of the most valuable tracts of land in this township.