MCDANIEL, HENRY, was born May 20, 1781, near Harrisburg, Pa., and about 1786 he was taken by his parents to Clark county, Ky. In 1809 he entered the ministry in connection with the M. E. church. From that time until 1822 he gave his entire time to preaching, so far as his health would permit. He was stationed at Georgetown, Lexington, Louisville and Danville, respectively. His wife died in Kentucky without children, and he came to Sangamon county in 1834, returned to Kentucky, and brought out some of his brothers in 1836. He was married in 1838, in Sangamon county, to Amanda Carrico. They had five children--

CATHARINE, born Feb. 22, 1839, married Thomas Hunter. They had two children. FRANCES E. lives with her mother, and CLARETTA lives with her grandmother McDaniel. Thomas Hunter died in 1866, and his widow married Austin Phelps, and lives in Springfield.

ANGELINE, born July 9, 1841, in Sangamon county, married John T. McElfresh, have three children, and reside in Decatur, Ill.

CHARLES B., born Feb. 7, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, Dec. 31, 1862, recovered, and was transferred to Bat. G, First Mo. Art., was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was with the force that liberated the last of the Union men from Andersonville prison. He was honorably discharged, in 1865, was married, Jan. 22, 1866, in Springfield, to Martha E. Matthews, have three children, JOHN L., JENNIE F. and HENRY H., and live in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

JOHN N., born March 19, 1848, and

REUBEN T., born Aug. 24, 1852, resides with their mother.

Rev. Henry McDaniel died, Aug. 10, 1863, in Mechanicsburg, and his widow resides two and one-half miles southwest of Dawson.

The mother of Henry, James, William, Jonathan and Robert McDaniel, came with her two youngest sons to Sangamon county, and died, aged near one hundred years.