Walter Oliver (Daniel) Daniels (1880 - 1963)

Born 23 Mar 1880 in Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Son of John Fremont Daniel and Elizabeth Lodema (Sherard) Froman

Husband of Iva Belle (Mathis) Daniels — married 25 Feb 1900 in Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1963 at age 82 in Maysville, DeKalb, Missouri, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Gilbert Nelson [send private message]

Biography

Musician Walter (Daniel) Daniels served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1898
Unit(s): 4th Missouri Infantry
Service Ended: unknown

Walter was born in 1880 and passed away in 1963.^[1]

Religion: Baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (R.L.D.S.) Church.

His grave marker shows his service in the Spanish American War. Pvt Co G 4 RGT MO INF. He enlisted before he turned 18, so he served first as a bugler (Musician), and later as a Private.

He married Iva Bell Mathis Feb 25th, 1900.

Profession: Farmer, Butcher, and Electrician for the Weatherby Telephone Company.

Lived: Maysville, MO - ; Weatherby, MO -

Note: Walter's death date is given in contemporaneous obituaries and on his tombstone as January 20th, but his death certificate gives his time of death as 12:30 AM on January 21st.

Funeral: Wednesday, 23 January 1963 at Bram Chapel, Maysville, MO, Rev. Jack Bokum officiating under auspices of Bram Funeral Home.

DNA Confirmation

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Walter's great-grandson, Gilbert Nelson and his third cousin, CRZ. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great-great grandparents, John F Daniel. and Eliza Lodema Sherard. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd to 4th Cousins, based on sharing 71 cM across 4 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Walter's great-grandson, Gilbert Nelson and his third cousin, CRZ. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great-great grandparents, John F Daniel. and Eliza Lodema Sherard. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd to 4th Cousins, based on sharing 71 cM across 4 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA consisting of Gilbert Nelson (Walter Oliver's great-grandson), MMS and MMSL, who share a 49.9 cM segment on chromosome 5. Gilbert and MMS are 4C1R; Gilbert and MMSL are also 4C1R. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are James Sherard and Nancy Cornelison.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #66049434

• The Biographical & Genealogical Records of the Descendants of Charles & Jane Daniel Families in the United States. (1981), pages 52 & 74.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M661-SWV : 14 July 2016), Walter Daniel in household of John F Daniel, Adams, De Kalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 200, sheet 288B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0685; FHL microfilm 1,254,685.

• "United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HXF-FFQ : 17 June 2015), Walter O Daniels, 1898.

• Marriage: DeKalb County, Missouri Marriage Book H, page 186. "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9CT-53VB?cc=2060668&wc=Q4JS-FM9%3A352318601%2C1583571902 : 1 May 2015), DeKalb > image 307 of 441; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CD-LY3 : accessed 28 April 2017), Walter Daniels, Camden Township (east half) Maysville Mo, DeKalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 3B, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,852.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TT-PFH : accessed 28 April 2017), Walter Daniel, Maysville Ward 2, DeKalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 8A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 779; FHL microfilm 1,374,792.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R8-SH6 : 12 December 2014), Walter Oliver Daniel, 1917-1918; citing DeKalb County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,165.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M84P-6L8 : accessed 28 April 2017), Walter O Daniel, Maysville, De Kalb, Missouri, United States; citing ED 70, sheet 2A, line 33, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 916; FHL microfilm 1,820,916.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYD-MDL : 3 April 2015), Walter O Daniels, 1923.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHX2-H3R : accessed 28 April 2017), Walter O Daniels, Weatherby, DeKalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 1B, line 94, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1186; FHL microfilm 2,340,921.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Q7-4ND : accessed 28 April 2017), W O Daniels, Weatherby, Adams Township, DeKalb, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-1, sheet 2B, line 70, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2102.

• Obituary: St. Joseph [MO] Gazette, Tuesday, 22 Jan 1963. Maysville [MO] DeKalb County Record-Herald, 24 Jan 1963.

• Missouri State Death Certificate (State File No. 63-000942, Registration Dist. No. 99, Primary Reg. Dist. No. (blank), Registrar's no. 7).