Mary Daniels (1868 - 1872)

Born 6 May 1868 in Wayne County, West Virginia

Ancestors

Died Sep 1872 at age 4 in Wayne County, West Virginia

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

Mary Daniels died young.

Mary Daniels was born 6 September 1868 in Wayne County, West Virginia the daughter of Harrison Daniels and Hester Johnson. She was probably named for her grandmother, Mary, (also known as Marah) Johnson. ^[1][2] The copy of Mary's birth record at the courthouse has her parents as Harrison Daniels and Martha Daniels. This is an error. Mary's mother was Hester Johnson and her grandmother was Martha Daniels. [1] Since Harrison was the person who gave the birth information, although supposition, it seems a possible scenario for the mistake was Harrison and his mother Martha provided the birth info and the recording clerk simply asked their names and entered them in the birth register.

Mary was 2 years old in 1870 and resided with her parents at Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.^[3]

Tragically Mary died in September 1872 at the age of three from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. The death record lists her parents as H. and H. Daniels.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record Wayne County, West Virginia Vol 1 p 52 Item 11
2. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMWS-2LZ ), Mary Daniels, 6 Sep 1868; citing Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,485.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870,"PO Ceredo, Ceredo District, Wayne County, West Virginia. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZHM-RLG), Hossier Danils, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 10, family 71, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,200.

   Hossier Danils M 29 Virginia

   Hester Danils F 21 Virginia

   Harvia Danils M 4 West Virginia

   Mary Danils F 2 West Virginia

4. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMYR-646), Mary Daniels, 1872; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, County Records, , county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,481.