Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 545-546 [McCracken]

     EDMUND H. DANIEL belongs to a pioneer family of Princeton,
Kentucky, where he was born and reared, and has for many years been
a useful and respected citizen.  Mr. Daniel was born September 8,
1829, son of Alsop Y. and Mary M. (Harris) Daniel, both natives of
Culpeper county, Virginia, the date of the father's birth being
October 30, 1790.  The parents left their Virginia homes early in
life to come to Kentucky, and it was in Princeton, in 1826, that
they were married.  The father was by trade a coach-builder.  He
died January 13, 1841, in Princeton.
     Edmund H. Daniel was an energetic boy, and at an early age
showed a disposition to do something for his support.  At the age of
nine years he started out peddling ginger cakes.  From this humble
beginning he worked his way up; clerked in a confectionery store,
learned the candy and baker's trade, and was thus employed five
years; went to Eddyville, Kentucky, and for some time clerked in his
uncle's dry-goods store.  Returning to Princeton, he clerked in a
dry-goods store for August May, later in a saloon and grocery for T.
J. Johnson, and still later was in the employ of A. Denney. 
December 28, 1864, he engaged in business in partnership with his
brother, R. T. Daniel, with whom he was associated five years, doing
business in the old Calvert block.  He then bought the lot on which
his present business place is located, and in the winter of 1869-70
erected the building which he has since occupied, and where he has
conducted a successful business during this period of more than
thirty-three years.
     Mr. Daniel has been a Democrat all his life, but in the local
elections he votes for the best man regardless of political views. 
Fraternally he is a Mason, having identified himself with the
Masonic order forty years ago, and remained a member in good
standing in the same ever since.
     February 15, 1850, Mr. Daniel married Miss Manerva Perry, a
native of Caldwell county, Kentucky, and a daughter of W. P. Perry,
a farmer of this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Daniel have no children of
their own, but have reared and educated seven children.

Daniel Harris Johnson Denney Perry
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Culpeper-VA Lyon-KY Caldwell-KY

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