A Sesquicentennial History of the Green River Missionary Baptist Church
1836 - 1986, Written and Compiled by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr., For the One
Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Church, 1987. By
permission of author. Ohio County.

NICHOLAS C. DANIEL, a prominent Cromwell Merchant, Civil War Veteran,
Member of Green River Baptist Church, and Member of Cromwell Masonic Lodge;
was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, and reared in the Cromwell neighborhood.
He was the son of George M. Daniel (b. c. 1806- d. c. 1876) and Nancy A.
(Tilford) Daniel (b. c. 1809 - d. June 17, 1882).  His mother was a native
of Virginia, and was a daughter of Jeremiah Tilford and Lucy (Daniel)
Tilford (b. 1790), who were married on June 9, 1814.  George M. Daniel and
Nancy A. Tilford were married on March 15, 1827, in Ohio County, Kentucky.
Nicholas C. Daniel, their son, was born on October 1,1835.
   During the Civil War (1861-1865) he served as a private in the Federal
Army (Union).  Upon returning home, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary
C. Austin (b. January 5, 1845 - d. April 21, 1934), also a native of Ohio
County, Kentucky.   According to the 1870 and the 1880 Ohio County Census
Records they became the parents of at least four children, as follows: 
Missouri Florence Daniel (b.c. 1867), Mary Daniel (b. Feb. 1870), Estill T.
Daniel (b.c. 1871) and Anna Daniel (b.c. 1873).  Only he and his wife are
listed in the Ohio County Census of 1900.  The 1890 Census was destroyed by
fire many years ago.
   Brother Daniel became a member of the Green River Church by Christian
Experience and Believer's Immersion in November, 1873, in his thirty-eighth
year.  His wife had united with the Church in the same manner while still
single in January, 1864.  Florence Daniel (Married a Martin) became a
Member by Christian Experience and Baptism on May 4, 1884, and was lettered
out with her parents in May of 1903.  Ann Daniel (Married a Taylor) became
a Member by Christian Experience and Baptism in December, 1884, and was
lettered out on January 23, 1909.  There is no record on the other two
children.
   Brother Daniel served the Church as a Trustee in 1889-1903.  He also
attended the Gasper River Assaociation as a Messenger from the Church in
1876, 1885, 1888, 1892, 1899 and 1901.  He attended the first meeting of
the Ohio County Association as a Messenger of the Church with Brother Birch
Shields at the Hartford Church, in 1901.  He also attended the 1902
meeting, before moving his membership in May, 1903.
   From 1870 to 1903 Brother Daniel was a Groceryman at Cromwell.  He was
also very active in the Cromwell Masonic Lodge.  From 1903 until his death,
on November 28, 1906, he made his home at Beaver Dam, Kentucky.  He died
from complication which arose from having broken a leg on November 14th
preceding his death.  He was elected as Tax Assessor for Ohio County on the
Republican Ticket, in November, 1893, and served in the years 1894-1897. 
His sister, Martha Elizabeth "Bettie" Daniel (b. December 31, 1845 - d.
September 2, 1909), married James W. Shields (1835-1898) on August 12,
1868, and became the mother of Baptist Minister Birch Shields and Deacon
Warren Shields.
   Upon his death, Brother Daniel's remains were interred in the Green River
Cemetery after a Funeral Sermon by Pastor A B. Gardner and Masonic Honors
at the grave.  An imposing Granite Monument marks his last earthly resting
place, located near the parking lot of the Church.  The following is
inscribed upon it:
   "His words were kindness; His deeds were Love; His spirit humble; He
rests above."
   Mrs. Daniel and at least wo daughters survived him.  Members from the
Cromwell, Beaver Dam and Hartford Masonic Lodges participated in the
service honoring him.  Mrs. Daniel outlived him by over twenty-seven years,
departing this life on April 21, 1934.  Her body lies alongside his in the
Green River Cemetery awaiting the "First Resurrection."

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