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(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910)
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JAMES DAILY, whose
excellent farm of 125 acres lies in Cross Creek Township,
Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he is a well known and
respected citizen, is a native of Jefferson Co., Ohio,
born in Mar. 1841, and is a son of James and
Elizabeth (Simonson) (Meyers) Daily.
The mother of Mr. Daily was a daughter of
Henry and Martha Simonson and she was
married (first) to Jacob Meyers. He
was a miller by trade and lost his life in an accident in
his mill. He left six children: Susan,
Martha, Rachel, Eliza, George and Jacob.
Later, Mrs. Meyers was married to
James Daily, who was a basket maker by trade.
It was his custom to leave home to sell his wares and from
one journey he never returned and the family lost trace of
him. Mr. and Mrs. Daily had three
sons: James, David and John.
Of these, David Daily died while serving
as a soldier in the Civil War. The mother of these
children was a member of the Presbyterian Church and at
death was interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Cross
Creek.
James Daily
is a self made man and from the age of sixteen years has
been self supporting. He went to school during
boyhood but as soon as old enough for hard work, found
employment, digging coal and performing other duties
whenever an opportunity could be found, in this way
gradually adding to the fifty cent piece which was his
sole capital when he started out. Finally he engaged
with William White, in Cross Creek
Township, to work for him at farming on shares and
remained for seventeen years, after which he bought a
small place of 18¼ acres, on which he remained for
fourteen years and when he sold that tract bought his
present farm on which he has lived ever since.
On Oct. 26, 1865, Mr. Daily was married
to Miss Eliza Jane Foster, who was born
in Ireland, Oct. 7, 1841, and was brought to America by
her mother when eight years of age. Her parents were
Robert and Martha Matilda (Marshal) Foster,
the former of whom died in Ireland. The mother then
brought her four children - Robert Marshal, Eliza
Jane, John and William - to
America, where she subsequently married Edward
Rouse. Mr. and Mrs. Rouse
had four children: Sarah, Thomas, John
and Mary. Mr. and Mrs.
Daily have the following children:
Robert Franklin; Adeline Elizabeth; Matilda Jane,
who married John Hardwick, and has one
daughter, Mary Jane; William J., who
married Sarah H. Barricklow; John
Thomas; Mary Catherine; Anna May, who is the wife
of J. R. Stone and the mother of two
children - George Wesley and Eva
Maria; Edward E., who married Blanche
Ohler, and has two children - George A.
and Ethel May; and Florence Nancy,
who married Joseph Scott, and has one
daughter, Emily Marie. Mr. Daily
and family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
In politics he is a Democrat and he has served one term as
road supervisor.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 724) |
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