Obituary Rev. C. C. McDaniel
Rev. C. C. McDaniel died near Pine Top, Hardeman County, Tenn., Sunday, January 27, 1907, of malarial fever, after an illness of four weeks. The remains were buried at Walnut Grove, Monday. Rev. E. Z. Newsom conducting the funeral service in the presence of a large number of friends.
Deceased was born August 2, 1833, in “Spencer’s Cove,” in the eastern part of Middle Tennessee, near Crab Orchard Cap. At an early day he came with his parents to Hardeman County and located in the old 13th civil district, near Walnut Grove. He was twice married, first to Miss Elizabeth Rose, by whom he had two children, one of whom, W. A. H. McDaniel, survives. His second wife was Miss Cynthia Ervin, daughter of Dr. James Ervin. Seven children were the result of this union, five of whom are living – C. J. C., Mattie, Ernest, L. G. and Solon McDaniel. His second wife died in 1899.
When twenty years of age, Mr. McDaniel entered the ministry of the Baptist Church and served various churches in this and other counties for period of fifty-three years. He was Moderator of the Unity Baptist Association for ten years and was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the S. W. B. U. of Jackson. Nearly thirty years of his life were spent in teaching school. He was County Surveyor for many years. In the War Between the States, he rendered valuable service to the Confederates as a member of Captain Henderson’s Scouts under Forrest.
Mr. McDaniel was a man of vast information and remarkable memory. He had many friends who will learn with sorrow of this death.
Source: original newspaper clipping in scrapbook created by Ada Clark Stroup of Saulsbury
