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man, and in 1644 he was married to Mary, daugh- ter of Henry Withington. He was treasurer of Harvard college, 1650-68; was deputy from Cambridge in the Massachusetts general court, 1657-59; a member of the governor's council, 1659-78; deputy governor, 1679-92 (with the exception of the brief administration of Governor Andros) and a counsellor and associate judge of the superior court, 1693-99. He was a Massachu- setts commissioner of the New England confed- eracy, 1663-82. His sister, Elizabeth, became the wife of Andrew Belcher, and the grandmother of Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts. His wife died in 1697. His son. Samuel, was graduated from Harvard in 1671 and died in 1676. His daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Francis Foxcroft, and their great-grand- daughter, Phoebe Foxcroft, became the wife of the Rev. John Phillips, who founded the acad- emies at Exeter and Andover. Governor Danforth died in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 5, 1699.

DANIEL, Henry, representative, was born in Virginia about 1782-83; son of James and Elizabeth (Montague) Daniel; grandson of Charles and James (Mickelborough) Daniel and of Thomas Montague; and great-grandson of James and Margaret (Vivian) Daniel of Middle- sex county, Va. He removed to Mt. Sterling, Ky. . where he practised law ; was a representative in the Kentucky state legislature, 1813; captain in the 8th U.S. infantry, 1813-15; representative in the Kentucky legislature, 1819 and 1836 ; and representative from Kentucky as a Jackson Democrat in the 30th, 21st and 23d congresses, 1837-33. He was a partisan of Andrew Jackson ; had a bitter personal debate with Tristam Burges of Rhode Island; and was a Harrison presiden- tial elector in 1837. He was married to a sister of the Hon. Clifton Tompson, and shot his brother-in-law in a quarrel at Mt. Sterling in 1845. He died at Mt. Sterling, Ky.,Oct. 5, 1873.

DANIEL, John Moncure, journaUst, was born in Stafford county, Va., Oct. 24, 1825; son of John Moncure and Aiza (Mitchell) Daniel; grand- son of Dr. John Moncure and Margaret Eleanor (Stone) Daniel; and a nephew of Judge Raleigh Travers Daniel. His grandfather studied medi- cine in Scotland, was appointed hospital sur- geon July 9, 1809, and was surgeon U.S.A. in the war of 1812. John Moncure, 3d, was sent to school in Richmond, Va., and studied law in the office of Judge Lomax in Fredericksburg. In 1845. on the death of his father, he returned to Richmond, where he became librarian in the public library, contributed to the press, and for a time conducted The Southern Planter. He became an editorial writer on the newly established Bichmond Examiner, and a few months later editor- in-chief and part proprietor. He was elected a

member of the council of state as a Democrat. The Examiner became a political power in the Democratic party and in the campaign of Pierce and King in 1852 Editor Daniel contributed largely to the success of the ticket. President Pierce appointed him in 1853 charge d'affaires near the court of Turin and three years there- after in accordance with act of congress he was made minister resident to Sardinia, Avhere he remained until December, 1860, when information of South Carolina's secession reached him and he returned to America. He resumed editorial control of the Examiner and joined in the move- ment for the maintenance of southern rights. He was a major on the staff of Gen. J. B. Floyd in western Virginia in 1861 and subsequently on the staff of Gen. A. P. Hill. Being wounded at Mechanicsville, he was forced to retire from active service and resumed the editorship of his paper. In 1864 he was wounded in a duel with Mr. Elmore, treasurer of the Confederate States, in answer for severe criticisms of Jefferson Davis and his cabinet in the Enquirer. He pre- dicted the fall of the Confederacy but died a few days before the surrender at Appomattox and the last number of the Examiner, printed the day before the evacuation of Richmond, contained the announcement of his death. See TJie Bich- mond Examiner During the War, or the Writings of John M. Daniel, with a Memoir, by his brother (1868). He died in Richmond, Va., March 30, 1865.

DANIEL, John Reeve Jones, representative, was born in Halifax county, N.C., in 1802; son of Wiley and Judith (Jones) Daniel. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1821, studied law and was admitted to the bar in his native state. He was a member of the house of commons in the state legislature, 1833- 34; attorney-general, 1834-40, and a representa- tive in the 37th-33d congresses, 1841-53, serving several sessions as chairman of the committee on claims. He removed later in life to Louisi- ana, where he died in 1865.

DANIEL, John Warwick, senator, was born in Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 5, 1843; son of Judge "William, Jr., and Sarah A. (Warwick) Daniel; grandson of Judge William, Sr., and Margaret (Baldwin) Daniel, and of John M. and Caroline (Norvell) Warwick; great-grandson of William and Pattie (Allen), great ^ grandson of William and Elizabeth (Watkins) Woodson, and great' grandson of James and Margaret (Vivian) Daniel. His paternal grandfather was a judge of the Vir- ginia general court, and an ardent supporter of Jefferson and of the revolution of 1798. His father was a judge of the' supreme court of appeals of Virginia, an elector for Van Buren in 1840, a distinguished orator, and a cousin of Peter Vivian Daniel of the U.S. sunreme court and of John