Archer D and
Mary Daniel
Kentucky: A
History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Campbell Co.
Archer D. Daniel, a native of Campbell County, Ky., was born October 2, 1819.
His father, Charles Daniel,
a native of Kentucky, was a Whig in politics, and was constable and master
commissioner of Campbell County for a number of years; he enlisted in the war of
1812, but engaged in no active service; he died in Campbell County in his
seventy-fourth year.
Charles married Esther Dickerson, of Grant County, daughter of Archer Dickerson,
and four sons and three daughters were born to them, of whom the subject of this
sketch is the third child. William Daniel, the grandfather of Archer D., a
native of Virginia, was an early settler in Campbell County, where he died; he
took part in the war for independence.
Archer D. Daniel was reared and educated in Newport, where he followed
merchandising, and where he owns nineteen acres of land; he settled in Glencoe
in 1872, since which time he has been engaged in general merchandising; he also
owns a store at Marion's Landing, Owen County.
November 14, 1843, he married Mary Reasdall, of Hamilton County, Ohio, daughter
of John and Lydia Reasdall, natives, respectively, of England and Massachusetts.
Seven sons and two daughters blessed their union: William, Archer, Charles,
Henry, Mary, Elwood, Lewis J., Dillard H. and Irene. William, Archer and
Henry are deceased. Mrs. Daniel died November 1, 1867, at Belleview, Boone
County; she was a member of the Swedenborgen Church at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Politically Mr. Daniel
is a Democrat, but was formerly a Whig.