Looking for John S. McDaniel (b. 1854) in Bandera, TX 1900
I am at a dead end trying to find earlier ancestors than my ggrandfather, John S. McDaniel, b. 1854 in Arkansas or Tennessee.
The 1900 census shows the John S. McDaniel family in Bandera, TX. Family is wife Joe; children Robert (b. 1887); Amos J. - my grandfather - (b. 1889, d. 1948); Thomas (b. 1891); and Mary L. (b. 1894). I know that John S. married Joe Stidham in Frisco, TX in 1883. He and Joe were named in a land transaction in Bandera in 1905 - the last date either shows up that I can tell.
The family of John S. McDaniel shown in the 1900 census from Bandera, TX has so many names reflected in the family of Amos K. McDaniel that it seems they must be related. (See the excellent webpage referred to in Mary's post of February 13, 2008 "Looney, Benjamin, Isaac G McDaniel and Related Families").
My father, son of Amos J., was christened David Oliver (another name repeated from family of Amos K.). The places of birth for the parents of John S. are also shown as being Arkansas.
However, I have two 1870 census records that could plausibly show John S. McDaniel: the first is the record that definitely shows the Amos K. McDaniel family (Travis County, TX); the second from Gibson Co, Tenn shows the household of David D. McDaniel (wife Mary, children John S. (1854), Sarah, Martha, Rachel, Livia, and an adult Mary Ethridge).
If anyone has any threads I can pull to trace back beyond John S., I would be very grateful.
Thanks,
David McDaniel