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William James Thomson McDaniel or McDonald

Male 1816 - 1885  (69 years)


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  • Name William James Thomson McDaniel or McDonald 
    Born 12 Feb 1816  , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Apr 1885  Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I453  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father James McDaniel or McDonald,   b. 24 Feb 1762, of, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1820, , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Zibiah McCarley,   b. 19 Dec 1786, , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1860, Calhoun Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1805  , Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1830 US: Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio, p. 1 of 8 (Note: that index indicates "Burdine," but looking carefully at the actual image, it is "Burdino".):
      Charles Burdine, males: 1:5-10(Nehemiah Beirdneau), 1:10-15(William McDaniel), 1:15-20(John McDaniel), 1:20-30(uncertain identity), 1:60-70(Charles Birdino); females: 1:0-5 (Elizabeth Beirdneau), 1:20-30(Jane McDaniel), 1:40-50(Zibiah)

      1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 28 Nov 1850, p. 173 of 187, house/family 1358 (next door is Jeremiah Birdeno, age 26, b. in Ohio with his wife America, 21, KY, and dau. Emily, 2, IA):
      William McDonnel, 32, laborer, OH.
      Zibiah Birdeno, 60, PA.
      Elizabeth Birdeno, 20, OH.

      1856 Iowa: Ancestry.com for Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa shows N.W. Burdino and family a dozen homes away at 49/57. N.W. is 32 years old and had resided in Iowa 9 years. Birth was Ohio. McDonals (McDaniels) are at 36/39:
      Wm. McDonal, 35, 10years in Iowa, OH, farmer.
      Zebiah McDonal, 67, 10 years in Iowa, VA.
      Elizabeth McDonal, 22, 10 years in Iowa, OH.

      1860 US: Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa, p. 11 of 11, 3 Jul 1860, 390/340:
      Wm. McDonald, 44, $2500, $1000 farmer, OH.
      Elizabeth Berdino, 25, house keeper, OH.
      Jerard Stoner, 16, farm hand, IL.

      1870 US: Can't find in Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa.

      1880 US: Calhoun, Harrison, IA, p. 109B:
      Wm. McDaniel, 64, OH Sco Sco, farmer.
      Matilda Ratliff, other, KY, housekeeper.
      Stephen Vittito, 60 KY KY KY, farm laborer.
      Jared Stoker, nephew, single, 30, IL OH OH, farm laborer.
      Retta Butler, Gdau., 3m, IA IL unk.

      2. The book "The Henry McDaniel family, 1755-1975," by Esta McDaniel Lee, 1975, FHL 929.273 M141L, p. 82: "Other McDaniels of Gallia and Jackson Counties, Ohio. David McDaniel, b. ca. 1738 m. 5 March, 1801, Elizabeth (Betsy) McCarley in Washington County, Ohio. Gallia County was a part of Washington Coound at that time. David McDanieal was in Ohio long before it became a state for a son James McDaniel was born in what is now Jackson County, 24 Feb. 1762. He married 19 Dec 1805 Zebiah (Sibby) McCarley, b. 10 Dec 1786, Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of John McCarley. She died 5 Feb 1860. James died in Jackson County, 1820. They had the following children:
      1. Sarah McDaniel, b. 26 May 1806, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 7 Mar 1857, m. John W. Stoker, 13 Mar 1827.
      2. Martha McDaniel, b. 24 Feb 1808, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 4 Feb 1877, m. 1828/29 Michael Stoker.
      3. Jane McDaniel, 24 Feb 1810, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 20 Jan 1890, in Bountiful, Utah, m. 1836, John Stoker.
      4. John McDaniel, b. 10 Jun 1812, Jackson Co., O., d. 11 Nov 1884, Alpine, Utah, m. Christina Stoker.
      5. William McDaniel, b. 1814, Jackson Co., O., d. 1889 unmarried.
      There could have been others."
      Page 83: "Jackson County Marriage Records. C.D. Massie:
      19 Apr 1827 Electa Sally McDaniel to John W. Stoker."

      3. This individual is mention in the following partial quote from an article entitled: "John Stoker (1817-1881) and Wives: Jane McDaniel, Harriet Susan Willis, and Jane Allen" in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT." See John's notes for full transcription:
      "Beginning in 1869, John filled a short mission. The following is a copy of John's missionary journal, which after he returned was turned into a genealogical records - some believe it was not written by him. It is entered here exactly as it is written. John's journal is on microfilm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. The whereabout of original journal is unknown and many pages have been ripped out before the journal was microfilmed.
      'The Journal of John Stoker, 1869 (direct copy from the hard copy, genealogical sheets provided by Ora and Vinal Barlow. The micro film copy shows many pages torn from the journal.)
      Notes:
      1. Parentheses are used to insert words and letters not used in the journal but believed to be meant.
      2. After Journal Page 1 below, the abbreviation JP2, JP3, etc. will be used on this transcript.
      3. As much as possible we have tried to copy the wording as it was written by John or others who wrote in the journal.
      4. A sort of preface is given before page (1) of the journal on the reverse of the cover page.
      Journal Page 1. (Labeled in error on the original journal.)
      'Elders went up to (station) left home on his (my) mission to the United States Nov 1 1869 1/2 past 4 AM Arrived at unita 9 minutes before 9 oclock left on the Cars 35 minutes after 2 oclock Arrived at Green River Tuesday 2nd- 5 minutes past 8 at Point of Rock Station half Past 9 the engine Switched off to Bring on the Main track 6 or 7 Cars of Coal in Running Back to hitch on Ran into the other Cars on the Main track and Broke the Coupling of 2 cars no body was Hurt by the Blessing of God'
      JP2 (Unlabeled in original journal)
      '(Minu)tes Past 11
      Wednesday 3rd- Arrived at Larima (Laramie) City 1/2 past 7 A.M. left at 11- fixed Cars. Crossed the Bridge in Black Hills 1/2 after 1
      Thursday the 4th Arrived at North Platt 20 minutes Past 10 A.M. all well Counted Missionaries 67 Arrived at FT Kearney 1/2 past 4 P.M.
      Friday the 5th Arrived at Omaha 20 minutes Past 10 A.M.
      Saturday 6th went to Bluff city with J N Perkins-
      Sunday 7th Spent the fore Noon with Moroni Stoker- Took Dinner with him'
      JP3
      'Monday 8th went up to Musketoe to See Simoen P Graybill Stayed all night
      Tuesday 9th took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker uncle Eller Stoker's widdow and Returned at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co Iowa
      Wednesday 10th wrote a letter to Br Wm Atkinson in Bountiful Davis County Utah
      Thursday 11th visited We McDaniel in Harrison Co 40 Miles north
      Friday 12th visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno my wifes mother
      Saturday 13th Returned to Aunt Marthas at Traders Point
      Sunday 14th Spent the day with Aunt Marthas family
      Monday 15th went to Bluff City (Council Bluffs) to look for a Letter but gone none and Returned to the Point Traders...
      JP29
      'Br We, H Lee giving information (of) Charles burton making arrangements in N.Y. to have a Company of missionaries to Start from Omaha on the 25th for Utah at 50.75 (or 30.75) the same that it cost us to come down last November- Returned to Trades Point Stayed over night wrote a letter to Wm H Lee Calamazoo Michigan
      Saturday 12th Cloudy and Cold wint from the North Sent a letter home to Utah to inform our families that we Received their Check of 160.00 and 1 (letter) to Wm H Lee Calamazoo Michigan Stayed over'night
      'Sunday 13th Cold wind North East all Day Snowed at night High wind Stayed over night
      Monday 14th Cold wind in the North East Cloudy and very'
      JP30
      'Cold and Snow Blowing and Elements Stark Blew all night Stayed over night to Aunt Martha Stoker
      Tuesday 15th very Cold and Blowing wind I the north west colder than the Day before the Elements Still Stark with Snow Blowing Stayed over night
      Wednesday 16th very Cold wind in the north west the Elements Still Darkened with Snow blowing Wind very Hard more Moderate in the afternoon. Stayed over night
      Thursday 17th weather more Moderate but Changeable went to Moroni Stokers Spent the Day Took Dinner with him and in the evening Returned to Aunt Martha Stokers Stayed over night'
      JP31
      'Friday 18th pleasant and wind in the South went to Aaron Thomas took Dinner and spent the Day with his family, Returned to Aunt Martha Stokers Stayed over night
      Saturday 19th wind in the North Cloudy and Cold. Sent a letter to Wm Atkinson in Bountiful Davis Co Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A Stoker Dated March the 12th 1870 All very well Stayed over night
      'Sunday 20th wind in the North Cold Sleet last night also cloudy Broke away at Noon Stayed over night
      Monday 21st Pleasant in the Morning went to Omaha and drawed our money for our Check on the First national Bank Met Br'
      JP32
      'Daniel Carter and Aron Farr, Thomas Rich and a number of Missionaries at the St Charles Hotel Rained Some in the afternoon Returned to Traders Point to Aunt Martha Stokers being quite u(n)well Stayed over night
      Tuesday 22nd Clear and pleasant Cool wind North West very unwell in the evening Br Wm Neel arrived at Martha Stokers about 10 oclock and (al) the missionaries from the East Came up through St Louis was better in the afternoon Stayed over night
      Wednesday 23rd Clear and pleasant wind in the South not being well Jesse N Perkins went and got'
      JP33
      'Some plum Sprouts and lilocks Packed up our clothes Stayed over night
      Thursday 24th Cloudy wind in the South John a Stoker and Joseph Stoker and Br Jesse N Perkins (went) to Omaha with a wagon Rained before we got there Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 Missionaries at the St Charles Hotel left Omaha at 6 P.M. On the Emigrant Cars for home..."

      4. Ancestry.com accessed 28 Feb 2013 from Claudia Ray
      "Zibiah Mc Carley.
      Also known as Sibby Mc Carley; Shebby Mc Daniel, Zibiah Birdino
      Zibiah was born 10 Dec 1786 to John Mc Carley and Martha Carr.
      She was born in Pennsylvania, moved with her family to Virginia and then to Ohio. In Ohio she met and married James McDonald the 19 Dec 1805 (film 0,317,652) here they spelled her name as Sibby Mc Carley. They were married in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio by Charles Buck Jr. They lived in Raccoon Twp near the Raccoon river in Gallia County, Ohio.
      They had five children, three girls and two boys. Electa Sarah, Martha, Jane, John and William, James died in 1820, leaving Zibiah with five children ages four to twelve years old. (1820 census.)
      The 20 of April 1823 Zibiah married Charles Birdino. Here she used the name of Shebby Mc Daniel. Her using the surname of Mc Daniel may indicate the Mc Donald clan using Mc Daniel for Church events. (Film 0,317652) They had two children, Nemiah Wood Birdino and Elizabeth Gabrielle Birdino.
      Charles had several spelling variations of his surname. It was spelled Birdino on his marriage certificate. Burdinano, Beirdneau and Birdino in the land grant papers. In the 1830 census his name was listed as Charles Burdino. His children always seemed to use the Birdno spelling.
      Charles Birdino had enlisted in the army and fought in the war of 1812. Because of this he received warrant no. 3809 for 160 acres of bounty land. I believe that his bounty land was located in Jefferson County, Ohio, because Charles Burdino, John Stoker, Michael Stoker and Michael Stoker Jr were all living in Steubenville; Ohio, in the 1830 Census.
      From the location of their residences next to each other Charles Birdino and Michael Stoker may have both receive bounty lands from the war of 1812. James Mc Donald may have also enlisted in the army for the war of 1812.
      The 1830 Ohio Census shows a Charles Burdino record with 1 male 5-10 Nehemiah Birdno, 1 male 10-15 William Mc Donald, 1 male 15-20 John McDonald-Mc Daniel, 1 male 60-70 Charles Birdno & 1 female under 5 Elizabeth Birdno, 1 female 20-30 Jane Mc Daniel and 1 female 40-50 Zibiah. (Census)
      This census proves that Zibiah did not have three more sons with James Mc Donald. If she did they would have been shown on this census record. The three extra sons Van D. Mc Daniel born 13 May 1815, John E. Mc Daniel born 5 Dec 1817 & Andrew G. Mc Daniel born 30 Mar 1820. If she did the census would have shown 2 Males 15-20 & 3 Males 10-15. These three never appeared as sons of James and Zibiah on any records until a computer match and merge was done to create the I.G.I. They should be removed as sons of Zibiah in the New Family Search.
      Next was the John Stoker family with one male under 5 one male 20-30 John & 1 female under 5, one female 20-30 Electa Sarah Mc Daniel.
      Next was the Michael Stoker family with one male 10-15, one male 15-20 John, one male 60-70 & one female 10-15 Christina, one female 50-60.
      Then the Michael Stoker Jr. family with one male under 5, one male 20-30 & one female 5-10, one female 20-30 Martha Mc Daniel. Charles Birdino had received a leg wound while serving in the war of 1812 while fighting in Canada. There was a military hospital in Kanawha, Virginia where he had gone to have his leg checked. He died in Kanawha in 1840 leaving Zibiah a widow again. This time most of her children were grown and married.
      An article in the Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio Historical Society published in August 19?? gives the following information about the Graybeal and Stoker families. (In 1815 Peter Graybeal Sr and his wife left Ashe County with their son Michael, his wife Mary Stoker and their two young children. Their daughter Barbara Graybeal and her husband David Stoker, Mary's brother and their Stoker in-laws Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker. They were on their way to the Great Western Reserve, which would become Ohio. They selected a location in what became Bloomfield, Jackson County Ohio. Here they learned of the early Latter Day Saint Church and every member of this group of baptismal age became members in 1833. The spelling of their name was changed to Graybill to set them apart as Mormons.)
      Some books say that the Mc Donald clan was a violent clan so when they joined a church they would change their name to Mc Daniel.
      Because of the Mc Donald clan using the surname of Mc Daniel I believe that Zibiah and her children who joined the Church were baptized as Mc Daniel.
      Our John Mc Daniel was baptized in 1 February 1833 by Seymour Brunson. Seymour Brunson's diary says that he baptized a large number of people in Ohio. I believe that Zibiah and her children that were baptized and joined the Church used the name Mc Daniel.
      All of Zibiah's Mc Daniel children married Stokers except for William who never married, never joined the church and never used the surname of Mc Daniel.
      Zibiah's oldest daughter Electa Sarah was born 26 May 1806 (film 184,658). She married John W. Stoker. They joined the Mormon Church and came west to Nauvoo and then to Council Bluffs, Iowa where they both died in 1857. They died at Traders Point, Iowa
      Her next daughter Martha married Michael Stoker Jr. They also joined the church and came west to Nauvoo, and then to Iowa where they both died. Martha died in Council Bluffs, Iowa 4 Feb 1873.
      Zibiah, her sons John Mc Daniel, William Mc Donald and Nemiah Wood Birdino and daughter Elizabeth Gabriell Birdino also came west with the rest ofthe family as far as Iowa.
      In the 1850 Iowa census Zibiah and her daughter Elizabeth Birdino were living with Zibiah's son William Mc Donald. His surname was spelled Mc Donal in this census.
      Jeremiah Birdeno, his wife America and daughter Emily were living next door, or with them.
      Zibiah remained in Iowa where she died in 1860 at the age of 73 years 16 days and was buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, (film 1,579,041) which is in Harrison County. Harrison county had been a part of Pottawattamie county until 1855.
      William remained in Iowa and was a farmer. At his death an obituary was printed saying. (William McDonald came in 1854 with his mother, who was of the Mormon Faith. She went to Utah, but he refused to go. He remained in Calhoon township and lived a single life ever afterwards. He accumulated over fifty thousand dollars worth of property. He died in 1885 and his estate was sold at auction.) (film 0,934,944 pg. 454) The probate of William's estate can be found in the (film 1,510,110 pgs 493, 404-496, 504, 510).
      It tells the names of his sister's family coming to claim his estate.
      William is buried next to his mother in the Calhoun Cemetery. (Film 1,579,041) I don't think the people who wrote his obituary knew that Zibiah Birdno was the mother of William Mc Donald."

      BIRTH:
      1. LDS Temple Index Bureau card Logan temple, no. 15465, book B, p. 436: William James Thomson McDaniel, b. 12 Feb 1816 in Jackson co., Ohio, d. 11 Apr 1885, heir: Nehemiah Wood Birdno who is a brother, bapt. 4 May 1886, end. 7 May 1886. Also William's cemetery gravestone in Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa states his name as "William J.T. McDonald." William maintained the McDonald surname but many in the family used McDaniel.

      2. Gallia County was formed on March 25, 1803 from portions of Adams and Washington counties. Jackson County was formed March 1, 1816 from Ross County. Both Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co. and Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co. adjoin each other.