27 History of the Daily family in America CS71 .D13 1909 History of the Daily Family IN AMERICA «9» «^ GElIE/JiOGY GEANOLOGY TRACED THROUGH THE GATES FAMILY Written and Publi'shed by WILLIAM ALLEN DAILY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA MAY 1st, 1909 THE LIBRARY or CONGRESS l/WASHINOTON r':r.i'tr.'i. , I' l ."a 1 a^io THE GATES FAMILY Horatio Gates (1728-1806) and David Gates (1728-1808) were half brothers, of Scotch-Irish doscont, tlieir ancestors fleoinp; from the north of Ireland asliort time before the Battle of the Boyne between the forces of King William the third and tlie army of the deposed King James. Their parents were servants to a noble English fami- ly, whose seat was on the Blackwater river near Maiden, Essex county, England. Horatio Gates early in life secured a commission in the English army without purchase, and first came to America under Lord Corn- wallis and landed at Halifax, N. S. For gallant bravery at San Do- minica, West Indies, he was promoted to Major. As sucli lie took a part in Braddock's Expedition against Fort Duquesne. Was se- verely wounded at Monongahela and his life was saved by Colonel George Washington. At close of the French and Indian War in 1763 lie returned to England and married a Miss Valance, of Liver- pool, the daughter of a wealthy merchant of that city, by whom he inherited about one half million dollars. He returned to America late in the same year accompanied by his older brother David. For .a time he remained in New Yox*k City, later pui'chasing a large es- tate with slaves in Berkeley county, Virginia. David Gates upon his arrival in this country located at Say- brook, Conn. On November 28, 1773 he was married to Anna Hale at Cornbury, Middlesex county. Conn. He served in the Revolution- ary Army as shown in the following records: "Record and Pension Office, War Dept., Washington, D. .C, De- cember 1st, 1898. Mr. S. M. Saylor, Attorney, Huntington, Indiana. It is shown by the records that one David Gates, rank not stated, served as a member of Capt. Willey's Company, Wylleys (2ntl) Reg- iment Connecticut troops, Revolutionary War. His uanie appears on a '-List" dated December 10th, 1776, of arms and accoutrements which were detained in the service and turned into the store, which shows relative to this soldier as follows: Fire arms 1, C. boxes 1, bayonets 1, price £-3-0-0. Nothing addi- tional relative to the service of this soldier has been found of record — 2 — and no record has been found of the service of any other David Gates during the Revolutionary War. It is proper to add, however, that collection of Revolutionary War Records in this office is far from complete and the absence therefrom of any name is bj' no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name, did not serve in the Revolutionary army. It is suggested as a possibility that further information on the sub- ject of your inquiry can be obtained from the Adjutant General of the State in, or from which the soldier entered the service." By authority of the Secretary of War. (Signed) F. C. Ainsworth, Col. U. S. Army, Chief of Office. Adjutant General's Office, Hartford, Conn., 1889, Page 46. "Second Regiment Gen. Spencier, 1775. Regiment raised first call for troops by the Legislature April, May, 1775. Recruited mainly in present Middlesex county and east- ern part of colony, marching by companies to the camps around Boston. It took post at Roxbury and served during the siege until expiration of term of service December 1775. Detachment of officers and men engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill June 17th and in Ar- nolds Quebec Expedition September, December, 1775. Adopted as Continental in July. The Regiment was reorganized for service in July 1776 under Col. Wyllys. Record of Continental Men in the War of Revolution, War of 1812, and War with Mexico." David Gates is also said to have served under Col. Cook from June 27, 1777 to Nov, 9, 1777 and was discharged on account of wound received at Bemis Heights, N. Y. The writer has been unable to verify this last reported service by any official record and can neith- er affirm nor deny its correctness. David Gates, by his wife Anna Hale Gates, had eight children, David, Samuel, Tin^othy, Abel, Stephen, Lee, Sarah and Anna. The writer has found records of the ages of but two of the above children, Stephen born May 7, 1783 and Sarah born Sept. 11, 1787, at what was then Lancaster, New Jersey. David Gates moved from Cornbury, Middlesex county. Conn, to Lancaster, N. J. in 1784. In 1801 he moved to what is now Athens county, Ohio and settled on four sections of land. The trip was made by ox teams via Braddock's old road to Redstone Fort, where having bought a large flat boat he went down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers and up Hock Hocking river to within 1% miles of the place where he located. He was at that time 78 years old, but strong and hale. David Gates died Aug. 19, 1808 in his 85th year, while Anna Hale Gates died Jan. 4th, 1823. The two are buried side by side in the family grave yard in Athens county, Ohio. — 3 — THE DAILY FAMILY Charles Daily (17()!)-IS49) was l)<)in in (bounty of Moiiaghan, Ire- land in the year ITtU) and (Miii<:^rated to America in 1789. He was married to Sarah Gates (1787-1864) daughter of David Gates and Anna Hale CJates on June fith, ISOfJ, at Athens, Ohio. Nine children were born to them as follows: Francis A. born July 24, 1807, died at Centralia, 111. Sept. 16, 1866. John Hale, born Sept. 19, 1809, died at Colony, Kansas. William j\I. ))orn Jan. 29, 1812, died at New Orleans, La. Feb. 15, 1877, buried by side of his wife at Madison, Ind. Samuel Gates, born June 7, 1814, died March 21, 1866, burietl by side of his wife. Julian Morgan Daily, in Daily graveyard 5 miles east of Savannah, Mo. Charles M. born June 12, 1817, died at Opdyke, 111. Anna Catherine, born Oct. 7, 1819, lives at St. Louis, Mo. James M. born April 20, 1822, died at Olney, 111. May 23, 1900. Allen W. born Jan. 2, 1825, died at Chicago, 111. Sept. 14, 1903, and is buried at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery of that city. David Oliver, born May 8, 1829, died at Huntington, Ind. July 8. 1867. Sarah (Jatcs Daily was a devoted Christian woman, and like her mother Anna Hale Gates, a staunch adherent to her church, Meth- odist. She persistently refused the hand of Charles Daily until he had renounced his Catholicism, and she had fully tested his conver- sion by putting him on two year's probation prior to her marriage. The picture of Sarah Gates Daily, now in the possession of the wri- ter, shows in every lineament of her face, her talent and strength of character. Her whole life was animated by high aspirations and un- selfish devotion to her family and church. The writer well remem- bers the strong influence exerted by her over him as well as all oth- er people with whom she came in contact during her long and use- ful life. Charles Daily was a typical Irishman with a full Irish brogue that announced at once his nationality to the most casual observer. He was a carpenter by trade, small in stature and did not weigh more than 130 pounds. He wore a beard at least 6 inches in length. His knee cap having been fractured early in life by a fall from a building. He used a cane and walked with great difficulty. Hi' was deeply religious and ol)S(>rved strictly the tenets of his ciiurch. He held family prayer regularly. It was his custom to re- tire often for secret prayer, and it is said of him that he would be- come so enthusiastic in his supplications that he would pound the table and pray so loud as to be heard all over the premises. Two of his sons reeeiveil a college education. William M. was a very talented preacher. He was Congressional Chaplain during — 4 — J. K. Polk's administration and Post Cliaplain at Henton Barrack's, Missouri, during the Civil War. He was many years Presiding El- der in the Methodist church, and was at one time President of the Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind. David Oliver began life as a teacher, but afterwards took up law and became a very brilliant attorney and one of the early leaders of the Republican party in the State of Indiana. He was in 1860 an elector for Abraham Lincoln. His early death cut short what prom- ised to be an unusually distinguished career, having died before he was thirty-nine. Sarah Gates Daily died at Centralia. 111. October 19, 1864. Chas. Daily died at Greensburg, Ind. January 16, 1849 and is buried in the Methodist Graveyard at that town. The following inscription was copied from his headstone by the writer in February, 1909: "In memory of Charles Daily, born in Ireland, emigrated to America in the 20th year of his age. Joined the Methodist Church in 1804. Died in triumphe January 16th, 1849, aged 80 years. He sleeps in Jesus. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance." The writer in searching for data, finds in several early histories of Athens county, Ohio, that in 1801 a large family of Gates from New Jersey including two married sons, came down the Ohio river and up the Hockhocking and settled in Athens county in a neigh- borhood almost exclusively Methodist. This no doubt was our great grandfather's family. He also finds as early as 1798 in the dense jungle between the two Hockhocking rivers, Daily's Camp as a stopping place of the early settlers on arrival in this new country. Two narrators describe Daily's Camp as a large cabin 18x24 with loop holes and a small stockade. Gen. Ewing who stopped at this camp over night in 1798 relates that it was occupied by people half savage, but who readily furnished him a guide to pilot him to their destination through the dense jungle of cane and underbrush. It seems very probable that this camp was the home of Charles Daily prior to his marriage to Sarah Gates. While Daily's Camp is mentioned frequently by several narrators, no first name is given. The records of that time, which are now kept at Marietta, are en- tirely silent. After their marriage, Charles Daily and Sarah Gates Daily re- moved to Franklin county, Indiana, not far from Rrookville. In 1834 they removed to Decatur county, Indiana, about l}^ miles from Greensburg, where Charles Daily purchased 160 acres of land from John Chambers and Bales Cope. They resided there until the death of Charles Daily in 1849. Samuel Gates Daily (1814-1866) son of Charles and Sarah Gates Daily was married to .Julian MDrLraii Auirust 25, IS.'JIi, l)y tlio Fl