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| Source: | The Annals of Iowa, Vol. VI - III Series. |
| A Historical Quarterly. Edited by Charles Aldrich, A. M. Published by The Historical Dept. of Iowa. Des Moines. 1903-5. Page 480. |
John A. McDaniel was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 11, 1827; he died at Vinton, Iowa, May 7, 1904. He was a pioneer of Benton county, having located at Vinton in 1856, where he was engaged for twenty-one years in a large mercantile business; later he gave his attention to the development of fine stock. He served on the city council, as member of the school board, and was for a long time president of the Benton County Agricultural Association. He was an abolitionist in politics, his father's home in Ohio having been a station on the "Underground railroad."
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