Biography of John McDaniel, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Bonair Community, located four miles south of Forrest City on Highway 1, is also
known as McDaniel, the McDaniel's being prominent in the community. John
McDaniel and his wife, whose descendants are still living in the community, came
from Kentucky by covered wagon, crossed the Mississippi at Helena, and with cane
axes cut through the wilderness in 1824, settling south of the present site of
Forrest City. At that time there were only 12 white families between Helena and
what is now Wynne. Other families now prominent in the community are Heustess,
Danehower, and Pollard.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas