Death of General Otis "Ott" McDaniel in 1948, and the Killing of Henry Mayberry in 1931 by Col. H. A. "Buffalo Bill" Lewis
More on the latter later. General Otis "Ott" McDaniel Maddux Cemetery Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee © 2025 S. Lincecum The blue-eyed and brown-haired Ott McDaniel was born 10 October 1899 in Harrison, James County, Tennessee. He was one of at least ten children born to Sarah E. Capps (d. 1922) and George Oliver McDaniel (1862-1941). On 24 May 1918, just south of the state line in Walker County, Georgia, Ott married Margie E. Lively (1901-1981). She was a daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Dill and Lewis Lively. For work, Ott was often occupied as a farmer and/or truck driver. For play, he was heavily involved with America's favorite pastime. Ott was often noted in the local newspaper as managing at least a few amateur baseball teams in the Chattanooga area. (Death certificate via Ancestry .) General Otis "Ott" McDaniel was just 49 years of age when he died on 9 December 1948. The place of death was the Campbell Clinic in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee....