Southern Graves

In 1940 and 1945, respectively. John Wesley McDaniel was born 16 July 1887 in Harrison, James (now Hamilton) County, Tennessee. He was one of ten children belonging to Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) and George Oliver McDaniel (1862-1941). Two of his siblings were Jennie Green and Ott McDaniel . John married Addie Ollie Lowe (1887-1982), daughter of James S. Lowe, about 1910. This couple had at least two children: James Elder McDaniel and Mary Edith McDaniel. Twelve days before his 53rd birthday, John died. The cause of death was deemed to be Pulmonary Tuberculosis. John's death certificate doesn't explicitly state how long he suffered with the disease, but his attending physician cared for him for less than a week. Mary Edith McDaniel was born 20 September 1917 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. She, too, succumbed to Pulmonary Tuberculosis on 3 October 1945. Edith had just turned 28 less than two weeks prior. It appears her attending physician was the same as her father's, and Dr...

Jemima J. "Jennie" McDaniel Ensley Green was born 7 April 1885 in Tennessee to George Oliver (1862-1941) and Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) McDaniel. Jennie married Rev. Messer Ensley (1852-1933) about 1914. He was more than thirty years her senior. Some time after the death of Messer, Jennie married a Mr. Green. Her death certificate, however, noted she was again a widow. Brother Ott McDaniel was the informant. Jennie's death was a result of injuries sustained when she was hit by a car in early November 1936. She suffered a broken leg and a crushed skull. (Death certificate via Ancestry .) Chattanooga Times  (Tennessee) Monday, 9 November 1936 - pg. 7 Georgia Woman Killed. Special to The Chattanooga Times. DALTON, Ga., Nov. 8. -- Mrs Jennie Green, 51, who was injured when struck by an automobile Friday on the Dixie highway near Westville, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Hamilton Memorial hospital here. Mrs. Green is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. M...

 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....

This Woodmen of the World memorial is for Fred McDaniel. He was born 9 April 1883 to Paul and Minnie McDaniel, died 23 February 1919, and was laid to rest in Hillcrest Cemetery (aka Reynolds City Cemetery); Taylor County, Georgia. A devastating family tragedy befell Mr. McDaniel at the age of 35. 24 February 1919 Macon Weekly Telegraph , Georgia Trigger Pulled By Baby, Father Shot Fred McDaniel, Who Lives Near Reynolds, Seriously Wounded in Unusual Manner. REYNOLDS, Feb 23 -- A very unusual sort of accident occurred this morning, when Fred McDaniel was accidentally shot at his home one mile west of Reynolds. McDaniel had just returned from the field where he had gone to shoot birds, when his wife drove in from town in their automobile, and they had paused in the yard, talking. While thus engaged McDaniel allowed the shot-gun to lean against his person, and their three-year-old child, who was playing about them, got a hand on the trigger, causing the gun to fire. The load en...

Sacred to the memory of Eva McDaniel, 1 July 1897 - 3 August 1915. She was a daughter of Paul E. and Minnie Windham McDaniel. All three are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery (aka Reynolds City Cemetery); Taylor County, Georgia. Eva was a young woman of eighteen years when she was killed in a car accident in Andersonville, Georgia. Here are a couple accounts of the accident. Newspapers were viewed online via GenealogyBank . Macon Weekly Telegraph , Georgia 4 August 1915 " YOUNG WOMAN IS KILLED WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER Miss Eva McDaniel Victim of Accident at Andersonville ANDERSONVILLE, Aug 3 -- An automobile containing five prominent young people of Reynolds and Oglethorpe overturned in a sand bed here at 7 o'clock tonight, killing one of the young women and injuring four other persons. The dead: Miss Eva McDaniel of Reynolds, killed by being thrown from the car. She gained her feet after the accident but dropped over dead. Her body was bot bruised. The injured: Eug...

"Clasped Hands," "Hands Together," and "Shaking Hands" are phrases used to describe the image below. This particular image was carved into the upper part of a pedestal tombstone with a vaulted roof erected in Hillcrest Cemetery; Reynolds, GA for Tempie Hill. This symbol has a few accepted meanings. A heavenly welcome, an earthly farewell, simple unity, or friendship. If you look a little more closely, you will notice the sleeve attached to one hand is feminine, and the sleeve attached to the other hand is masculine. These hands, carved in this way, symbolize holy matrimony. I have seen the clasped hands symbol fairly often when perusing tombstones. Often enough, that I have gotten a little "used to it." I looked at this particular stone several times while at the cemetery, and I have looked at the photos I took several times more. Only when I enlarged the clasped hands image did I notice one was feminine and one was masculine. When ...