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Daniel, William, a descendant of James Daniel, who was born in Middlesex county, Virginia, about 1680, and son
of William Daniel (1770-1839), a judge of the general court from 1813 to 1839, by his wife, Margaret Baldwin, sister
of Judge Briscoe G. Baldwin, was born in Cumberland county, November 26, 1806. He was educated at Hampden Sidney
College and the University of Virginia. studied law in 1827-28, and, it is said, was licensed and practiced before
he was twenty one, and was also elected a member of the legislature and served while he was yet a minor. On December
15, 1846, he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals: was reelected by the people after the adoption
of the constitution of 1851, and served until 1863. By his marriage with Sarah A. Warwick, a daughter of Major
John M. Warwick, of Lynchburg, he was father of John W. Daniel, who served with much distinction in the United
States senate. Judge Daniel died at Farmville, Virginia, March 28, 1873. The Daniel family in other lines also
has had many distinguished representatives.
FROM:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Volume II
By: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D.
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York 1915
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