The main line of Dailys from which my late mother-in-law, Louise (Baker) descends, can be viewed on a separate page.

My thanks Dick Brainard for sharing his Daily family history. If you find errors which need correcting or can clarify other documentation we've yet to locate, please feel free to email me and/or Dick Brainard. Thanks!

In 1840, however, they were residing in Clark Co., Indiana and in 1850 they were enumerated as "Dayly" residing in Dist. No. 24, Steady Run Twp., Keokuk Co., Iowa with their unmarried daughter "Reesy" included in their household, and their married daughter "Betty" Cole residing next door. Their son, John, also lived near by and according to the dates of birth of the children, it appears that they had been in Iowa no more than a year or two. By 1860 the family had returned to Clark Co., Indiana and were living in Oregon Twp.

Date of death and place of burial not known.

1. Elizabeth Dailey - born about 1813 in Kentucky; married Jonathan Cole in Clark Co., Indiana on 23 Feb 1834; died before 1860.
2. Isaac Dailey - born about 1818 in Indiana; married Mary Henthorn on 19 Apr 1838 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.
3. Ephraim Dailey - born about 1823 in Indiana; married Mary Ann Harris on 09 Jan 1847 in Orange Co., IN.
4. John Dailey - born 26 Mar 1826 in Clark Co., Indiana; married Ellen; died 25 Jul 1905 in Austin, Scott Co., Indiana.
5. Reesy Dailey- born about 1833 in Indiana.

By 1860 Elizabeth appears to have died and Jonathan has returned to Clark Co., Indiana where he is listed in the 1860 and 1870 census residing in Monroe Township.

Date of death and place of burial not known.

1. Eliza J. Cole - born about 1835 in Indiana.
2. Samuel R. Cole - born about 1838 in Indiana.
3. John Cole - born about 1840 in Indiana.
4. Mary E. Cole - born about 1845 in Indiana.
5. Thomas C. Cole - born about 1847 in Indiana; married Melvina Sparks 19 Jan 1869 in Scott Co., Indiana; died 27 Jan 1925 in Wayne Co., MO.
6. Rhoda E. Cole - born about 1849 in Indiana.

1. Elias L. Dailey - born about 1839 in Indiana; married Mary E. and later moved to Santa Barbara Co., California.
2. Robert H. Dailiey - born about 1840 in Indiana.
3. Nelson Dailey - born about 1841 in Indiana.
4. Samuel A. Dailey - born about 1843 in Indiana.
5. Melissa J. Dailey - born about 1843 in Indiana.
6. James A. Dailey - born about 1844 in Indiana.
7. Emily E. Dailey - born about 1846 in Indiana.
8. Nancy A. Dailey - born about 1847 in Indiana.
9. Mary Margaret Dailey - born about 1848 in Indiana.

Ephraim died sometime before 1880 when his wife Mary is listed as widowed, head of household. Living a few houses in each direction is married daughters Charlotte Elmore, Lucinda Worthen, and son Willis whose wife Martha is a niece of Lucinda's husband Silas. In 1900 Mary is residing with her son William, listed as the mother of nine children, seven living - both parents born in Kentucky. - Nothing further.

1. Charlotte Dailey - born about 1848 in Indiana; married Emanuel Elmore on 31 Mar 1870 in Jackson Co., Illinois. Mother of nine children - seven living in the 1900 census. Their daughter, Mary Catherine, the wife of John Basden, is living next door.
2. Nancy E. Dailey - born about Apr 1850; married William C. Mezo in Jackson Co., IL on 09 Jan 1869; died 08 Sep 1920 Six Mile Twp., Franklin Co., IL and buried at Mount Joy Cemetery in Murphysboro.
3. Elizabeth Dailey - born about 1852; married Daniel W. Hughes on 25 Dec 1873 in Jackson Co., IL.
4. Willis Dailey - born about 1855 in Indiana; married Martha Jane Worthen and were the parents of Sarah Adeline and Robert Dailey.
5. Jacob Dailey - born about 1858; may have married Frances E. McBride in Jackson Co., IL on 03 Jul 1891.
6. William Dailey - born August 1862 in Indiana; married Emma E. (Raines) on 01 Jan 1889, daughter of William C., and Catherine Hannah (Bowers); residents of Levan Twp., Jackson Co., IL in 1900.
7. Mary Susan Dailey - born about 1864 in Indiana.
8. Lucinda Dailey - born about Feb 1864 in Indiana; married Silas Worthen on 18 Jun 1879 in Jackson Co., IL. He was born 12 Aug 1853 in Jackson Co., IL. Silas died 18 Jan 1905 and was buried at Lone Oak Cemetery in Levan Twp., Jackson Co., IL. Lucinda married 07 Nov 1907 John McHenry in Murphysboro; died 29 Jun 1951 in Metropolis, Massac Co., IL and was buried in Worthen Cemetery in Sand Ridge Twp., Jackson Co., IL.

He enlisted with the Union Army at Lexington, Scott Co., Indiana on 20 Aug 1861, to serve three years and served as a private in Co. C., 38th Regiment of Indiana under the command of Captain James E. Fouts. According to his military records, he was a fifer who was discharged for disability reasons on 25 Apr 1862 at Louisville, Kentucky. His Certificate of Disability indicates he was born in Clark County, Indiana, was a thirty-five year-old cooper who stood 5 feet 5½ inches tall, dark complexion with grey eyes and black hair. In his application for Invalid Army Pension, dated October 1886, John stated that while at or near Camp Nevin in Kentucky, around December of 1861,he had contracted camp fever from use of impure water, exposure and fatique. while on march from Camp Wood to Salt River in Kentucky in February of 1862, he contracted a severe cold from exposure which resulted in the loss of hearing in his right ear.

After returning from the hospital, John resided in the vicinity of Otisco and Marysville in Oregon Twp. His wife Elenor appears to have died after the birth of their daughter Martha in 1860, and sometime before John's marriage to Olive "Elizabeth" (Elliott) in Clark County, Indiana on 08 Jan 1866. He was enumerated in 1870 in Charlestown Twp. with his 2nd wife Elizabeth and her son Pinkney Richardson from her first marriage to Joe Richardson; and his household also included his daughter Charlotte and her husband, James Knowland.

In 1876 John had removed to Edinburg, Johnson Co., Indiana where he was enumerated in the 1880 household of John and Theresa Norville. Nothing further is known of his wife, Elizabeth, but by 13 Apr 1895 he had married Julia Martin in Washington Co., Indiana - she having died shortly afterward on 15 Dec 1895. John then united in marriage with Eliza V. Nowland on 09 Jan 1896, the marriage recorded in Washington Co., Indiana and in 1900 was then living next door to his brother Ephraim in Vernon Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana in the household of his daughter, Eliza Curtis. John died in Austin, Scott Co., Indiana on 25 Jul 1905.

1. Andrew Dailey - born about 1846 in Indiana; enumerated in the 1850 census in Keokuk Co., IA.
2. Charlotte Dailey - born about 1848 in Indiana; married James Knowland on 12 Nov 1865 in Clark Co., Indiana. He is believed to have been a Civil War veteran, having served as a musician with Co. I, 23rd Indiana Infantry from 27 Jul 1861 to 23 Jul 1865. He was enumerated in the 1880 census with a 2nd wife and 11 year-old son, F. James Knowland. It is believed he died 17 Apr 1900 and was buried in Eastern Cemetery in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana. Nothing further is known of Charlotte.
3. Rhoda Dailey - born about 1849 in Iowa; enuerated in the 1850 and 1860 census records with her family.
4. Eliza Ann Dailey - born 24 Mar 1851 in Indiana; married John Enos Curtis in Clark Co., Indiana on 22 Feb 1866.
5. Samuel Dailey - born about 1853 in Indiana.
6. Josepheine Dailey - born about 1855 in Indiana.
7. John M. Dailey - born about 1857 in Indiana.
8. Martha J. Dailey - born Jun 1860 in Indiana; enumerated in the 1860 census.

The whereabouts of Eliza and John Enos Curtis at the time the 1870 census was taken, is not known. They do not appear to be in Clark Co., Indiana; Atwood or Arthur (Moultrie Co., IL), nor Edinburg, Johnson Co., IN where his pension papers indicated he had lived in 1876. Family records indicate, however, that three of their children were said to have been born in Moultrie Co., IL.

In 1880 the family is resisding in Oregon Twp., Clark Co., IN and in 1900 in Vernon Twp., Jackson Co., IN.

Note: The Curtis Family Bible stated that Annie Rush was born 11 Apr 1802. John "Enos" Curtis, Sr. was born 25 Jun 1802 in Randolph Co., NC. According to Clark Co., IN marriages (Book C, p38-39) he married Annie Rush; Anny Fentress, or Anny Ventress/ Vertress.

1. John Hamilton Curtis - born 02 Jan 1867 in Otisco, Clark Co., Indiana.
2. James Curtis - born 18 Mar 1868 in Clark Co., Indiana.
3. Anna Bell Curtis - born 05 Feb 1871 in Illinois.
4. Rosella J. Curtis - born 23 Apr 1874 in Atwood, Moultrie Co., Illinois.
5. Laura May Curtis - born 30 Jan 1877 in Arthur, Moultrie Col, Illinois.
6. Flora Evelyn Curtis - born 18 Jun 1881 in Indiana.
7. Chester Curtis - born Oct 1884 in Clark Co., Indiana.
8. Bessie Pearl Curtis - born 20 Apr 1886 in Clark Co., Indiana.
9. William Edgar Curtis - born 03 Aug 1893 in Otisco, Clark Co., Indiana.

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