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Male John Napier McDaniel Click to view John Napier McDaniel in the family tree

John Napier was born on June 2nd, 1831 in Amherst County, Virgina.  John Napier's father was Joseph Higginbotham McDaniel and his mother was Paulina Anna Champion Napier.  His paternal grandparents were George McDaniel and Martha Frances Higginbotham. He had seven brothers and six sisters, named George Edward, Preston, Lindsay Higginbotham, Frederic H., Joseph David, Robert, William M., Elizabeth, Francis Emily, Cornelia, Virginia, Pauline and Alice.  He was the oldest of the fourteen children.  He died at the age of 64 on July 3rd, 1895 in Osage County, Missouri.  He was buried in Linn Public Cemetery, Osage County, Missouri.1 2 


John Napier's family with Elizabeth Virginia Vaughan

‌John Napier and Elizabeth Virginia were married in a religious ceremony on January 1st, 1856 in Osage County, Missouri.3   They had eight sons and five daughters, named Frank, Reuben D., Benjamin, Joseph Edward, John Preston, Francis, George Lindsey, William Charles, Mary Matilda, Gertrude, Amelia Frances, Evaline and Lula Mae.

1 Photograph of Headstone from Linn Memorial Park, Osage County, Missouri
2 The Cemeteries of Osage County @ 95-96
3 Marriage Records Database: Rootsweb.com @ 34
4 Picture of Tombstone from St. Aloysius Cemetery, Argyll, Missouri
5 Letter from Burlingham Mortuary
6 Linn Public Cemetery, Osage County, Missouri Cemetery Transcription @ www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/osage/linn/linn-M-Z.html
Further source/citation:
International Genealogical Index (R)


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