Robert Cecil McDaniel

Notes:

In his autobiography, "In Search of Blue Water", he writes that he was born on his parents 154 acre homestead, delivered by Dr. C. F. Smith, his Uncle by marriage. The house in which he was born and grew up in was probably built not long after the Civil War, and during his early years faced south toward Six Mile Creek. He passed the state teachers exam in 1935, thought he never taught school. After taking courses at the Chenier Business and Radio College in Beaumont, he worked for W. E. Coussons in Hemphill at his department store on the Hemphill Courthouse square.

US Army career serviceman, Chief Warrant Officer, W4, May 5, 1941 to May 1, 1962, served in the Philippines, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, and Canal Zone, awarded the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. After his retirement from the army, he worked for the Texas Employment Commission in Orange.


Robert Cecil McDaniel

Robert Cecil McDaniel died on the 23rd day of November, 2005 at 90 years of age. Cecil was born on March 19, 1915 in Sabine County, Texas in the community of Six Mile. Sabine County has been the home of his ancestors since 1850 when Cecil's great grandfather settled in the community later to be known as Fairdale in the Southeastern part of Sabine County, Texas.

He entered the United States Army on May 5, 1941 and retired from service after having served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He served in the Philippines, Okinawa, Panama, and with the Army task groups in the Marshall Islands, South Pacific, which participated in the first hydrogen bomb test. He also served six years in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the Office of the Adjutant General, U.S. Army.

After retiring from the military, Cecil and his wife, Loye Winona White McDaniel, returned to Sabine County. It was during this time that Cecil's love for writing, his family and the people of Sabine County resulted in his authoring 12 books, including a book of poetry and prose, When the Moon was on the Rise, an autobiography, In Search of Blue Water, a book of short essays, Come Smile with Me, and nine historical books: Citizen-Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas 1812-1991; Sabine County, Texas: The First One-Hundred and Fifty Years 1836-1986; Hemphill High School, Sabine County, Texas: The First Seventy-Eight Years 1911-1989; The 1900 Census of Sabine County, Texas; The 1920 Census of Sabine County, Texas; and A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas (Vols. I, II, III, and IV).

In addition to being an author, Cecil was an artist. His paintings most often depict valleys of bluebonnets and other landscapes. Robert Cecil McDaniel was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Loye Winona White McDaniel of the Gravel Hill community near Hemphill, Texas (born October 30, 1919 - died December 4, 2002), grandson, Stephen White McDaniel, II, parents, Ruben Sim McDaniel and Winifred Caroline Broach McDaniel, and brothers, Ruben Sim (R.S.) McDaniel, Jr., Norman Broach McDaniel, and Kenneth Smith McDaniel. He is survived by his sons, Dwight Patrick McDaniel and Stephen White McDaniel, daughters-in-law, Patricia Ann Tweten McDaniel and Marcia Sue Burlison McDaniel, and grandchildren, Harper Longstreet McDaniel and Erin Colleen McDaniel.

To his family, he will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather, and also as an artist, poet and historian of Sabine County. "A God who formed me from the clay, Then gave to me the sweet light of day, And one faith, one hope, one soul sure, Imperfect yes, but through Him made pure." (From: When the Moon was on the Rise - "Treasures", page 98) Visitation will be from 4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., Sunday evening, November 27th, at Starr Funeral Home, Hemphill, Texas. The Funeral Service will be held at 1:00p.m., Monday, November 28th, at First Baptist Church Hemphill, Texas with the burial following in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home. Starr Funeral Home Hemphill, TX (409) 787-3331


(Research):
Census Listings:

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill JP 1
Enumerated April 13, 1940
SD 42-3 ED 202-1 Sheet 5B
100
Coussons, Pole M Head m W 55 M Tx Same House Realtor Private Work
Coussons, Carie Wf F W 48 M Tx Same House
Coussons, William T. (ab) Son M W 22 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Joy (ab) Dtr F W 20 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Yvonne (ab) Dtr F W 18 S Tx Same House
Coussons, Bobbie Joe Son F W 9 S Tx Same House
McDaniel, Robert C Lodger M W 24 S Tx Same House Salesman Gen merch Store

Robert married Loye Winona White on 4 Mar 1942 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. Loye (daughter of Thomas Albert White, Sr. and Ollie Lee Conn) was born on 30 Oct 1919 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Dec 2002 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
In his autobiography, Robert Cecil McDaniel writes that while stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, he "obtained a three-day pass, and went home by Greyhound bus. On the following day, Loye and I went to a doctor in San Augustine, and obtained the necessary blood test required before marriage. (The doctor performed this test free because I was in uniform). We then purchased our marriage license in the County Clerk's office in San Augusitne and were married at 11 a.m. on March 4, 1942, by Pastor Noel Hammock, a Baptist minister in his home in Bronson, Texas. The only witness was his wife. Pastor Hammock was an old friend who had been raised in the Bayou Community. As we were leaving Loye's home to get married, I officially notified her parents. Of course they were expecting it, for I imagine that Loye had already broken the news privately."

He added that Mr. White called Loye aside and gave her a signed, blank check and told her to buy "whatever she needed." Loye recalled that she bought a pair of hose and a white slip and that the check was filled out for $4.95. Not many parents these days can lose a daughter, or gain a son-in-law, for that price.

1. Living
2. Dwight Patrick McDaniel was born on 10 Jun 1950 in Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas; died on 9 Feb 2006 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel, his youngest son, writes that Rubin took the state teachers examination in May 1909 and obtained a certificate to teach in the county schools, teaching both in Tebo and Gravelhill communities in rural Sabine County.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 1A
5-5
McDaniel, Sim R Head m W 24 m1 2 Tx SC Tx Farmer
McDaniel, Winnie C Wf F W 24 m1 2 1/1 Tx Ark Ark
McDaniel, Kenneth S Son M W 1 8/12 S Tx Tx Tx


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated April 8, 1930
ED 202-10 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 111
1-1
McDaniel, Ruben S Head M W 44 M 21 Tx SC La Farmer
McDaniel, Winnie Wf F W 44 m 21 Tx Ark Ark
McDaniel, Kenneth S Son M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Norman B Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Ruben S Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaneil, Cecil Son M W 15 D (sic) Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Joan Mother F W 77 Wd 11 La Miss La
2-2
Nolan and Ella McDaniel and Family

Rubin married Caroline Winifred "Winnie" Broach on 11 Dec 1907 in Crawford, McLennan County, Texas. Caroline (daughter of Frank Norman Broach, Sr. and Kate Walker) was born on 2 Jan 1886 in Texas; died on 4 Aug 1943 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In his autobiography, Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote that his mother was one of the teachers at Six Mile School, and that she taught in the country schools in and around Six Mile for fifteen years, her last assignment being at a one-teacher school called "Goat Town." During her lifetime she tutored several young people to help them pass the state examination and begin their own teaching careers. She brought 25 or 30 books with her to Sabine County after her marriage in 1907, and they were sometimes used as a public library as most of the other families had nothing more to read than a Bible.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMLP-529/p1
Name: Minnie (sic) Mcdaniel
Death Date: 04 Aug 1943
Death Place: Yellow Pine, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 57 years 7 months 1 day
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Jan 1886
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Harmon Broach
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Name: Kate Walker
Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Yellow Pine, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Oakhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Oakhill, Texas
Burial Date: 05 Aug 1943
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2137434
Digital Film Number: 4029598
Image Number: 3390
Reference Number: 39287
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Middle name shown by family descendants as Walton, his mothers maiden name.

Kay Parker McCary instead lists him as William Watson McDaniel, Jr., a namesake son of his father. She also indicates that he has a military marker at his gravesite, which reads" Co F 11 Texas Inf CSA"

Laura Buckmaster and Barbara Yancey Dore also show his middle name as Watson.

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84
Enumerated 9 and 10 July 1880
Page 28D SD 1 ED 84
254-264
McDaniel, W W W M 33 Farmer SC SC SC
McDaniel, Ann Joe W F 25 Wife La Miss Miss
McDaniel, Luthenia W F 8 Dtr Tx SC La
McDaniel, Ella W F 6 Dtr Tx SC La
McDaniel, Wm W M 3 SOn Tx SC La
McDaniel, Eva W F 6/12 Dec Dtr Tx Sc La

William married Zeroine Joan "Jo Ann" Smith on 14 Jan 1869 in Newton County, Texas. Zeroine (daughter of Irving Smith and Luthenia Garlington) was born on 8 May 1852 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 29 Dec 1937 in Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 5B
89-89
Mrs. McDaniel W Head W F May 1852 48 W 10/8 La Miss Miss Farmer
McDaniel, Maud Dtr W F May 1882 18 S Tx SC La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Sim R Son W M Feb 1886 14 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Earnest N Son M W Dec 1887 12 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
McDaniel, Alma T Dtr W F Feb 1890 10 S Tx Sc La Farm Laborer
Smith, Reubin Nephew W M Nov 1876 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 1A
4-4
McDaniel, Joann Z Mrs. Head F W 55 Wd 10/7 Tx SC Miss Own Income
McDaniel, Nolan E Son m W 22 S Tx Sc Tx Farmer

Notes:

Married:
Robert Cecil McDaniel wrote, in his autobiography, that after "his grandparents married, they moved to the Bayou Community, located about four miles north of Fairdale. They lived there until Grandpa's death on December 10, 1899, at the age of fifty-five."

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel, in his autobiography, wrote that his Broach grandparents owned a boarding house located near the railroad depot in Crawford. His grandfather had a state license to practice law, but McDaniel didn't believe he ever followed the legal profession. He may have published a weekly newspaper in Crawford, and before the Model T days, he owned a livery stable. McDaniel's impression was that his grandfather was more of a "dreamer" than a "doer" and that his grandmother probably made the living.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMP2-LNP/p1
Name: Frank Norman Broach
Death Date: 10 Jun 1938
Death Place: Crawford, Mclennan, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 82 years 4 months 4 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Feb 1856
Birthplace: Camden, Ark.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Kate Walker
Father's Name: P. Broach
Father's Birthplace: Camden, Ark.
Mother's Name: Caroline Lightfoot
Mother's Birthplace: Ark.
Occupation: Retired Atty.
Place of Residence: Crawford, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Crawford, Texas
Burial Date: 11 Jun 1938
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117749
Digital Film Number: 4030417
Image Number: 471
Reference Number: 29242
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Lousiana, Vernon Parish, Ward 2
Enumerated 11 June 1900
SD 4 ED 100 Sheets 7B and 8A Stamped 179
143-146
Broach, Frank Head W F (sic) Feb 1856 46 m 19 Ark NC Tn Lawyer
Broach, Kate Wf W F Apr 1858 42 M 19 8/8 Ark Ala Ala
Broach, Alice E Dtr W F Sep 1882 17 S Ark Ala Ala
Broach, Gary W Son W M Feb 1884 16 S Tx Ala Ala
Broach, Winnie C Dtr W F Jan 1884 14 S Tx Ark Ark
Broach, Norman Son W M Sep 1887 12 S Tx Ark Ark
Broach, Robert E Son W M Oct 1889 (?) 10 S Tx Ark Ark
Broach, Katie M Dtr W F Oct 1893 6 S Tx Ark Akr
Broach, Lillie R Dtr W F Oct 1896 3 S Tx Ark Ark
Broach, Lucile J Dtr W F Mar 1899 1 S Tx Ark Ark

1910 Census
Texas, McLennan County, JP No. 7, Crawford Town
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 11 ED 108 Sheet 6A Stamped 170
1-1
Broach, Frank N Head M W 55 M 29 Ark NC Tn Hotel Propritor
Broach, Kate Wf F W 51 M1 29 8/8 Ark Ala Ala
Broach, Alice Dtr F W S Ark Ark Ark
Broach, Frank Son M W 22 S Tx Ark Ark Drug Clerk Drug
Broach, Robert E Son M W 19 S Tx Ark Ark School Boy
Broach, Katie M Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ark Ark School Girl
Broach, Lillie R Dtr F W 13 S Tx Ark Ark School Girl
Broach, Luceal Dtr F W 11 S Tx Ark Ark School Girl
Broach, Basley Father M W 91 W NC Va NC
Talbie, M Boarder M W 55 W Ky Unk Unk Merchant Feed Store

Frank married Kate Walker about 1881. Kate was born in Apr 1858 in Arkansas; died before 1938 in Crawford, McLennan County, Texas; was buried in Crawford, McLennan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
In his autobiography, Robert Cecil McDaniel states that "My mother's parents, Frank and Kate Broach, moved to Fairdale from Timpson, Texas during the early part of this century. The exact date is unknown. Aunt Alice Broach was a postmistress there for a while, and Aunt Lucille Broach taught in Fairdale's early community school. Grandpa Broach owned and operated at sawmill that was destroyed by fire in 1905. He then moved his family to Crawford, Texas, a small town twenty miles west of Waco. He died in 1932 (sic) and Grandma Broach died in 1938. Both are buried in the cemetery at Crawford."

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel, a descendant, wrote in his autobiography that "My McDaniel ancestors migrated west from the Edgefield District near Spartanburg, South Carolina, and apparently stopped for a time in Mississippi. They were enumerated in the federal census of 1850, both in Itwambia County, Mississippi, and in Sabine County, Texas." He also indicated that they settled in the community later to be known as Fairdale, in the southeastern part of Sabine County.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 9 Nov 1850
218-218
Levy McDaniel 42 M Farmer $599 South Carolina
Harritt McDaniel 44 F Georgia
Samuel W McDaniel 13 M Mississippi
219-219
William McDaniel 36 M Farmer $--- South Carolina
Wionerva 36 (Written, and then lined through) F South Carolina
Winney 30 F South Carolina
Rebeca Walton 22 F South Carolina
Levina McDaniel 9 F South Carolina
Levi McDaniel 7 M South Carolina
William McDaniel 5 M South Carolina
Tilman L McDaniel 3 M South Carolina
Simeon A McDaniel 1 M Mississippi

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sands Beat No. 7 PO Faircloth
Enumerated 18 July 1860
Page 43
319-317
Wm McDaniel 50 M Farmer 500 500 S C
Winney McDaniel 39 F SC
Luvenia McDaniel 19 F SC
Levi P McDaniel 17 M SC
William W McDaniel 14 M SC
Tilman F McDaniel 13 M SC
Simon A McDaniel 10 M Miss
Alexander McDaniel 5 M Tx
Louisa McDaniel 2 F Tx

William married Winnie Walton before 1840. Winnie was born about 1821 in South Carolina; died after 1861 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Rebecca Walton, relationship not listed, was living with Winnie and William McDaniel at the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census.

Dry Creek Baptist Church Minutes:

Mar 1846: Recieved Winney McDaniel by experience. Note: Winney McDaniel was the wife of William Watson McDaniel, brother of Charity. Shortly before 1850 they moved to MS and then to Sabine Co, Texas where Levi McDaniel also moved.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=renees&id=I3352

Notes:

At the time of the 1870 Sabine County Census, he was widowed and he and his two young sons were living in the home of his son-in-law, Wm. W. McDaniel.

Irving married Luthenia Garlington on 13 Sep 1849 in Newton County, Texas. Luthenia (daughter of Benjamin Garlington and Caroline Cynthia Vick) was born about 1828 in Louisiana; died on 22 Mar 1859 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Later married a Porter? (Rootsweb World Connect Project: Hill Family Page).

Notes:

Married:
Luthenia first married a Mr. Porter in 1844. She married Irving Smith 5 years later, and they had 4 children.

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9MML-MTG1/p_13290407089
Name: Basley Broach
State: Arkansas
Document Type: Citizen
Document Number: 9
NARA Publication Title: Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms
NARA Publication Number: M346
NARA Roll Number: 99
Collection: United States, Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865

Shown by Curt Mason as a son of George Broach and Jane Burch.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=curti_m&id=I16320


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Census Listings:

1850 Washington, Ouachita, AR
2 2
Baseley Broach 32 M NC farmer
Caroline 27 F TN
Clinton 5 M TN

1860 Census
Arkansas, Ouachita County, Behestian Township
Enumerated 18 July 1860
Post Office Ouachita, Page 76
Basley Beaach 41 M NC
Caroline Beaach 37 F TN
Clinton Beaach 13 M TN
Frank Beaach 5 M AR
Robt Beaach 2 M AR
page: 76 family number: 537
film number: 803047 dgs number: 4211306
image number: 00080 nara number: M653

1870 Marion, Ouachita, AR
25 25
Broach, Basley 51 M W NC farmer
Caroline 48 F W TN kh
Frank 14 M W AR labor

(1850 through 1870 census records were transcribed by Curt Mason, and copied from his tree at World Connect):

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=curti_m&id=I16320

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MC46-JTB/p_394122443
Name: Basley Broach
Residence: Marion, Ouachita, Arkansas
Birthdate: 1818
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Careline M. Broach
Spouse's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 62 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA Film Number: T9-0052
Page: 81
Page Character: A
Entry Number: 805
Film number: 1254052
Collection: United States Census, 1880

Basley married Caroline Lightfoot on 19 Dec 1844 in Henry County, Tennessee. Caroline was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
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Groom's Name: Basley Broach
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Caroline Lightfoot
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1844
Marriage Place: Henry, Tennessee
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51931-7
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 575022
Reference Number: Vol. A
Collection: Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950