Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Rockingham County, Virginia, 23 October, Hse #134, Fam #139
  John Brewer 56 M Collier $6000 Real Estate b Virginia Cannot read and write
  Elizabeth Brewer 54 F b Virginia
  Rhoda Brewer 30 F Farmer b Virginia
  Nancy Brewer 23 F b Virginia
  Elizabeth Brewer 17 F b Virginia
  John Brewer 15 M Farmer b Virginia
  Michael Brewer 7 M b Virginia
  John Simmons 30 M Farmer b Virginia Cannot read and write
  
  At some point after the 1850 cenrsus, Elizabeth's father John Brewer moved the family to Tenenssee.  Her mother also died some time before this 1860 census in Tennessee.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Coffee County, Tennessee, 25 June, 1st Civil District, PO Beech Grove, page 66, Hse/Fam #464
  John McDaniel 43 M Carpenter $0 Real Estate $200 Personal $200 born Kentucky [b abt 1817]
  Eliza McDaniel 35 F Domestic born Virginia [b abt 1825]
  James McDaniel 17 M Farm Hand born Tenn [b abt 1843]
  Safrona McDaniel 14 F born Tenn [b abt 1836]
  Rebecca McDaniel 12 F born Tenn [b abt 1838]
  William McDaniel 10 M born Tenn [b abt 1850]
  Wesly McDaniel 8 M born Tenn [b abt 1852]
  Angeline McDaniel 6 F born Tenn [b abt 1854]
  Margarett McDaniel 4 F born Tenn [b abt 1856]
  Fanny McDaniel 2 F born Tenn [b abt 1858]
  May McDaniel 4mos F born Tenn [b abt Jan 1860]
  John Brewer 70 M born Tenn Virgina [b abt 1890]
  James McCall 24 M Carpenter born Tenn [b abt 1836]
  
  Going by the ages, Eliza is John McDaniel's second wife.  And we know she was reported in her father's household in Virginia in the 1850 census.  She is reported as 25 years old.  It is possible the children from Wesley are hers, but more likely, from Margarett on.  We have no date of death for their move to Tennessee or her mother's death.

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Rockingham County, Virginia
  • 23 October, Hse #134, Fam #139
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Coffee County, Tennessee
  • 25 June, 1st Civil District, PO Beech Grove, page 66, Hse/Fam #464
• 3. Ancestry Comments