The source of this biography is unknown:
"At the age of six years (1804), Daniel moved with his father's family to the vicinity of La Colle, Quebec. At an early age, he was enrolled in the British forces of Canada and served in the War of 1812. While scouting at the front, he was captured by American forces and imprisoned for three months at Burlington, Vermont. He also served as Captain in the "Patriots War" of 1837-38, and was engaged in the battle of Stone Mills, near La Colle, Quebec. He always remained a British Subject, and received a soldiers pension from that government.
After the death of his son Stephen in 1879, he and his wife Elizabeth went to Austin, Minnesota, to the farm of his son George M., where they spent their remaining years. He was six feet two inches tall, and retained good health physically and mentally to the end. He died at the farm of his son, at Brownsdale, Minnesota."
The source of this biography is unknown:
"At the age of six years (1804), Daniel moved with his father's family to the vicinity of La Colle, Quebec. At an early age, he was enrolled in the British forces of Canada and served in the War of 1812. While scouting at the front, he was captured by American forces and imprisoned for three months at Burlington, Vermont. He also served as Captain in the "Patriots War" of 1837-38, and was engaged in the battle of Stone Mills, near La Colle, Quebec. He always remained a British Subject, and received a soldiers pension from that government.
After the death of his son Stephen in 1879, he and his wife Elizabeth went to Austin, Minnesota, to the farm of his son George M., where they spent their remaining years. He was six feet two inches tall, and retained good health physically and mentally to the end. He died at the farm of his son, at Brownsdale, Minnesota."
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