"A VETERAN LEADER OF METHODISM
Death of Rev. W.C. Daily Occurred Today
A Pioneer in the Wark [sic] of the Church
One of the Prominent Ministers of East Tennessee
End of a long Career of Usefullness Came Peacefully -- His Life and Work
Death today removed from the life of Knoxville Rev. W.C. Daily, a pioneer in Southern Methodism. This morning he quietly passed away at his home on West Cumberland Street. A grief stricken wife, two daughters and two grand children were by his bedside with other relatives. The end was not unexpected, as age and disease had formed a combination that the weak condition of the deceased could not defeat.
The news that Rev. W.C. Daily was dead spread rapidly and there were many expressions of regret throughout the city upon receipt of it. The end of a long and useful life always causes sorrow, but more particularly so this one.
Selecting the ministry as his vocation he started on life's journey with the faith of a Methodist and has received the crown of 'well done, thou good and faithful servant.'
The funeral will be held in the Clinch Street Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and every Methodist minister in Knoxville is asked to attend and aid in conducting the services. The remains will be conveyed to Woodlawn Cemetery where they will be given a burial.
Rev. William Clinton Daily was a native Tennessean and was born ten miles north of Greenville on October 16, 1818. He was the son of a skilled mechanic, who concluded to move to South Carolina and when Mr. Daily was eighteen months of age the family went to that state to live. Not finding the business relations and natural surroundings of the Palmetto State of as congenial a nature as desired the elder Daily removed to this state and settled at Elizabethton in 1834. A residence of seven years in that region did not prove satisfactory and the family again moved going to Virginia and locating near Marion.
The subject of this sketch early developed a desire for learning, and with the limited educational facilities of the time, and his knowledge of the world gained by travel decided upon a career that would involve mental work. He entered the ministry for life and was always a faithful worker.
Methodism was the prevalent religion in Virginia at that period and with this branch of the church Mr. Daily connected himself. He was ordained a minister at the conference held in Abingdon in 1848, at which Bishop T.A. Morris presided. He preached his first regular sermon in a rude log church near Mt. Airy in Smyth county. In that circuit he spent a year and for the second twelve months went to the Newburn circuit, spending most of his time in Pulaski county. It was during these early struggles with Satan that Rev. W.C. Dailey met the lady who now survives him.
The war severed church as well as social ties and destroyed the commercial peace of the state, and with the upheaval Rev. Daily moved to Cleveland, where he spent the most of the time during the conflict. He would preach through Bradley and adjoining counties at irregular times as long as personal safety would permit, but before the end of the war his labors ceased as the troops of the two armies were in possession of everything. A few months before the surrender he went with a guard of federal soldiers to Mars Hill in Bradley county and organized the first M.E. Church of the Northern bellef__ established in the south.
In his work as a preacher Rev. Daily has been a presiding elder for over twenty-five years. In Knoxville he saw daily the fruit of his labor but not so much what was accomplished in any particular church, but in an itinerate way. With the exception of a few years in California, Rev. Daily spent the time since the war in this region and has been a resident of Knoxville living with his wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren on West Cumberland street at the corner of Henley. He was active in Christian work until three years ago when the conference placed him on the superanuated list.
On November 6 of last year Rev. Daily and wife celebrated their golden wedding in the presence of several hundred people at the Clinch Street M.E. Church. They went through as near as possible the ceremony used a half century before when they joined hands for life. The occasion was an interesting and impressive one and the talk made by Rev. Daily was appropriate and impressive.
Rev. Daily and wife have and had five children as follows: Mrs. Mary A., wife of George Callan, who resides at Thorn Grove in this county. Mrs. Nannie E., wife of N.R. Carson, who died as [sic] her home in California a few years ago. Wilbur F. Daily, who is a resident of San Francisco. Mrs. Jessie (Daily) Knox, now living in San Jose, Cal.& Herbert Daily, who died in this city five years ago,
whose widow # 126613221, Mrs.Grace Lillian Edelen Daily and two intereating children, {James Herbert Daily (1889 - 1956)*a son and daughter Lillian Etta Daily Bean (1891 - 1970)*}, reside with Rev. Daily and wife.
Death of Rev. W.C. Daily Occurred Today
A Pioneer in the Wark [sic] of the Church
One of the Prominent Ministers of East Tennessee
End of a long Career of Usefullness Came Peacefully -- His Life and Work
Death today removed from the life of Knoxville Rev. W.C. Daily, a pioneer in Southern Methodism. This morning he quietly passed away at his home on West Cumberland Street. A grief stricken wife, two daughters and two grand children were by his bedside with other relatives. The end was not unexpected, as age and disease had formed a combination that the weak condition of the deceased could not defeat.
The news that Rev. W.C. Daily was dead spread rapidly and there were many expressions of regret throughout the city upon receipt of it. The end of a long and useful life always causes sorrow, but more particularly so this one.
Selecting the ministry as his vocation he started on life's journey with the faith of a Methodist and has received the crown of 'well done, thou good and faithful servant.'
The funeral will be held in the Clinch Street Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and every Methodist minister in Knoxville is asked to attend and aid in conducting the services. The remains will be conveyed to Woodlawn Cemetery where they will be given a burial.
Rev. William Clinton Daily was a native Tennessean and was born ten miles north of Greenville on October 16, 1818. He was the son of a skilled mechanic, who concluded to move to South Carolina and when Mr. Daily was eighteen months of age the family went to that state to live. Not finding the business relations and natural surroundings of the Palmetto State of as congenial a nature as desired the elder Daily removed to this state and settled at Elizabethton in 1834. A residence of seven years in that region did not prove satisfactory and the family again moved going to Virginia and locating near Marion.
The subject of this sketch early developed a desire for learning, and with the limited educational facilities of the time, and his knowledge of the world gained by travel decided upon a career that would involve mental work. He entered the ministry for life and was always a faithful worker.
Methodism was the prevalent religion in Virginia at that period and with this branch of the church Mr. Daily connected himself. He was ordained a minister at the conference held in Abingdon in 1848, at which Bishop T.A. Morris presided. He preached his first regular sermon in a rude log church near Mt. Airy in Smyth county. In that circuit he spent a year and for the second twelve months went to the Newburn circuit, spending most of his time in Pulaski county. It was during these early struggles with Satan that Rev. W.C. Dailey met the lady who now survives him.
The war severed church as well as social ties and destroyed the commercial peace of the state, and with the upheaval Rev. Daily moved to Cleveland, where he spent the most of the time during the conflict. He would preach through Bradley and adjoining counties at irregular times as long as personal safety would permit, but before the end of the war his labors ceased as the troops of the two armies were in possession of everything. A few months before the surrender he went with a guard of federal soldiers to Mars Hill in Bradley county and organized the first M.E. Church of the Northern bellef__ established in the south.
In his work as a preacher Rev. Daily has been a presiding elder for over twenty-five years. In Knoxville he saw daily the fruit of his labor but not so much what was accomplished in any particular church, but in an itinerate way. With the exception of a few years in California, Rev. Daily spent the time since the war in this region and has been a resident of Knoxville living with his wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren on West Cumberland street at the corner of Henley. He was active in Christian work until three years ago when the conference placed him on the superanuated list.
On November 6 of last year Rev. Daily and wife celebrated their golden wedding in the presence of several hundred people at the Clinch Street M.E. Church. They went through as near as possible the ceremony used a half century before when they joined hands for life. The occasion was an interesting and impressive one and the talk made by Rev. Daily was appropriate and impressive.
Rev. Daily and wife have and had five children as follows: Mrs. Mary A., wife of George Callan, who resides at Thorn Grove in this county. Mrs. Nannie E., wife of N.R. Carson, who died as [sic] her home in California a few years ago. Wilbur F. Daily, who is a resident of San Francisco. Mrs. Jessie (Daily) Knox, now living in San Jose, Cal.& Herbert Daily, who died in this city five years ago,
whose widow # 126613221, Mrs.Grace Lillian Edelen Daily and two intereating children, {James Herbert Daily (1889 - 1956)*a son and daughter Lillian Etta Daily Bean (1891 - 1970)*}, reside with Rev. Daily and wife.
"A VETERAN LEADER OF METHODISM
Death of Rev. W.C. Daily Occurred Today
A Pioneer in the Wark [sic] of the Church
One of the Prominent Ministers of East Tennessee
End of a long Career of Usefullness Came Peacefully -- His Life and Work
Death today removed from the life of Knoxville Rev. W.C. Daily, a pioneer in Southern Methodism. This morning he quietly passed away at his home on West Cumberland Street. A grief stricken wife, two daughters and two grand children were by his bedside with other relatives. The end was not unexpected, as age and disease had formed a combination that the weak condition of the deceased could not defeat.
The news that Rev. W.C. Daily was dead spread rapidly and there were many expressions of regret throughout the city upon receipt of it. The end of a long and useful life always causes sorrow, but more particularly so this one.
Selecting the ministry as his vocation he started on life's journey with the faith of a Methodist and has received the crown of 'well done, thou good and faithful servant.'
The funeral will be held in the Clinch Street Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and every Methodist minister in Knoxville is asked to attend and aid in conducting the services. The remains will be conveyed to Woodlawn Cemetery where they will be given a burial.
Rev. William Clinton Daily was a native Tennessean and was born ten miles north of Greenville on October 16, 1818. He was the son of a skilled mechanic, who concluded to move to South Carolina and when Mr. Daily was eighteen months of age the family went to that state to live. Not finding the business relations and natural surroundings of the Palmetto State of as congenial a nature as desired the elder Daily removed to this state and settled at Elizabethton in 1834. A residence of seven years in that region did not prove satisfactory and the family again moved going to Virginia and locating near Marion.
The subject of this sketch early developed a desire for learning, and with the limited educational facilities of the time, and his knowledge of the world gained by travel decided upon a career that would involve mental work. He entered the ministry for life and was always a faithful worker.
Methodism was the prevalent religion in Virginia at that period and with this branch of the church Mr. Daily connected himself. He was ordained a minister at the conference held in Abingdon in 1848, at which Bishop T.A. Morris presided. He preached his first regular sermon in a rude log church near Mt. Airy in Smyth county. In that circuit he spent a year and for the second twelve months went to the Newburn circuit, spending most of his time in Pulaski county. It was during these early struggles with Satan that Rev. W.C. Dailey met the lady who now survives him.
The war severed church as well as social ties and destroyed the commercial peace of the state, and with the upheaval Rev. Daily moved to Cleveland, where he spent the most of the time during the conflict. He would preach through Bradley and adjoining counties at irregular times as long as personal safety would permit, but before the end of the war his labors ceased as the troops of the two armies were in possession of everything. A few months before the surrender he went with a guard of federal soldiers to Mars Hill in Bradley county and organized the first M.E. Church of the Northern bellef__ established in the south.
In his work as a preacher Rev. Daily has been a presiding elder for over twenty-five years. In Knoxville he saw daily the fruit of his labor but not so much what was accomplished in any particular church, but in an itinerate way. With the exception of a few years in California, Rev. Daily spent the time since the war in this region and has been a resident of Knoxville living with his wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren on West Cumberland street at the corner of Henley. He was active in Christian work until three years ago when the conference placed him on the superanuated list.
On November 6 of last year Rev. Daily and wife celebrated their golden wedding in the presence of several hundred people at the Clinch Street M.E. Church. They went through as near as possible the ceremony used a half century before when they joined hands for life. The occasion was an interesting and impressive one and the talk made by Rev. Daily was appropriate and impressive.
Rev. Daily and wife have and had five children as follows: Mrs. Mary A., wife of George Callan, who resides at Thorn Grove in this county. Mrs. Nannie E., wife of N.R. Carson, who died as [sic] her home in California a few years ago. Wilbur F. Daily, who is a resident of San Francisco. Mrs. Jessie (Daily) Knox, now living in San Jose, Cal.& Herbert Daily, who died in this city five years ago,
whose widow # 126613221, Mrs.Grace Lillian Edelen Daily and two intereating children, {James Herbert Daily (1889 - 1956)*a son and daughter Lillian Etta Daily Bean (1891 - 1970)*}, reside with Rev. Daily and wife.
Death of Rev. W.C. Daily Occurred Today
A Pioneer in the Wark [sic] of the Church
One of the Prominent Ministers of East Tennessee
End of a long Career of Usefullness Came Peacefully -- His Life and Work
Death today removed from the life of Knoxville Rev. W.C. Daily, a pioneer in Southern Methodism. This morning he quietly passed away at his home on West Cumberland Street. A grief stricken wife, two daughters and two grand children were by his bedside with other relatives. The end was not unexpected, as age and disease had formed a combination that the weak condition of the deceased could not defeat.
The news that Rev. W.C. Daily was dead spread rapidly and there were many expressions of regret throughout the city upon receipt of it. The end of a long and useful life always causes sorrow, but more particularly so this one.
Selecting the ministry as his vocation he started on life's journey with the faith of a Methodist and has received the crown of 'well done, thou good and faithful servant.'
The funeral will be held in the Clinch Street Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and every Methodist minister in Knoxville is asked to attend and aid in conducting the services. The remains will be conveyed to Woodlawn Cemetery where they will be given a burial.
Rev. William Clinton Daily was a native Tennessean and was born ten miles north of Greenville on October 16, 1818. He was the son of a skilled mechanic, who concluded to move to South Carolina and when Mr. Daily was eighteen months of age the family went to that state to live. Not finding the business relations and natural surroundings of the Palmetto State of as congenial a nature as desired the elder Daily removed to this state and settled at Elizabethton in 1834. A residence of seven years in that region did not prove satisfactory and the family again moved going to Virginia and locating near Marion.
The subject of this sketch early developed a desire for learning, and with the limited educational facilities of the time, and his knowledge of the world gained by travel decided upon a career that would involve mental work. He entered the ministry for life and was always a faithful worker.
Methodism was the prevalent religion in Virginia at that period and with this branch of the church Mr. Daily connected himself. He was ordained a minister at the conference held in Abingdon in 1848, at which Bishop T.A. Morris presided. He preached his first regular sermon in a rude log church near Mt. Airy in Smyth county. In that circuit he spent a year and for the second twelve months went to the Newburn circuit, spending most of his time in Pulaski county. It was during these early struggles with Satan that Rev. W.C. Dailey met the lady who now survives him.
The war severed church as well as social ties and destroyed the commercial peace of the state, and with the upheaval Rev. Daily moved to Cleveland, where he spent the most of the time during the conflict. He would preach through Bradley and adjoining counties at irregular times as long as personal safety would permit, but before the end of the war his labors ceased as the troops of the two armies were in possession of everything. A few months before the surrender he went with a guard of federal soldiers to Mars Hill in Bradley county and organized the first M.E. Church of the Northern bellef__ established in the south.
In his work as a preacher Rev. Daily has been a presiding elder for over twenty-five years. In Knoxville he saw daily the fruit of his labor but not so much what was accomplished in any particular church, but in an itinerate way. With the exception of a few years in California, Rev. Daily spent the time since the war in this region and has been a resident of Knoxville living with his wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren on West Cumberland street at the corner of Henley. He was active in Christian work until three years ago when the conference placed him on the superanuated list.
On November 6 of last year Rev. Daily and wife celebrated their golden wedding in the presence of several hundred people at the Clinch Street M.E. Church. They went through as near as possible the ceremony used a half century before when they joined hands for life. The occasion was an interesting and impressive one and the talk made by Rev. Daily was appropriate and impressive.
Rev. Daily and wife have and had five children as follows: Mrs. Mary A., wife of George Callan, who resides at Thorn Grove in this county. Mrs. Nannie E., wife of N.R. Carson, who died as [sic] her home in California a few years ago. Wilbur F. Daily, who is a resident of San Francisco. Mrs. Jessie (Daily) Knox, now living in San Jose, Cal.& Herbert Daily, who died in this city five years ago,
whose widow # 126613221, Mrs.Grace Lillian Edelen Daily and two intereating children, {James Herbert Daily (1889 - 1956)*a son and daughter Lillian Etta Daily Bean (1891 - 1970)*}, reside with Rev. Daily and wife.
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