The Daniel family came to Coleman County in the early 1860's, settling on Home Creek, and building a cabin nearby.  A baby was born in 1862, living only a few months, and was buried near the cabin under an oak tree.  In 1864, a baby girl called Jenny was born.  In December 1865, the father, John died and was buried beside the son.  The next year, his wife remarried James H. Dofflemyer.  They prospered through their cattle holdings and moved to San Saba County in the 1870's, there founding a bank and amassing a fortune.  The little girl, Jenny, married Will Banister about 1882. She had monuments erected to mark the graves of her father and little brother on Home Creek, replacing the old original sandstone markers.  These graves are located in a pasture just west of FM 2633 about 12 miles south of Santa Anna, about one-half mile south of Home Creek.  They read:

DANIEL, John - Feb 17, 1833 - Dec 12, 1865
DANIEL, C. O. - Dec 19, 1862 - Feb 13, 1863

{"John Daniel was married to Julia Frances Beasley, daughter of John Beasley (first County Judge of McCulloch County) and Lucinda Crane.  A nephew of Julia Beasley Daniel Dofflemyer, James Beasley of McCulloch County, told me several years before his death that John Daniel was killed by Indians.  Julia was the sister of two of my great grandparents, Mary Serene Beasley Harvick of San Saba County, and Joseph Newton Beasley of Coryell County."  (Information added 9 January 2001 by Frances Willess <willess@juno.com>.)}