Daniel METHVEN^[1]

1829 - 1921  (91 years)

• Name	Daniel METHVEN
  Birth	23 Nov 1829	Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Mar 1921	Galt, Sacramento Co, California, USA   [2, 5]
  Burial	8 Mar 1921	Galt, Sacramento Co, California, USA
  Person ID	I546	Tree610J
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2011

  
  

  Family	Ellen FLACK,   b. 24 Oct 1834, Chester, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 17 Feb 1902, Antioch, Contra Costa Co, California, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1854	Wayne County, Ohio, USA   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Thomas Hamlin METHVEN,   b. 22 Mar 1855, Plain, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 22 Sep 1931, Cheney, Spokane Co, WA (Age 76 years)   2. James Robeson METHVEN,   b. 3 May 1857, Plain, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 3 Dec 1950, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN (Age 93 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth METHVEN,   b. 17 Feb 1859, Plain, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 16 Jan 1897, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN (Age 37 years)   4. Lincoln METHVEN,   b. 20 Apr 1861   d. 3 May 1861 (Age 0 years)   5. Edgar Kirk METHVEN,   b. 26 May 1862, Plain, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 29 Oct 1908, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Age 46 years)   6. Arthur Dale Owen METHVEN,   b. 21 Jun 1864   7. Charles Andrew METHVEN,   b. 2 Jun 1866, Millbrook, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 10 Aug 1895, Oakley, Contra Costa Co, California, USA (Age 29 years)   8. William Byron METHVEN,   b. 31 Mar 1868, Millbrook, Wayne County, Ohio, USA d. 10 Dec 1894 (Age 26 years)   9. Harry H METHVEN,   b. 24 Jul 1869   d. 13 May 1899, Oakley, Contra Costa Co, California, USA (Age 29 years)   10. Daniel Boone METHVEN,   b. 29 Jan 1873   d. 13 May 1897, Oakley, Contra Costa Co, California, USA (Age 24 years)
  Family ID	F235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  On June 5, 1873 Daniel filed a Declaratory Statement of his intent to homestead property in Springfield, Brown County, Minnesota. On January 12, 1881 he made his final payment of $7.72. A Homestead Patent was issued to Daniel by President Chester A Arthur on October 18, 1886. Daniel sold his farm on June 26, 1888. He had already moved to Dassel, Minnesota where he was operating a textile mill. In September 1885 Daniel propossed opening a woolen mill in the city of Litchfield. Articles of Incorporation were drawn up with Daniel as a Board member and manager of the mill. By April 1886 the mill was up and operating. In June, Daniel ended his association with the mill and moved to California. In August 1888, the Litchfield Woolen Mill was totally destroyed by fire. Because of a hearing problem, Daniel did not serve in the Civil War.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Information from Jack Moselle. [S229] Daniel Methven Death Certificate No. 21-011589 30 March 1921. [S75] Daniel Methven to his children and grand-children (letter is undated)RFD 2, Box 5, Galt, Calif In possession of Elinor M. Elinor Ann Methvin Kaarte is the great grandaughter of Daniel Methvin [S76] James R Methven & Don Methven, Methvens From Caledonia To America, (Minneapolis: Privately Published). p.15-16 [S76] James R Methven & Don Methven, Methvens From Caledonia To America, (Minneapolis: Privately Published). p. 15-16 [S1760] Daniel Methven Ellen Flack Souvenir Record Titled The Marriage Covenant,issued by R M Finley, Minister 30 June 1854. [S1751] Richard G Smith, comp, Seventy-Five Years Of Wayne County Ohio Marriages 1813-1888, (Wooster, Ohio: Wayne County Historical Society Genealogical Section, 1979). p. 29 & 63 [S75] Daniel Methven to his children and grand-children (letter is undated)RFD 2, Box 5, Galt, Calif In possession of Elinor M.