(Blair Nebraska) Thursday, November 5, 1903, Page 8, column 4.

Died: On Thursday, October 29, 1903, in Omaha, James Daniels of this city dies of heart failure. He was 66 years old. The deceased was born in Ohio November 8, 1836.

In the time of his country's peril, he joined the Union forces and served as a loyal soldier.

In 1873, he came to Nebraska, and for years has been a resident of this county. Last May he went to Washington to visit relatives and was just returning to home and friends when he was suddenly stricken down and died on the street car that was bearing him to the station. He died so suddenly that no one knew that he was sick until he was gone. He was the father of eleven children. Seven of whom are still living.

The remains were brought to Blair on Friday, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Priest at 2:30 P.M. on Sunday, November 1, at the residence. Many friends and relatives came to comfort the bereaved widow and children and to pay their tribute of respect to the departed.

Daniels James 10/29/1903 EDIT Note: he was a veteran #2 from the Nov. 5, 1903 Republican, Blair, Nebraska

James Daniels of Blair Passes Away While on a Street Car

Just as the conductor approached him for his fare, James Daniels, an old resident of Blair, fell suddenly forward in his seat, dead the cause being supposedly heart trouble. Daniels had boarded a Walnut Hill car at Thirteenth and Douglas streets, apparently well and healthy. A little later he appeared to have a fainting spell and died just as the car approached California street. He was taken from the car at Webster street and the coroner called. He had just returned from a trip to Zillah, Wash., where he had been visiting two daughters, and was on his way to the Webster street depot to take the train home to Blair, where he had lived for the past thirty years and where he was a prosperous citizen. Two of his sons, who were notified, came to Omaha and will take the body to Blair, where it will be buried. Mr. Daniels was 67 years old and served in the civil war in Company M. Fourth regiment, Missouri volunteers. He came to Nebraska thirty years ago from Iowa. He was born in Ohio. Besides his two daughters in Washington, he has five sons, Samuel, George, Francis, Edward and Richard, who all live in Blair. His second wife is living at Blair, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Leach, lives in South Omaha.—World Herald.

#3 printed in the Nov. 5, 2013 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

110 years ago (1903)

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Omaha, Nebr., Mr. James Daniels of this city died of heart failure. He was 66 years old. The deceased was born in Ohio in 1836. He was a loyal soldier in the war of the rebellion. In 1873 he came to Nebraska and for years has been a resident of this county. He had visited relatives and was just returning to his home when he was suddenly stricken down. He was on the street car that was to take him to the station when he died suddenly. The deceased was the father of eleven children. The funeral service was conducted at his residence, where many people came to comfort the bereaved wife and family and to show their respect for the departed.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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