Daniel Waddell was born in Gallia County, Ohio, on March 21, 1821. His father, John Waddell, who was born in 1778, and died May 1841, was the father of twenty-one children, ten by his first wife and eleven by the second; Daniel, the subject of this sketch, is a child of the last wife. He was ordained deacon in the church in Parkersburg, on June 13, 1850, and was ordained as an elder in June 1852, by Bishop Matthew Simpson, in Morgantown, West Virginia; he acted in the capacity of a local minister, located at Moundsville, West Virginia; he filled that position for seven years; he resigned on account of disability; he then retired to private life on his farm where he is still active as a worker in the church, occasionally filling the pulpit. Mr. Waddell taught vocal music for a number of years; he was a member of the board of education of Rome township.
He was married in this county, on June 3, 1857, to Sarah A. Hall, whose birth took place in Lawrence County, August 11, 1838; they have the following children:
- D. Heath, born March 20, 1859, resides at home;
- Lizzie Lincoln, March 4, 1861, resides at home;
- Maggie Rosetta, May 11, 1864, died August 13, 1865;
- Hattie Oella, August 27, 1866, resides at home.
Mr. Waddell’s mother, Mary (Wigner) Waddell, was born in 1796 and died May 31, 1856. Mrs. Waddell’s parents were William D. Hall, born June 23, 1816, who died October 5, 1876, and Elizabeth (Radford) Hall, born August 4, 1817, died August 27, 1854; the latter came to this county in 1818, the former in 1816. Mr. Waddell is a horticulturist, and his post office address is Proctorville, Lawrence County, Ohio.
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