1840 Carter Co, TN. At census time he was 30-40 years old and had int he family: 1 male aged 5-10, 1 at 10-15, 2 were 20-30, 2 femalesunder 5 , 1 was 10-15, 2 at 15-20, and 1 at 30-40. His mother livednext door a nd a little farther down the road was Catherine Daily, thewidow of bro ther James.
8/22/1850 Dist Smyth Co, VA was his address by the next census time.H is mother had died and spinster sister Catherine came to live withhim. H e was recorded at age 51, born VA, occupation of physician,with real e state worth $5000. Living with him were Saray Ann, 26,born VA, Nancy A nn, 26, born TN, David, 18, born TN, farmer, Mary C,15, born TN, Sarah E , 13, born TN, Ann Eliza, 10, born VA, John C, 3,born VA, William H, 2 , born VA, and sister Catherine Daily, 53, alsoborn VA.
1851 West Liberty, Morgan Co, KY. There he was minister of theMethod ist Episcopal Church South of the West Liberty Dist of KYConference.
1852 Denton Co, TX
From the History of Bolivar, TX:
The town of Bolivar was laid out by Dr. Hiram Daily in 1852 andBolivar C emetery was established east of Main Street on high groundacross a sma ll branch, being the same site the cemetery has nowoccupied for some 1 45 years.
Bolivar Cemetery is located on FM 455 northwest of Denton, Texas, via1 -35 north 12 miles to Sanger then via FM 455 west 3.7 miles. It isabou t 756 feet west of the northeast corner of J. B. Reed SurveyA-1086 th en 862 feet south; 384 feet west; 862 feet north; 384 feeteast to begi nning containing some 7.61 acres of land. There are manyunmarked grav es; however, the earliest interment identified by amonument is of Zoll y Cofer Waide (January 13, 1863--May 14, 1863).Veterans of the Mexican A merican War, Civil War, World War I, WorldWar II,Korean Conflict, and V ietnam War are interred here. Other thanthe Government
-issued markers, momments, range from the very elaborate to simplehome -made
tombstones and marked rocks.
Dr. Hiram Daily, who was not only a physician but also a Methodistmini ster and store proprietor, first established Clear CreekSettlement in a b end just south of Bolivar; but it was wiped out byblack smallpox. The C ash Settlement where the stagecoach driverrested and changed horses wa s only a few miles north; neverthelessDr. Daily obtained land in the s outheast comer of the John YoakumSurvey that was accessible to Clear C reek about one-half mile northof his original settlement. He called th e town "New Prospect". Therewas some dispute over the name of the tow n; and Ben Brown of Bolivar,Tennessee, who settled north of town near t he big Chisum ranch,suggested it be named "Bolivar." An election was h eld to settle thematter and the Tennessean exchanged mugs of rum for v otes -"Bolivar" won! Good water, plentiful timber, a scenic plateau, b eingcloser to the County Seat, and having a local minister-preacher-store owner were all reasons for Bolivar prosper.
And the Handbook of TX Online says:
BOLIVAR, TEXAS (Denton County). Bolivar, at the intersection of Farmro ads 2450 and 455, fourteen miles northwest of Denton in DentonCounty, w as founded in 1859. William Crawford sold the site to HiramDaily, a Me thodist minister and doctor, who opened a general store,laid out the t own, and called it New Prospect. In 1861 Ben Brown, afarmer, who had m oved from Bolivar, Tennessee, suggested the renamingof the town and pe rsuaded residents to vote for the name Bolivar byproviding them free d rinks. John Simpson Chisumqv ranched nearBolivar but moved his herds i n 1863 to West Texas. Bolivar was onlythree miles east of the Chisholm T rail,qv which ran through theWilson, Forester, Chisum, and Waide ranch es. Cowboys on the trailcame to Bolivar to stay at its hotel and patro nize its saloons.
Children's birth places seem to verify the later date as the time ofth e move to TX.
7/16/1860 PO Carter, Denton Co, TX. That year at census time Hiramwa s a 62 year old physician with property worth $2000/500. WifeSarah A w as 33 and the family had grown to include John C, 10,William H, 8, Ann E , 6, Frances C, 5, Hiram, 4, Walter F, 3, andSarah, 2, as well as 17 y ear old Malachi Parish, hired hand. Theywere the only Dailys in the c ounty.
After Dr. Daily retired, Dr. Ervin Howard moved his wife and ninechild ren to Bolivar in 1873.
8/1870 PO Fayetteville, Clear Creek Twp, Washington Co, AR. Hirammus t have left the town without a physician for a few years as he hadmove d before the next census. He was 73, still practicing medicine,and wi fe Sarah was 40. In the household were sons WH (William), 22,HM, 15, a nd WP, 13, daughters Sarah, 12, MA, 10, Eli (should beElla), 10, and D ora, 5. Also counted there was John Watkins, 19,laborer.
6/1/1880 Springdale Twp, Washington Co, AR. Whether they had movedag ain or township lines shifted is unknown but the census taker foundthe m there and recorded Hiram, 82, physican, Sarah A, 48, Hiram A,25, mer chant, daughter Sarah C Roberts, 20, her husband Jens C, 27,farmer, da ughters Ann M, 17, Ella L, 15, and Dora B, 13.
