George Prestion Daniel

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Father paid his way through Medical School and did not give him a farm. His 1st delivery of a 1000's of babies was his nephew only a few days after returning home from Medical School.

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Father paid his way through Medical School and did not give him a farm. His 1st delivery of a 1000's of babies was his nephew only a few days after returning home from Medical School. He married Hettie Calloway. Another death date as 1960.

From the internet:

The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV Wednesday Afternoon, January 20, 1960 Noted County Doctor, George P. Daniel Dies.

A legend of Raleigh County ended today when Dr George P. Daniel died in Beckley Hospital.

The well known country doctor once estimated that he had ridden his horse "three times around the world" as he answered the call fo the sick from his Glen Daniel home.

Death came at 2:30 a.m. He had undergone surgery for removal of a tumor from his esophagus 14 days ago and those in attendance were amazed at his vitality after having been on the oeprating table for many hours. Death was attributed to complications.

Born Oct 24, 1868, a son of the Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Daniel, Coal River, he began administering to the sick and injured the day he recieved his medical degree from the University of Louisville Medical School.

Dr. Daniel achieved his degree the hard way - working to acquire the moeny to put himself through school. He did this by teaching school and not only financed his own medical school education but also made it possible for a brother, Sydney, to become a physician. In addition, he sired two generations of doctor sons.

Dr. Daniel probably delivered more babies than anyone else in Raleigh County. It is only natural that he should have acquired many namesakes - but he had no idea how many.

When he began his practice, he traveled the hills and valley by horseback. He had to perform hundreds of operations - most of them on kitchen tables, long before the county boasted a hospital.

Devotion to medicine did not thwart his keen business sense. His father had been a successful merchant and when still a young doctor, he followed in his father's foosteps by operating a store and sometimes working in it himself. He also secured several business properties both in Raleigh and Wyoming counties.

An active Republican all his life, Dr. Daniel had the distinction of being the first presidential elector from Raleigh County. He cast a vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.

Earlier, he had taken a census of Marsh Fork District in 1890, and in the same year, was a delegate to the then third Congressional District Republican convention in Hinton.

When Dr. Daniel began his career, the population of Raleigh County was just over 7,000. The count is now nearly 100,000.

The first utility company was formed at Glen Daniel - the Trap Hill Telephone Co., organized in the early 1900s by Dr. Daniel and a few other men. It was later sold to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.

Dr. Daniel served as the first noble grand of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Glen Daniel. He later became secretary of the lodge and served in the capacity for over 50 years.

He married Nettie May Calaway, daughter of George Calaway and Sarah Hinchman on September 26, 1894, in Raleigh County. Both of their sons Doff C and Ross Preston were also doctors.