Daniel Green Stinson, son of William (Stephenson) Stinson and his second wife Elizabeth Wylie, was a respected & well known historian of Chester County. He was named for his paternal uncle, Daniel Green. His parents had emigrated from Ireland.
Daniel married Esther Gaston, daughter of Joseph and Jane [née Brown] Gaston, on the 29th of January 1819. This union had the following known children:
Jane Elizabeth (1820-1857)
Melissa Lucinda (1822-1890)
Mary Narcissa (1824-1849)
Esther Emily (1827-1858)
Eliza Catherine (1830-1898
Joseph John (1832-1854)
Martha Jane (1836-)
After Esther died in 1858, Daniel married Mrs. Margaret Louisa Hinkel; a daughter of Turner and Margaret Morgan. They had a son, James L. Stinson (1858-1859).
An autobiographical sketch of his life entitled: Nullification Times. Life of D.G. Stinson: The Eventful Career of a Chester Citizen of the 19th Century (By Daniel Greene Stinson)... was produced at the request of Lyman Draper in 1871; topics include his education, career as a magistrate, and his opposition to nullification, secession, and Civil War. (L. Draper was another historian that Daniel corresponded with throughout his later life). Other books Daniel wrote about Chester County history: The Gaston's, A Sketch of the Covenanters of Rocky Creek, Chester County and Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence (by Elizabeth Fries Ellet); which he contributed sketches of the heroines of Catawba area.
Daniel Green Stinson departed his earthly life on the 10th day of September 1879 at the home of his step-son-in-law, Maj. T. C. Beckham in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was remembered as "the Chester County antiquarian" who had written extensively about the history of the county and the families that helped settle the back-country of South Carolina. He was laid to rest in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Shoals Presbyterian; where he had been a Elder.
Daniel married Esther Gaston, daughter of Joseph and Jane [née Brown] Gaston, on the 29th of January 1819. This union had the following known children:
Jane Elizabeth (1820-1857)
Melissa Lucinda (1822-1890)
Mary Narcissa (1824-1849)
Esther Emily (1827-1858)
Eliza Catherine (1830-1898
Joseph John (1832-1854)
Martha Jane (1836-)
After Esther died in 1858, Daniel married Mrs. Margaret Louisa Hinkel; a daughter of Turner and Margaret Morgan. They had a son, James L. Stinson (1858-1859).
An autobiographical sketch of his life entitled: Nullification Times. Life of D.G. Stinson: The Eventful Career of a Chester Citizen of the 19th Century (By Daniel Greene Stinson)... was produced at the request of Lyman Draper in 1871; topics include his education, career as a magistrate, and his opposition to nullification, secession, and Civil War. (L. Draper was another historian that Daniel corresponded with throughout his later life). Other books Daniel wrote about Chester County history: The Gaston's, A Sketch of the Covenanters of Rocky Creek, Chester County and Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence (by Elizabeth Fries Ellet); which he contributed sketches of the heroines of Catawba area.
Daniel Green Stinson departed his earthly life on the 10th day of September 1879 at the home of his step-son-in-law, Maj. T. C. Beckham in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was remembered as "the Chester County antiquarian" who had written extensively about the history of the county and the families that helped settle the back-country of South Carolina. He was laid to rest in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Shoals Presbyterian; where he had been a Elder.
Daniel Green Stinson, son of William (Stephenson) Stinson and his second wife Elizabeth Wylie, was a respected & well known historian of Chester County. He was named for his paternal uncle, Daniel Green. His parents had emigrated from Ireland.
Daniel married Esther Gaston, daughter of Joseph and Jane [née Brown] Gaston, on the 29th of January 1819. This union had the following known children:
Jane Elizabeth (1820-1857)
Melissa Lucinda (1822-1890)
Mary Narcissa (1824-1849)
Esther Emily (1827-1858)
Eliza Catherine (1830-1898
Joseph John (1832-1854)
Martha Jane (1836-)
After Esther died in 1858, Daniel married Mrs. Margaret Louisa Hinkel; a daughter of Turner and Margaret Morgan. They had a son, James L. Stinson (1858-1859).
An autobiographical sketch of his life entitled: Nullification Times. Life of D.G. Stinson: The Eventful Career of a Chester Citizen of the 19th Century (By Daniel Greene Stinson)... was produced at the request of Lyman Draper in 1871; topics include his education, career as a magistrate, and his opposition to nullification, secession, and Civil War. (L. Draper was another historian that Daniel corresponded with throughout his later life). Other books Daniel wrote about Chester County history: The Gaston's, A Sketch of the Covenanters of Rocky Creek, Chester County and Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence (by Elizabeth Fries Ellet); which he contributed sketches of the heroines of Catawba area.
Daniel Green Stinson departed his earthly life on the 10th day of September 1879 at the home of his step-son-in-law, Maj. T. C. Beckham in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was remembered as "the Chester County antiquarian" who had written extensively about the history of the county and the families that helped settle the back-country of South Carolina. He was laid to rest in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Shoals Presbyterian; where he had been a Elder.
Daniel married Esther Gaston, daughter of Joseph and Jane [née Brown] Gaston, on the 29th of January 1819. This union had the following known children:
Jane Elizabeth (1820-1857)
Melissa Lucinda (1822-1890)
Mary Narcissa (1824-1849)
Esther Emily (1827-1858)
Eliza Catherine (1830-1898
Joseph John (1832-1854)
Martha Jane (1836-)
After Esther died in 1858, Daniel married Mrs. Margaret Louisa Hinkel; a daughter of Turner and Margaret Morgan. They had a son, James L. Stinson (1858-1859).
An autobiographical sketch of his life entitled: Nullification Times. Life of D.G. Stinson: The Eventful Career of a Chester Citizen of the 19th Century (By Daniel Greene Stinson)... was produced at the request of Lyman Draper in 1871; topics include his education, career as a magistrate, and his opposition to nullification, secession, and Civil War. (L. Draper was another historian that Daniel corresponded with throughout his later life). Other books Daniel wrote about Chester County history: The Gaston's, A Sketch of the Covenanters of Rocky Creek, Chester County and Revolutionary Women in the War for American Independence (by Elizabeth Fries Ellet); which he contributed sketches of the heroines of Catawba area.
Daniel Green Stinson departed his earthly life on the 10th day of September 1879 at the home of his step-son-in-law, Maj. T. C. Beckham in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He was remembered as "the Chester County antiquarian" who had written extensively about the history of the county and the families that helped settle the back-country of South Carolina. He was laid to rest in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Shoals Presbyterian; where he had been a Elder.
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