Oviatt, Daniel bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 875-876, Putman Township
Daniel Oviatt. One of the oldest settlers of the county is our present subject. He was born in Ohio Oct. 18, 1817, and came to Fulton Co. in 1831 and has lived here since. His father, Elisha, was a native of New York and died in this county Oct. 16, 1847, aged 58 years. his mother died here in 1873. Daniel enlisted in Co. E, 103d Ill. Inf., in 1862 and served till 1865. He was wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge. There was but one house between where he lives and Canton when he settled there nearly a half century ago. He resides on sec. 3, engaged in farming; P. O., Civer.
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