Daniel and his wife Susan Stovall came from Kentucky to Missouri (the area now known as Howard County) in the fall of 1810, along with their four children George, Eleanor, Nancy and Edith, and other members of Daniel's family. Sarah and an infant child died in abt 1812.
Daniel served in the Missouri Militia during the War of 1812, and in 1818 he represented Howard County in the Missouri General Assembly. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Copeland Baronet; they had a son, John.
In the 1820's Daniel became part of the Santa Fe Trail wagon train caravans which traveled between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico via the "Cimarron Cutoff".
He was killed by Indians on that Santa Fe Trail in 1828, and buried beside the Cimarron River, probably in the northeast corner of New Mexico.
(Daniel's children all spelled their name Munro, with the exception of John Thompkin Monroe, his son with his second wife.)
Daniel served in the Missouri Militia during the War of 1812, and in 1818 he represented Howard County in the Missouri General Assembly. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Copeland Baronet; they had a son, John.
In the 1820's Daniel became part of the Santa Fe Trail wagon train caravans which traveled between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico via the "Cimarron Cutoff".
He was killed by Indians on that Santa Fe Trail in 1828, and buried beside the Cimarron River, probably in the northeast corner of New Mexico.
(Daniel's children all spelled their name Munro, with the exception of John Thompkin Monroe, his son with his second wife.)
Daniel and his wife Susan Stovall came from Kentucky to Missouri (the area now known as Howard County) in the fall of 1810, along with their four children George, Eleanor, Nancy and Edith, and other members of Daniel's family. Sarah and an infant child died in abt 1812.
Daniel served in the Missouri Militia during the War of 1812, and in 1818 he represented Howard County in the Missouri General Assembly. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Copeland Baronet; they had a son, John.
In the 1820's Daniel became part of the Santa Fe Trail wagon train caravans which traveled between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico via the "Cimarron Cutoff".
He was killed by Indians on that Santa Fe Trail in 1828, and buried beside the Cimarron River, probably in the northeast corner of New Mexico.
(Daniel's children all spelled their name Munro, with the exception of John Thompkin Monroe, his son with his second wife.)
Daniel served in the Missouri Militia during the War of 1812, and in 1818 he represented Howard County in the Missouri General Assembly. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Copeland Baronet; they had a son, John.
In the 1820's Daniel became part of the Santa Fe Trail wagon train caravans which traveled between Franklin, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico via the "Cimarron Cutoff".
He was killed by Indians on that Santa Fe Trail in 1828, and buried beside the Cimarron River, probably in the northeast corner of New Mexico.
(Daniel's children all spelled their name Munro, with the exception of John Thompkin Monroe, his son with his second wife.)
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