The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-13
DanleII Married 35 Years and
Friends Did Not Know IL
WIFE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY.
Hs Occupied Rooms Over His Big Broad
way SiNs In New York fTsqusatII
vIshsS Wife at MsntclalC

Naw YORK. March ls.-John Daniell' the
veteran New YORK retail dry soous -
chant supposed by thousa nhs VINO Nne" NV
him 70 be a wid'ower' Is uiscoNe,eu'
through the filing Of his WIZ yesleruas' a.s,
10 have had a wife for nearly .hii
years preceding his recent nes'n.
The widow is Mrs. JolAn Damen o'ne,-
~viea Mrs. Anna w Daniell, who liVes IN
"a handsome home on the Of ange rodu'
near Montclair she Is prom neht mem
ber OF the First Presbyterian ~IhsS1 ~Ihar1ties
Monctlair and a leader In tns' chaiI'i'S
OF that esction OF New jersey na
Mrs Daniell was a Miss Sfp DER ana
was employed I'm the store OF the ilal ma
who's wife she eventually becan ,e, Me NJ
marriage took place in 1861. when MT.
Daniell had been divorced from MS M III 80
wife and mother OF his four chiioreh
a' Mr. panieli was then living In an, apart
ment over his store. He contiuued. aiter
his marriage. to live in that way Wnlte
his wife occupied oits a nhs n9i ~ sa5os a Year.
He lived the life OF bachelor tNcept
FOR a weekly trip 10 his wifeS re siuence: s,
Now, and then ne here remainedn hn, ne eVyt Was more
e,,est than owner under the roof OF ms
wife. He had a country home az irV-
ington but he spen1 aneil nIsn ,Ils wns an inyete
rate first nighter at the theatres. re
was a regular habitue OF a nook az Del.
s.
he race track and was fond of trotting
horses OF which he had several. lie
was what is sometimes called "a MIN M
about town" and those he met In DIS
worIdlv walks never heard him mention
a wife and never dreamed that ne VIZ WIS
other than what he seemed-an aged wio-
over.
CHILDREN APPROVED MARRIAGE.
Mr.. Daniel was past eighty when he
died. and for several years had been quite
.nhrm so that his trips to Montc,air rr,s %egs gs
was entered into with the approval or MT.
Danielrs sons and daughters and despite
the odd manner in which they lveu. me
relations between him and his wire were
always OF the most amicable nature :,
1.-THE stepmother and the grown-up cnli-
dren did not agree so well, put there was
a full reconciliation last spring, when ths
dry goods merchant fell III OF the malady
that ended his life, and Mrs. Daniel came
I'm from Jersey TO nurse him. Inc VIE VIZ
was with him until he died, In fact. II was
only yesterday that she left the lodgings
OF her husband over the store at NO. Ios
Broadway and returned to her own home
Mrs Daniell Is a motherly-appear1ng
woman OF sixty and when seen by a re-
porter at her home. said she had author-
lied Edmin Baldwin. OF Baldwin black; ,
man No 81 Nassau street, lifelong friend
and legal adviser of her husband and ex-
ecutor OF his will. TO make pubic the
exact facts In the matter. .
the fact that there had been no secret
about her marriage. as was shown by
the fact that everyone I'm Montc.air knew
she was the wife OF Mr. Daniel. and that
her church pew was in his name.
DIVORCED BY FIRST WIFE.
Mr.. Baldwin was seen at the Reform
club He said that Mr.. Daniells frst
wife was Miss Adelaide Storm, whom he
married in 1s47. There. were four chill
dren OF the union, John Daniel. Jr;.
George Jones Daniel, Adelaide Daniel.
now Mrs Henry l.. Caldwell. and Mary
Daniel, wife OF Samuel j. Montgomery.
Mr.. Daniell was divorced In 1866. his wl1e
going to live with a son at Tarrytown.
where she died. She was always liberally
provided for by the man she had divorced.
The second marriage. Mr.. Baldwin said.
was about year after the divorcs- IL
was without secrecy, and he believed It
was true. he admitted, that Mr.. Daniell
had lived over his store the lie of
bachelor, and many had inadvertently led
10 think him without wife:
He was a man OF the world, enjoying
Ns pleasures. but was without any habit
that could be criticised, and the unfortu-
nate part OF Il was that there should be
any possible suggestion OF secrecy about
his marriage relations. This had arisen
from the fact that the marriage occurred
so long ago and from the manner In
which Mr.. Daniel lived.
Mr. Danielis Will showed that he had
no real estate and his personal estate is
worth probably sl.voWo. The property
on which his Broadway store stands was
transferred TO his sons some time ago.
His will gives Mrs. Daniell the privi-
lege OF continuing the annuity OF $500 q
year or be given a gross sum. In addi'
er rights. After many minor bequests
the two sons receive the residue. The
elder, George j. Daniel, receives s75,O
cash In addition.