Introduction

Biography

Daniel was the son of Pe­la­ti­ah Buck and Bet­sy Da­na King. He mar­ried twice, to Phi­le­na Al­drich (Ja­nu­ary 3, 1837) and Lo­ra­na At­water Al­drich (Au­gu­st 4, 1870).

A Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter for 60 years, he worked in the Ge­nes­ee (West­ern New York, now Up­per New York) Con­fer­ence, East Ge­nes­ee Con­fer­ence, and Cen­tral New York Con­fer­ence.

During the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, he was a chap­lain with Com­pa­ny S, 27th In­fan­try Re­gi­ment New York (1861–62).

Works

• Our Lord’s Great Pro­phe­cy (New York Ci­ty & Au­burn, New York: Mill­er, Or­ton & Mul­li­gan, 1856)
• The Chris­tian Vir­tues (New York Ci­iy & Au­burn, New York: Mill­er, Or­ton & Mul­li­gan, 1856)
• Resurrection Des­ti­nies (Ro­ches­ter, New York: E. Dar­row & Kemps­hall, 1868)
• The Pro­gres­sion of the Race in the Unit­ed States and Ca­na­da (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: At­well Print­ing and Bind­ing Com­pa­ny, 1907)
• An Orig­in­al Har­mo­ny and Ex­po­si­tion of the Twen­ty-Fourth Chap­ter of Matt­hew