His death certificate records William Alexander McDaniel, age 76 years 3 months, born 9 Dec 1847 in Ky, died 9 Mar 1924 in Charters, Lewis Co., Ky, widowed, retired farmer, father Alex McDaniel, mother’s maiden name Martha Ann Thurman, both born in Ky, cause of death “general senile debility death not tracable to any special cause”, informant I. L. McDaniel, Charters, Ky, burial in Bethel Cemetery.