Ozaukee Obituary

Information on George Cook Daniels provided by Dave Daniels

An obituary published on April 29, 1875 in The Ozaukee Advertiser, a Port Washington newspaper, states in part, “Captain George C. Daniels … was a man of indomitable energy and stern will; when not crossed in his purpose he was genial and sociable. He kept a county tavern for several years on his old place, now owned by William F. Opitz, and had always the reputation of being a good landlord.”

The Daniels obituary was also published in The Milwaukee News, May 4, 1895. The tavern referred to, which was also a hotel, was located at the junction of present day Cedar-Sauk Road and south County Highway O. The property, later known as the Kurtz farm, was at the town line between the Town of Saukville and “Old Town Ten.” (Butterfield, pp. 320-321;

Also from the handwritten Court Record in the Ozaukee County Register of Deeds Office, Tract Index to Saukville Deeds, vol. 4, 132-138.; “Wisconsin necrology 1874-1875,” vol. 7, p. 468; Map of Washington and Ozaukee Counties for 1873-1874)