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Clay Welton Daniels is well
known as a successful furniture merchant of Colorado Springs,
where he carries an extensive stock of attractive furniture, for
which he finds a ready sale on the market. His business is
conducted under the name of the C. W. Daniels Home Furnishing
Company and in the conduct of his interests he displays the
enterprising spirit that has been the dominant factor in the
rapid upbuilding of the west. He was born on a farm near
Beverly, West Virginia, in 1863, a son of Solomon Welton and
Mary Jane (Gum) Daniels. The father was born in Beverly,
Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1826, and the mother was also a
native of the Old Dominion. The father died on his farm near
Beverly in 1892, while his wife survived until 1894.
Clay Welton Daniels was reared in his native city, where be
remained to the age of twenty-four years and his education,
acquired in the public schools there, was supplemented by one
term's attendance at a business college in Lexington, Kentucky.
The year 1899 witnessed his arrival in Colorado, but he did not
follow in the business footsteps of his ancestors. The family
had been founded in America by four brothers of the name who
came from England, one of these being William Daniels, his
great-grandfather. He was the father of Jacob Daniels, who was
born in the same house in Beverly, West Virginia, in which
occurred the birth of Clay Welton Daniels. The
great-grandfather, grandfather and father of the last named all
followed the occupation of farming, but Clay Welton Daniels
determined to devote his attention to other pursuits and on
coming to Colorado in 1899 settled in Pueblo, where he
established a furniture business, in which he engaged for ten
years. In 1913 he removed to Colorado Springs, where he opened a
furniture store under the name of the C. W. Daniels
Home Furnishing Company. He carries an extensive stock of goods
and is meeting with well earned success in the conduct of his
enterprise. In fact, he has one of the leading commercial
establishments of the city, carrying a large stock of furniture
ranging from low to high priced goods so as to meet the demands
of all classes. His business has now reached most gratifying
proportions and his close
application and undaunted energy have placed him in the front
rank among the successful merchants of the city.
On the 2d of October, 1885, in Beverly, West Virginia, Mr.
Daniels was married to Miss Jessie B. Baker, a daughter of the
late Eli Baker. They have one son. Mentor Byron Daniels, who was
born in 1886 and who was married in Pueblo, Colorado, to
Katherine Taylor, by whom he has one daughter. Anna Margaret
Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Welton Daniels are members of the First
Presbyterian church of Colorado Springs and he is also
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His
political allegiance is given to the democratic party but he has
never been an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate his
efforts and attention upon his business affairs, which, wisely
directed, have brought to him most gratifying success. He has
never had occasion to regret the fact that he stepped aside from
the business path in which his ancestors had
trod and sought new fields in which to put forth his endeavor,
for as the years have passed he has so directed his labors that
excellent results have accrued, and today Colorado Springs
numbers him among her foremost merchants.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, History of Colorado, Vol. III.
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918. |
