Daniel McConahay
Daniel McConahay emigrated from the neighborhood of Lewistown, Pa., to Wayne County as early as 1816, when he entered a farm south- west of Smithville about a mile, and began improvements thereon. Being single when he first came out, in the course of a year or so he went back to Pennsylvania and married Lydia Dunn, a native of that State, when he returned to Wayne County and settled upon his farm in Greene Township.
In 1822-23, he removed to Wooster and started a tannery, occyping the two lots just south of the present residence of E. Quinby, Jr., following this pursuit until about 1837, when the business passed into the hands of J. E. McConahay, a nephew of his. He had two children, Jane E. and Catharine McConahay. His death occurred Dec. 6, 1841, his wife surviving him until May 5, 1862, bot of whom were members of the Presbyterian church.
He was twice elected to the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, and was one of the early Associate Judges of the Common Pleas Court of Wayne County, serving at the May term in 1819.
From History of Wayne County, Ohio, From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time, by Robert Douglass, 1878