When Edward Daniel Sr. was born about 1750, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, John Daniel, was 26 and his mother, Anna Bates, was 26. He married Anna Mayes on 26 December 1772, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Grainger, Tennessee, United States for about 16 years and Warren, Fayette, Tennessee, United States in 1830. He died after 25 December 1837, in Illinois, United States, and was buried in Grainger, Tennessee, United States.