Background
Mcdaniel, Lodowi was born on January 9, 1847 in Bedford Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin Hobson and Mary Elizabeth (Meads) M.
Mcdaniel, Lodowi was born on January 9, 1847 in Bedford Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin Hobson and Mary Elizabeth (Meads) M.
Removed with parents to Texas, 1850. Mainly self-educated.
Served as private, 1863-1865, in Terry’s Scouts, C.S.A., in Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri. Admitted to Texas bar, 1879. Company treasurer, Grimes Company, Texas, 1879, 1880.
County attorney, 1881, 82.
Company judge, 1883, 84. Removed to Houston, 1893.
Appointed United States district attorney, Southern District of Texas, 1907, reappointed, 1911.
Served as private, 1863-1865, in Terry’s Scouts, C.S.A., in Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri.
Married Katherine Cawthon, of Anderson, Grimes Company, Texas, February 20, 1866.