Daniel Clancy was born in Wisconsin in 1863. His parents Daniel and Mary Moriarty Clancy had come from Ireland in 1851 and settled in Wisconsin.
Daniel Jr. came to North Dakota in 1885 and homesteaded on section 24 in McKinnon Township.
In 1893 he married Sarah Hoggarth. They were the parents of seven children: Daniel, James, Frank, John, Grace, Cecilia, and Mary.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 81B