Biography
Not long after marrying, Daniel and his wife moved to Alexandria, VA, where Daniel soon established a bakery. They bought some property in the south side of Old Town. in 1804, Daniel was then a vestry at Gen. George Washington's Christ Church, where Daniel owned the cemetery lot on the church's yard. The cemetery and church are among Alexandria's most historic landmarks It was not long and Daniel McLean became a well established business man in Alexandria while owning one of the two sugar refineries in Alexandria, his refinery being located on 111 - 123 North Alfred Street. The other refinery being the Hoffman Sugar House & Lloyd House, located at 222 North Washington Street. The Hoffman Sugar House along with Alfred Street Sugar House placed Alexandria as the third largest manufacturer of refined sugar in the United States. When Daniel died, his son in law, James D. Kerr, also of Scottish descent and who also had a business partnership with the McLeans, was the trustee of his Estate later buying the Old Sugar House where Kerr and his family resided until 1847 when the house was finally auctioned. The refineries no longer exist.
On January 23, 1810, Daniel became the first vestry of the St. Paul's First Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. By giving a deed of life of his property on Fairfax Street to St Paul's Episcopal Church while also paying St. Paul's Church debt, at the time some $3,500.00 amount, his family pew is preserved inside St. Paul's Episcopal Church which is at the frontmost row of the church.
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