Jasper N. Daniel, a Georgia native who migrated to Austin County, Texas, in 1853, was elected to the State Legislature in 1859. During the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, he was a captain in the Confederate Army. In 1884 he moved with his family to Cotulla, where he served as justice of the peace and, from 1892 to 1898, as La Salle County Judge, helping bring order during the area's lawless frontier days. He married Edith Elizabeth Manly and had 16 children.