Daniel Boone (1734-1820) is one of the most widely known of American frontiersmen. While he faced many physical challenges in his life time, his death came at the age of 86 in his son's home in Missouri. The cause was listed as "natural".

He fought in the French and Indian War in North Carolina and narrowly escaped when Indians attacked his wagons. In 1756, Boone married Rebecca Bryan, a neighbor girl. In 1769, Boone began a two-year hunting expedition in Kentucky. In December that year, Boone was captured by a party of Shawnees, who confiscated all of the skins and told him to leave and never return. In 1775 Boone was hired to blaze what became known as "the Wilderness Road", which went through the Cumberland Gap and into central Kentucky. Near the Kentucky River, he founded Boonesborough. His son, Nathan, was the first white man born in Kentucky. Boone fathered 10 children. Despite the hardships of his life, he lived well beyond the life expectancy of that time and place.

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