Neil McLennan

ID: 1643 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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This was the original cabin of Uncle Dan’s owner, located on the South Bosque and built in 1845. It is not clear if Uncle Dan ever lived in this cabin, but he would have lived in similar accommodations in his early years as a slave on the Texas frontier.

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Uncle Dan McLennan

By Stephanie Endicott

Dan “Uncle Dan” McLennan was born in 1849 as a slave to Neil McLennan in what would a year later become known as McLennan County, named for his master. Uncle Dan became a beloved member of not only the McLennan family but of the Waco community as…