When Daniel Whaley was born on 4 June 1828, in Matunuck, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Ezekiel Whaley, was 35 and his mother, Susan Holland, was 29. He married Mary Elizabeth Eldred on 1 December 1859, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States for about 50 years. He died on 2 May 1907, in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.