When Daniel Archibald McEntire was born on 2 November 1846, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, his father, Champion Daniel McEntire, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Black Waters, was 40. He had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Temperance A. Casey. He lived in Hampton Township, Marion, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Liberty Township, Marion, Arkansas, United States in 1920. He died on 9 March 1926, in Bruno, Marion, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bruno Cemetery, Bruno, Marion, Arkansas, United States.