"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 627.  Malheur County.

DANIEL R. EHRGOOD

     The subject of this article is one of the enterprising and capable farmers
of Malheur county, and has labored long and faithfully here for the accumulation
of the handsome property that he now possessed and for the advancement of the
country wherein he has displaced great zeal and becoming sagacity and stability
in his ways.  Daniel R. was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on January 26,
1855, being the son of Abraham and Susan (Lebo) Ehrgood.  He was reared on a
farm and from the common schools he gained the education that fortified him for
the labors and trials of life and when he had reaches the age of twenty-two he
stepped forth from the parental roof to undertake for himself.  He was the
eighth of a family of nine children.  His first move was to Wells county,
Indiana, and from there he went to Parker county, Texas, where he followed
farming until 1884.  There also, on January 22, 1880, he was married to Miss
Sarah J., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Erwin, a native of Texas.  In the
spring of 1884 he took his family of wife and one child in wagons, and with mule
teams he made the trip across the country to the Owyhee.  He was four months on
the journey and passed a very pleasant time, having plenty of game and fish
enroute.  The next fall he located his present home place, taking it under the
pre-emption act.  Settlers in the valley were few, and but one man resided where
Nyssa now stands.  Boise was the market at that time and the toil of taking a
raw place with no ditches to bring water and make of it a fine farm is not
inconsiderable.  However, Mr. Ehrgood has succeeded admirable and has an
excellent farm today.  He has one hundred and four acres under the Owyhee ditch,
well improved, having proper buildings and orchards and shade trees and so forth
to make the rural home both valuable and attractive.  Mr. Ehrgood is allied with
the Democratic party and labors incessantly for the advancement of the country
and its proper development, being also zealous for the betterment of the
educational facilities.  To this worthy couple there has been one child born,
Susan E., wife of Cornelius Morehead of the vicinity of Nyssa.  Mrs. Ehrgood's
mother is now living in Parker county, Texas.  It is of note that Mr. and Mrs.
Ehrgood arrived here without a dollar of cash and they have labored wisely and
faithfully until they have gained their comfortable home and are now among the
leading citizens of this portion of the county.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.