"Oregon Pioneers" article in "The Oregonian."  15 Feb 1899.  p. 13 (photos).


Dallas, Or., Feb. 14

JOSHUA McDANIEL

   Joshua McDaniel, one of the honored citizens of Polk county, and one of its
largest landholders and taxpayers, is a pioneer of 1844.  He was born in
Cumberland county, Kentucky, February 2, 1826.  He is of Scotch descent, and
bears every indication of his nationality.  In the year 1832 he moved with his
parents to the state of Illinois, and from there to Missouri.  About the year
1833 his father died, and in the spring of 1844 he started, with three brothers,
by ox team across the plains to Oregon, coming by the Fort Laramie and Fort Hall
route, leaving St. Joseph in April, 1844.  He reached Oregon about December 13,
1844, having passed through many hardships, and located where the farm of H.
Thielsen now is, on the La Creole, near the town of Rickreall.  He was then in
his 18th year, and was the fifth settler on La Creole creek.  October 15, 1848,
he was married to Virginia A. Fulkerson.  He lives within a few rods from where
he first settled, and children and grandchildren to the number of 25 live near
him.  October 15, 1898, he celebrated his golden wedding, and an immense
concourse of friends attended from Polk and Marion counties and other parts of
the state.
   Mr. McDaniel is an Indian war veteran.  He enlisted under the call of
Governor Abernethy and served under General Gilliam in the Cayuse war.  During
this time he made the acquaintance of Dr. Whitman and his wife, and worked for
them in order to get provisions.
   Virginia A. McDaniel, nee Fulkerson, is a pioneer of 1847.  She is the
daughter of Rev. James M. Fulkerson, a pioneer Baptist preacher, who came to
Oregon in the year 1847.  Her father at different times represented Polk county
in the territorial legislature, and helped materially in the upbuilding of Polk
county.  She was married to Joshua McDaniel in 1818, and since that time has
lived happily at their home in Polk county, Oregon.  Mrs. McDaniel is one of the
sturdy old pioneer mothers, respected by her neighbors and loved by her friends
and family.  The McDaniel home is always a welcome meeting-place for Oregon
pioneers, and there they often gather to talk of early days in Oregon.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
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