| Daniel Waldo | |
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| Member of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon | |
| In office 1844–1844 |
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| Constituency | Champoeg District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1800 Harrison County, Virginia |
| Died | September 10, 1880 Salem, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Malinda Lunsford |
| Children | John B. Waldo |
| Occupation | farmer |
Daniel Waldo (1800 – September 10, 1880) was an American legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon, the namesake for the Waldo Hills near Salem, Oregon, and the father of two prominent Oregon politicians. He was also a member of the Oregon Rangers militia and fought in the Cayuse War.
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Waldo was born in 1800 in Harrison County, Virginia to Jedediah Waldo.[1] Harrison County would become part of West Virginia during the American Civil War when a portion of Virginia joined the Union as a new state. After turning 19 years of age Waldo migrated to Missouri where he entered the lumber business.[1] Then in 1825 he married Malinda Lunsford and they moved to St. Clair County, Missouri.[1]
In 1843, the Waldo family traveled the Oregon Trail to Oregon Country.[1] They traveled with their neighbors the Applegates, including Jesse Applegate.[1] Daniel spent most of the trip in a carriage on the journey due to poor health, but the group reach the Willamette Valley in 1843 and settled east of Salem, Oregon in an area now known as the Waldo Hills.[1] The following year Daniel was elected to serve as a legislator in the Provisional Government.[2]
With the Cayuse War in 1848, Daniel fought against the Native Americans in Eastern Oregon.[1] Earlier he had been a member of the Oregon Rangers volunteer militia.[3] His youngest son William Waldo would later be president of the Oregon State Senate, and another son, John B. Waldo, would serve on the Oregon Supreme Court.[1]
During the 1860s Daniel was involved with promoting the state’s wool industry. Daniel Waldo died in Salem, Oregon on September 10, 1880.[1]