Biography of Daniel C. Cohoe, 1902, Grant Co., Oregon
Surnames: Cohoe, Rhoades, McHaley, Davidson, Scharff, Titus

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 459

DANIEL C. COHOE

To Daniel and Mary Cohoe, on October 24, 1836, near Altoona, Blair county,
Pennsylvania, was born the subject of this sketch. Working the farm and
attending school in a long house on the present site of Altoona, his childhood
days were spent, but when budding majority came he pushed to the west and
settled for a year near the young town of Davenport, Iowa, then journedy on to
Leavenworth, Kansas, where he entered the employ of the government as
assistant on a surveying expedition into Wyoming. In 1859 he went to Pike's
Peak, then returned to Kansas, and finally to his old home in Pennsylvania. In
the spring of 1861 he started with mule teams across the plains and completed
his journey at Chico, California, where he mined for two years and then went
to the Humboldt mines, where he operated for a time, and then, on account of
the hositility of the Indians, came to the Owyhee mines, whence in 1869 he
came to Boise City, and the following year found him at the Eldorado mines in
Baker county. In 1872 he visited the Olive mines near Granite and in 1874 came
to Prairie City and lived there until 1884. He assisted to build the first
stamp mills in the Dixie mining camp. In 1884 he located on his present home
place, two miles south from Monument, where he has lived and occupied himself
in raising sheep and cattle, the latter taking the place of the sheep in 1898.
He has one half section in his home place, which is well improved and wisely
laid out, having a handsome residence, good barns and other necessary
appliances for a first class ranch, as orchard, fences, utensils and so forth.
He also owns three hundred and twenty acres in Fox valley, well improved.

The marriage of Mr. Cohoe and Miss Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Mary
Rhoades, of Altoona, Pennsylvania was solemnized on April 4, 1861. They have
become the parents of the following children: James C., died in infancy;
William H., a farmer living near Hamilton; Nevada, wife of G. V. McHaley, a
merchant and stockman of Hamilton; George A., married to Daisy Davidson and
living near Hamilton; Celina, wife of Emil Scharff, a stockman of Monument;
Charles W., married to Maggie Titus; Mary F., deceased; Dora A., recently
deceased; John E.; Alice, deceased; Rodney. In political matters Mr. Cohoe is
with the Republicans and is active in the interests of what he firmly believes
to be for the welfare of the country and its people. To this esteemed and
highly respected couple we are glad to render the tribute of a representation
in this volume, and it is but right to say that perhaps no man in the county
today has had a more adventurous life and has been dominated by keener wisdom
than has Mr. Cohoe, who won his way on the frontier wrested from nature's
vaults a rich share of her stores, generously bestowed it with an unstinted
hand, fought frequently the savage Indians, and now , after faithfully and
wisely consummating it all is quietly spending the golden years of his life in
the spot he has chosen for home whiel he enjoys the competence that his thrift
and care have produced.