Multnomah-Union-Baker County OR Archives Biographies.....McDaniel, Dr. Roy C. April 16, 1882 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com October 26, 2008, 1:33 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DR. ROY C. MC DANIEL, of Portland, through his able and efficient service as a physician and surgeon, has gained distinctive recognition in the medical circles of his section of the state and commands a large and remunerative practice. He was born in Cove, Union county, Oregon, April 16, 1882, and is a son of E. P. and Frances J. (Cowles) McDaniel. His father was born and reared in Missouri, from which state he crossed the plains in 1858 and settled in Union county, Oregon, where he engaged in merchandising and stock-raising, and also operated a flouring mill, becoming a man of prominence and influence in his community. In 1910, having accumulated a competency, he retired from business and moved to Portland, where his death occurred November 23, 1926. Frances J. Cowles, to whom he was married in this state, was born in Tennessee, whence she came to Oregon in 1862, with her uncle, Samuel D. Cowles. She died in Portland, February 14, 1922. Roy C. McDaniel attended the public schools, and Hill Military Academy, graduating from high school at Baker, Oregon. He then entered the Medico- Chirurgical College, department of the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in May, 1905, receiving his state license in June, 1905, after which he served as interne in the Medical College Hospital. Returning to Oregon, he entered into partnership with his brother, Dr. E. B. McDaniel, at Baker, where they remained until April 9, 1910, since which time they have been associated together in the practice at Portland, being regarded as one of the ablest medical firms in this part of the northwest. The Doctor was assistant surgeon for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad until 1927 and is now surgeon for this district for the Great Northern Railroad. He conducts a general practice, though specializing in Gynecology and Obstetrics, and is a member of the staffs of the Good Samaritan, Emmanuel and St. Vincent Hospitals. He has also served for eleven years as a member of the state medical board, during five years of which time he was president of the board. On September 1, 1908, Dr. McDaniel was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Payton, of Baker, Oregon, and they are the parents of a daughter, Myrtle Jane, who is a graduate of St. Helen's Hall. She is a member of the Portland Riding Academy and is an expert equestrienne, having done much exhibition riding. The Doctor is a democrat in his political affiliation, while fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the rank of Knight Templar, the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the American Legion and the Phi Chi medical fraternity. He belongs to the Portland Academy of Medicine, the Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. In May, 1917, Dr. McDaniel enlisted in the United States Medical Corps, in which he was commissioned captain, and was assigned to Camp Lewis. He remained in the army until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. Socially, he is a member of dancing clubs and the Portland Golf Club and has been the winner of a number of cups. He is extremely popular in the circles in which he moves, while his professional ability and high type of citizenship have gained for him public confidence and respect. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 523-524 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/mcdaniel508gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb