Multnomah-Baker-Union County OR Archives Biographies.....McDaniel, M. D., E. B.  March 19, 1874 - 
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     E. B. McDANIEL, M. D.  One of the distinguished members of the medical 
profession in the Columbia River Valley is Dr. E. B. McDaniel, of Portland, 
who is widely recognized as an able physician and skilled surgeon and has been 
prominently identified with affairs affecting the public welfare. The Doctor 
was born in Cove, Union county, Oregon, on the 19th of March, 1874, and is a 
son of E. P. and Frances J. (Cowles) McDaniel, the former having been born in 
Missouri and the latter in Tennessee. E. P. McDaniel crossed the plains to 
Oregon in 1858, locating in Union county; where he engaged in mercantile 
business, also operating a flour mill and giving some attention to 
stockraising. He was successful in his financial affairs but in 1910 retired 
from active business pursuits and moved to Portland, where he resided until 
his death, which occurred November 23, 1926. After coming to Oregon he was 
married to Frances J. Cowles, who came to this state with her uncle, Samuel D. 
Cowles, in 1862, and whose death occurred February 14, 1922.

     Dr. E. B. McDaniel secured a good public school education and 
matriculated in the medical college of the University of St. Louis, from which 
he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1892. He continued 
his studies at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, where he was 
graduated in 1893, after which he served his internship in Jefferson Hospital 
in that city. Returning to Portland, he was engaged in the practice of his 
profession for two years and then moved to Baker, this state, where he 
remained twelve years, when he returned to Portland and has since conducted a 
large and successful practice. On February 10, 1911, he was appointed chief 
surgeon for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, serving in that capacity 
continuously until 1926, since which time he has devoted his attention to his 
private practice, specializing in surgery. He is a member of the surgical 
staffs of St. Vincent's and the Good Samaritan hospitals.

     In his political views, Doctor McDaniel is a stanch republican and is 
greatly interested in everything relating to the progress and advancement of 
his city. He has long been active in fraternal affairs, being a member of 
Baker Lodge, No. 47, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Keystone 
Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M., of which he is a past high priest; Baker Commandery, 
No. 9, K. T., of which he is a past eminent commander, and to him came the 
unusual honor of holding these three chairs at the same time; Portland 
Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Portland; and 
Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. O. E., of which he is a past exalted ruler, and 
also a past district deputy. He belongs to the Arlington Club, the Waua Lake 
Club, of which he is a past president, the Hunters and Anglers Club and the 
Chamber of Commerce. Along professional lines, he is affiliated with the 
Portland Academy of Medicine, the Multnomah County Medical Society; the Oregon 
State Medical Society, of which he is past president; and the American Medical 
Association, of which he is a past vice president. He is a fellow of the 
American College of Surgeons, of which he is a charter member; belongs to the 
surgical section of the American Railway Association, and the Association of 
Railroad Chief Surgeons, of which he is a past director, and he was also for 
eight years a member of the state board of medical examiners. He is a member 
of the Oregon State Motor Association, of which he was a director for three 
years and is now president. In his chosen field of endeavor Dr. McDaniel has 
achieved success and his standing among the leading medical men of Oregon is 
recognized and appreciated not only in the city of his residence, but also 
throughout the state. He has also proven an honorable member of the body 
politic and is essentially a man among men, commanding the confidence and 
respect of all who know him.


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 524-525

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