Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Vanskiver, David N. 1853 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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David N. Vanskiver
	Few of the many who have come from the eastern states to Umatilla 
county have greater regard and love for the west than has he whose name 
appears at the head of this article, for to him it has given both health, 
owing to its salubrious climate, and prosperity because of his wisdom to 
judiciously operate the resources it placed in his hands. Our subject is a 
native of Iowa, where he received a good training in the common schools, and 
also learned the carpenter's trade. His parents were William T. D. and Adaline 
(March) Vanskiver. Just at the age when men begin to achieve success in the 
beginning of life he was forced from active service by ill health, and in 1880 
determined to try the west to recuperate his depleted physique. The same year 
he landed in Umatilla county and from the first day began to improve until he 
became hale and hearty man once more, and has remained so every since. About 
two years after his arrival here he homesteaded a quarter twelve miles 
northwest from Helix, where he now lives. To this he has added as much more 
and by careful and wise farming has steadily prospered. He makes  a specialty 
of wheat, and after careful experiments is convinced that the blue stem and 
the red chaff give the best results in this region. He raises sufficient stock 
of all kinds for necessary purposes on the farm, but agriculture pure is that 
which interests him most.
	In religious faith our subject is associated with the United Brethren 
church, and in fraternal relations affiliates with the Masonic order and the 
Maccabees. In 1888, on January 27, occurred the marriage of Miss Amy, daughter 
of J. R. and Arantha (McClure) Corporon, and David N. Vanskiver. Being a man 
of integrity and uprightness, he has gained and holds the confidence and 
esteem of his neighbors and colleagues, and is looked up to as a worthy 
citizen and faithful patron of the interests and good of all.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the
individual featured in the biographies. 

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