Born 1800 

Died 1867 

Jackson County delegate

Daniel Newcomb was born in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1800. As a young man he moved to Illinois and in 1830 married Eleanor Caroline Rice. Newcomb and his family came to Oregon in 1853 and registered a donation land claim in Jackson County. Besides farming, Newcomb acted as an Indian agent for the Siletz Reservation. He served as a private in Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Rogue River War in 1855-56.

Newcomb was elected as a delegate to the constitutional convention from Jackson County. He served as a member on the Committee on Boundaries. He served in the territorial legislature in 1858 as a member of the house of representatives.

Newcomb died in Jackson County on June 4, 1867.

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