based on contemporary evidence during the lifetime of Daniel and America indicating Daniel Waldo did not bring any slaves to Oregon in 1843, and on numerous reports by America Waldo and her immediate family themselves (census and death records) that she was born in Missouri in 1844, more than a year after Daniel left Missouri. Daniel, however, raised America and "acted as a father figure" to her. References 1800 births 1880 deaths People from Harrison County, West Virginia People from St. Clair County, Missouri People from Marion County, Oregon Members of the Provisional Government of Oregon Cayuse War Oregon pioneers