Daniel Knight Warren
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| birth_date = 12 March 1836
| birth_place = Bath, New York
| death_date = 3 September 1903
| death_place = Clatsop County, Oregon
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known_for = Development of Warrenton, Oregon
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Daniel Knight Warren (March 12, 1836 – September 3, 1903) was an American pioneer, politician, and entrepreneur. He was a native of New York.
Early life
Warren was born in Bath, New York on March 12, 1836. He married Sarah E Eaton in 1863. He lived in Princeton, Illinois before moving to Oregon.
Oregon
Warren was responsible for much of the early development of Warrenton, Oregon. In the early 1870s he had commissioned Chinese laborers to build a 2.5 mile dike that reclaimed a large tract of land. In 1876, Warren served as a senator in the Oregon legislative assembly representing Clatsop, Tillomok, and Columbia Counties.{{cite journal|last=Lyman|first=H.S.|authorlink=Horace Lyman|title=Reminiscenses of Daniel Knight Warren|journal=The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society|date=1 Sep 1902|volume=3|url=https://archive.org/stream/jstor-20609537/20609537#page/n1/mode/1up|accessdate=12 April 2013}} He also served in the Astoria City Council. http://www.dkwarrenhouse.com/home-history.html In 1891 Warren laid out Warrenton, and was also responsible for the completion of its first schoolhouse. {{cite book|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clatsop/bios/warren1529gbs.txt|title=History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III|date=1928|publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|pages=526–532}}
Death and Legacy
Warren died in September 1903 and is buried alongside his wife, who died in 1922. There gravestones are located around 1,000 feet from the historical Daniel Knight Warren House. Miller, E. (1958). Clatsop County, Oregon, p. 118. Portland:Binford & Mort Publishing. The city of Warrenton, Oregon is named for Warren. https://www.warrentonoregon.us/community/page/city-history