Surprise Valley Record, June 8, 1932:

Daniel House was born on July 10th, 1845, in the province of Bauen, Germany, this introduction to life being close where rolls the Rhine. The father died in December 1846. On New Year's day 1851, the mother, with our subject, his brother and five sisters landed in New York. They immediately took teams to make their way over the mountains to Pittsburgh. This undertaking speaks for itself because three of the train perished in the cold. Three sisters of our subject were badly frozen but did not perish.

After moving to different places, he in company with his mother arrived in Burt County, Nebraska, where on June 20th, 1871, he married Miss Jane C. Jensen. To this union fifteen children were born.

His mother was called to rest in 1880. In 1911 Mrs. and Mrs. House came to Surprise Valley and on December 28th, 1919, he was left a widower.

Mr. House was a great student and while he has been in very poor health for years, his mind remained clear and active and remained so up to the last. He told the writer of this sketch about ten days before the end, that his time was short and when the suggestion was made that it made no difference, he replied with a smile "I am only waiting." On May 30th, 1932, he passed peacefully away in the arms of his daughter, Bertha, who has tenderly and lovingly cared for her father for several years.

Funeral services were held in the Cedarville M. E. Church on Thursday, June 2nd, 1932 by the pastor Rev. Virgil A. Vinyard, who spoke briefly on "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

Mr. House was laid to rest by the side of his wife, there to await the resurrection morning. He and his wife united with the Seventh Day Adventist church in about 1868. He has been Deacon in this church for many years.

The ten surviving children are Mrs. Nellie Carpenter and Anna Steele of Fruitland, Washington; Edward, Charles, and Ralph of Spokane; John and Dan, of Modesto; Mrs. Dollie Hanks of Fort Bidwell; Mrs. Minnie Crover of Washington; and Bertha Davis of Cedarville. There are also twenty-three grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.