Family Tree - Thomas C. McDonald, 1774-1855

Thomas C. McDonald, 1774 - 1855

of Virginia, Tennessee & Ohio

The family data below comes principally from a number of old biographies which can be seen in full on the McDonald biographies page (several of them kindly transcribed by Scott Messinger), and a number of old family letters. It is also based on the work of Rev. Dr. Frank McDonald Spindler of Washington, DC and Sue Draper of Tennessee. The information on Charity Teter comes from the website Descendants of Charity Teter McDonald.

THOMAS C. McDONALD was born in Botetourt County, Virginia on 23 Sep 1774 to John I McDonald of Scotland. After the death of his mother around 1785 his father moved the family to Tennessee where he bought the Old Daniel Boone farm on the Tennessee River. Thomas and his brothers and sister all grew up on the farm. Around 1803-05 Thomas moved with his father John I and brother John II to Ohio.

The family first settled in Ross County, Ohio but Thomas moved on to Union County, Ohio in 1808. Like his younger brothers James and John II, Thomas set about buying land which he cleared for farming. His first land purchase was Survey 6,602 on Darby Creek, a plot of some 640 acres, but he eventually owned 1,300 acres of land.

Thomas married Charity Teeter (Dieter/Teter), born 21 Nov 1779 in Washington, PA. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Teter, b. Oct 1737 in Winchester, West Virginia and his wife Mary Doddridge (12 Jan 1747 - 3 May 1838). Thomas and Charity raised thirteen children in Union, Ohio:

1.
Mary "Polly" McDonald - b. 20 Oct 1801 in Ohio, married her cousin James Biggs (1798-1870, son of Zaccheus Biggs and her mother's sister Susannah Teter) on 20 Feb 1818 in Union, Ohio. She d. 27 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio less than a week after giving birth to twin boys and was buried in the McDonald Cemetery in Milford Center, Union, Ohio. Their children were all born in Union County, Ohio:

Thomas Biggs - b. 24 Dec 1819
Mary Biggs - b. 27 Feb 1821, married 14 Apr 1840 to Frank Pearl, son of Philip and Clarissa, children: George Philip Pearl b. 11 Aug 1842, d. 2 Apr 1843 and Hannah Pearl Biggs b. 14 Oct 1844 who married J.M. McDonald in Champaign, Ohio in Jun 1863.
Charity Elizabeth Biggs - b. 1 Oct 1822
James Biggs - b. 12 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio, d. 12 Jan 1825
John Biggs - b. 12 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio, d. 12 Aug 1824.

Folllowing Mary McDonald's death in 1824, James Biggs remarried in 1833 to Angeline Robinson and moved to Green County, Wisconsin where he is documented as a pioneer in the local history books. He was the first settler in Adams, Green County, Wisconsin and represented Green County at the second constitutional convention, assembled at Madison 15 Dec 1847. See History of Green County, Wisconsin, 1884, on the McDonald Biographies page). Headstone photo of Mary McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com

Mary "Polly" McDonald (1801-1824)

2.
John McDonald - b. 13 Sep 1802, married Philomela "Philo" A. Miller on 20 Dec 1825 in Union County, Ohio and lived in Champaign County, Ohio where they had at least four children. Philo was born 23 Sep 1792 making her 11 years John's senior: she was 35 when she had her first child, and 46 by the time she had her son, John Jr. The family appear in the 1850 Federal Census of Bush Township with their unmarried children: Emily, Luzetta and John. Elizabeth Jane was already married. Other members of the household were Joseph Miller, 84, (presumably Philo's father), Salmon and Herbert Crowder (labourers) and Melia Colver. The last three were probably all working for the family as John was well to do: he had an estate of $9,400.

John and Philo's children were:

Emily McDonald - b. c. 1827
Elizabeth Jane - b.1829, married Anson P. Howard (1822-1901) and had a son, Anson Jr. (1853-1913). She d. 1898 and is buried in Woodstock Cemetery.
Luzetta McDonald - b. c. 1834
John A. McDonald - b. c. 1838

John McDonald died 11 Mar 1871 and was buried in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. Philo died 29 Jan 1883 and is buried with her husband John. (Headstone photos of John and Philo courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com.)

John McDonald (1802-1871) and
wife Philo Miller (1792-1883)

3.
Elizabeth "Betsy" McDonald - b. 19 Feb 1804 Ross County, Ohio, married widower David Burnham, b. 13 Aug 1796 in Connecticut, son of Jedediah Burnham (1761-1828) and Phebe (Martin) Burnham (1769-1856). David Burnham settled in Union County c. 1820. His first marriage in 1825 was to Nancy Gabriel, daughter of William Gabriel. Nancy was born in Union Township in 1806 and died in 1829.
Betsy became stepmother to David's child by his first wife:

Phoebe Burnham - married Dr. Joseph Baker, born 1819 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, died 15 Mar 1880, son of Ferrill Baker. Dr. Baker was a physician in Union Township (see Joseph Baker biography in the History of Union County, Chicago, 1883, page 198-201).

Betsy died 28 Jun 1881 near Milford, Ohio having outlived her husband by thirty years. She was buried with him in Milford Center Cemetery in Milford Center (Union Township), Union County, Ohio. (Headstone photos of Betsy and David courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com)

Elizabeth "Betsy" McDonald (1804-1881) and
husband David Burnham (1796-1851)

4.
Susan McDonald - married Mr. Davis, lived in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio where they died.

5.
Nancy McDonald - b. 10 Jun 1807. Married 1830 in Union County to William Howard, b. 18 Jun 1802 Windham, Connecticut. William was the son of William Howard Sr. (b. 18 Jan 1749, d. 18 Jul 1822) and Phebe (b. 15 Jul 1759, d. 3 Dec 1806), both born in Windham, Connecticut. Nancy and William lived on a 500 acre farm known as "Indian Field Farm" in Union township, Ohio. Nancy was pregnant with her third child when William died on 10 Jun 1839. She kept the farm and raised the children there, eventually splitting the farm between her two sons in 1859 when her eldest son got married. Nancy died in Union Township on 15 Feb 1876 and is buried in Milford Center Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio. (See also the biographies in the History of Union County, Chicago, 1883, of Nathan Howard (page 476) and William McDonald Howard (page 207) for more details, e.g. further Howard ancestry.) Headstone photos of Nancy McDonald, her husband William Howard, son William McDonald Howard and wife Lucy (McMullen) Howard courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com)

Nathan Howard - b. 21 Sep 1831. Farmed his half of his parents 500 acres so successfully that he was able to buy adjoining land until he finally owned 1400 acres. Became a renowned horse and cattle breeder, was Vice President of the Agricultural Board and voted County Commissioner in 1880. Married 21 Sep 1859 to Helen M. Hathaway, b. 17 May 1839 in Union Township, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary A. (Hopkins) Hathaway. They had four children: Charles M., Corrie, Otto N., Hattie C. (died young).
Harriet L. Howard - b. c. 1834, d. in or before 1859
William McDonald Howard - b. 20 Oct 1839 after the death of his father (d. 10 Jun 1839). Stock farmer and dealer, owning land in both Union and Madison Counties, Ohio. William married Lucy McMullan (b. 7 May 1842), daughter of John and Lucy (Matthews) McMullen in 1866. The couple lived on his mother's farm (P.O. address Irwin) and raised four children there: William, John, Walter, Ancie. Lucy and William are buried with his parents in Milford Center Cemetery: Lucy d. 29 Aug 1897, William McDonald Howard died 12 Jun 1917.

1850 Federal Census of Union Township, Ohio
Nancy (McDonald) Howard & family

Nancy McDonald (1807-1876) and
husband William Howard (1802-1839)

son William Howard (1839-1917) and
wife Lucy McMullen (1842-1897)

6.
Charity McDonald - b. 20 Mar 1809, unmarried. Stayed at home and took care of her parents in their old age (see 1850 census). Died 8 Apr 1885 and is buried in Milford Center Cemetery. (Headstone photo of Charity courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com)

Charity McDonald (1809-1885)

7.
Samuel McDonald - b. 1811. Married Rachel Comer on 25 Oct 1834 in Union, Ohio and lived there until he died on 5 Mar 1845. Buried in McDonald Cemetery, a.k.a. Marsh Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio. Children born in Union Township:

Angeline McDonald - b. c. 1836
Albertine McDonald - b. c. 1838

Rachel Comer was born on 21 Mar 1815; having married at the age of 19, she was widowed at 29. After Samuel's demise Rachel (Comer) McDonald married Samuel's brother George (see George McDonald for Rachel's headstone). Headstone photo of Samuel McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com.
Note: There was another, older, Rachel Comer (identical name) in Union County that married Samuel T. Hovey in 1825 and later Ralph Cherry in 1827.

Samuel McDonald (1811-1845)

8.
James McDonald - married Adaline Stewart 23 Jan 1834 in Union, Ohio but moved to California.

9.
Thomas McDonald Jr. - no info, probably died young.

10.
George McDonald - b. 25 Sep 1814, married 7 Feb 1839 to Roxie Fairfield in Union, Ohio. Roxie (or Roxy) was born 2 Oct 1821 and died 2 Mar 1845 at the age of 23, leaving George behind with two young daughters. George's brother Samuel died only three days after Roxy, and he buried them both on the family plot on his father's farm. In fact, the memorial has Roxy Fairfield inscribed just below the name of Samuel. Some time later George married his brother's widow, Rachel (Comer) McDonald and they went to live in Woodstock.
Children by first wife Roxy Fairfield:

Julia McDonald - b. c. 1842
Bravia McDonald - b. c. 1845.

Child by second wife Rachel Comer:

Clara McDonald - b. c. 1849.

George's second wife, Rachel (Comer) McDonald, died 13 Feb 1874 and was laid to rest in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. George died 5 Mar 1887 and was also buried in Woodstock Cemetery.
Headstone photos of Rachel Comer and George McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com.

George McDonald (1814-1887) and
2nd wife Rachel (Comer) McDonald (1815-1874)

11.
Duncan McArthur McDonald - b. 30 Jun 1818. Left Union County, Ohio as a young man to mine for lead in Green County, Wisconsin. There he married Jane A. Green, born 18 Mar 1827 near Buffalo, NY the daughter of William C. and Joanna (Phillips) Green, both descended of early English settlers of Rhode Island and pioneers of Green Co, Wis. After marriage Duncan and Jane returned to the old McDonald homestead in Union County, Ohio for five years before moving on to Iowa where they purchased 1,200 acres and lived for 17 years. In 1877 the family moved to Lawrence County, Missouri where Duncan was still farming 670 acres of land at the age of seventy in 1888. (See Duncan McDonald's 1888 biography for more details). Jane died 13 Mar 1895 and is buried in Williams Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri.
They raised two children:

Charity McDonald - b. 1 Jan 1849 married William Harris and lived in Iowa with four children as of 1888 (Herman H., Bertha J., Edith D., Edna E.)
Bron H. McDonald - b. 27 Oct 1855 in Hardin, Iowa. Was the secretary of the Home Lumber Company of Nevada. 11 Oct 1882 married Ada Byron Banks at her home in Tapahannock, Virginia (she was born there 18 Jan 1860, died 7 Oct 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri). At the time of the 1888 biography, they had one son, Fred B. McDonald who later lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma; he was followed by three daughters: Mrs. E.B. Perkins of Yakima, Washington, Mrs. J.N. Shelton of Johnstown, Colorado and Mrs. E.C. Brown of Kansas City. Bron H. McDonald died 21 Aug 1926 in Mount Vernon, Missouri and is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri alongside his wife Ada.

Jane A. Dugreen 1827-1895

12.
Julia Ann McDonald - b. 9 May 1820, married James Biggs on 16 Aug 1846 in Union, Ohio. They had two children, both died young:

Fuller Biggs - b. 6 Aug 1850 in Dover, d. 21 Aug 1854
Hellen Biggs - b. 24 nov 1861, d. 9 Dec 1867

Julia and her older sister Mary "Polly" McDonald both married men by the name of James Biggs, but these were two different men. Julia's husband was considerably younger: he was born in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio on 8 Aug 1825 (after Polly McDonald's death in 1824). James was appointed a Lieutenant in the Civil War with the 136th Ohio Infantry and is buried with a Civil War headstone in Mount Herman Cemetery, New Dover, Union County, Ohio. Julia died 17 Mar 1884 and is also buried in Mount Herman Cemetery.
Headstone photos of Julia Ann McDonald and James Biggs courtesy of Donna Lavander on www.findagrave.com

Julia Ann McDonald (1820-1884) and
husband James Biggs (b. 1825)

13.
Angelina McDonald - b. 23 Feb 1827, d. 31 Jul 1829, age 2. Buried in the McDonald Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio.

Thomas McDonald was a soldier in the war of 1812. He served with General Nathaniel Massey, and assisted him in the laying out of the city of Chillicothe, Ohio. He was also acquainted with Gen. McArthur during the war of 1812, who came to live near Chilicothe and named Thomas' son Duncan (born 1818).

After his military service, Thomas returned to farming in Union County where he spent the rest of his days and was active in public life. In 1819 he was a trustee of Union Township, and in its first election on 10 Oct 1820 he stood for County Commissioner but was beaten by his friend David Comer. They had worked together earlier that year when Marysville was chosen as the seat of justice for the County of Union: on 10 Jul 1820 David Comer was appointed director for the town with Thomas McDonald and George Harris as bondsmen. Thomas was made an Overseer of the Poor for Union Township in 1822, and was again a Trustee in 1836. The History of Union County, Ohio (published by W.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1883) cites Thomas as a pioneer of the county, listing his various appointments and describing him as:

"Mr. McDonald was an excellent neighbour and citizen, and possessed great honour and integrity throughout his business life."

In another biography published in Goodspeed's Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald Counties History of Missouri (published by The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888) Thomas is remembered as:
"He was a prosperous farmer and a good liver. He was a member of the Universalist Church, but was very liberal to all churches. He died in Champaign County, Ohio at the age of seventy-five years. He was a man of powerful build, and was one of the strongest men of his day, possessing an iron constitution. He was a soldier in the War of 1812."

Thomas and family appear on page 248, line 18 of the 1820 Federal Census in Union township, Union County, Ohio:

Name White Males, age White Females, age

Last First 0 to 10 10 to 16 16 to 18 16 to 26 26 to 45 45 + 0 to 10 10 to 16 16 to 26 26 to 45 45 +

McDonald Thomas 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0

In the 1850 Federal Census, the last in which they appear, Thomas and Charity are recorded with the alternate spelling of their surname "McDowal". This is certainly them, though: their ages (75 and 71) and place of birth (VA and PA) are a perfect match, and their unmarried daughter Charity is still living with them at the age of 41. Two school age children complete the household: Phebe Fuller, 16, and Duncan McDowal, 12.

Thomas was widowed on 6 Dec 1852 when Charity died at the age of 72 in Union County, Ohio. He outlived her by little more than two years, dying on 26 Mar 1855 at the age of eighty. The couple are buried together in the McDonald Cemetery in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio with Charity's parents.

McDonald Cemetery
When Charity's father, Capt. Samuel Teter, died on 6 Oct 1823 at Marysville, Union County, Ohio, Thomas McDonald made part of his farm available as a new family graveyard and his father in law was the first person to be laid in it. The tale told by the headstones in this graveyard are a testament to the hard life of the pioneers. The next two burials followed the untimely deaths of two of Thomas' own daughters. His eldest, Mary "Polly" Biggs, died at the age of 22 on 17 Jul 1825, leaving her bereaved husband with five small children under the age of five. Only four years later on 31 Jul 1829 Thomas lost his infant daughter Angeline, age 2.
Further burials in the McDonald Cemetery were:

Mary (Doddridge) Teter, Charity's mother passed away at Marysville, Union County, Ohio on 3 May 1838.
Samuel McDonald, Thomas's son died 5 Mar 1845
Roxy (Fairfield) McDonald, wife of George McDonald died 2 Mar 1845
Charity (Teter) McDonald, Thomas' wife died 6 Dec 1852 in Union County, Ohio
Thomas McDonald himself died 26 Mar 1855 in Union County, Ohio.

Almost thirty years after he buried his wife, Roxy, in the family plot on his father's farm, George deeded that part of his land on 4 May 1874 to create a town cemetery. It became known as Teeter's or McDonald Cemetery in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio.
For further reading on Thomas McDonald and his descendants, see the McDonald biographies page for the original texts of various biographies e.g. Thomas himself, his son Duncan and his grandsons Nathan Howard and William McDonald Howard.

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1.	Mary "Polly" McDonald - b. 20 Oct 1801 in Ohio, married her cousin James Biggs (1798-1870, son of Zaccheus Biggs and her mother's sister Susannah Teter) on 20 Feb 1818 in Union, Ohio. She d. 27 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio less than a week after giving birth to twin boys and was buried in the McDonald Cemetery in Milford Center, Union, Ohio. Their children were all born in Union County, Ohio: Thomas Biggs - b. 24 Dec 1819 Mary Biggs - b. 27 Feb 1821, married 14 Apr 1840 to Frank Pearl, son of Philip and Clarissa, children: George Philip Pearl b. 11 Aug 1842, d. 2 Apr 1843 and Hannah Pearl Biggs b. 14 Oct 1844 who married J.M. McDonald in Champaign, Ohio in Jun 1863. Charity Elizabeth Biggs - b. 1 Oct 1822 James Biggs - b. 12 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio, d. 12 Jan 1825 John Biggs - b. 12 Jul 1824 in Milford Township, Union, Ohio, d. 12 Aug 1824. Folllowing Mary McDonald's death in 1824, James Biggs remarried in 1833 to Angeline Robinson and moved to Green County, Wisconsin where he is documented as a pioneer in the local history books. He was the first settler in Adams, Green County, Wisconsin and represented Green County at the second constitutional convention, assembled at Madison 15 Dec 1847. See History of Green County, Wisconsin, 1884, on the McDonald Biographies page). Headstone photo of Mary McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com	Mary "Polly" McDonald (1801-1824)
2.	John McDonald - b. 13 Sep 1802, married Philomela "Philo" A. Miller on 20 Dec 1825 in Union County, Ohio and lived in Champaign County, Ohio where they had at least four children. Philo was born 23 Sep 1792 making her 11 years John's senior: she was 35 when she had her first child, and 46 by the time she had her son, John Jr. The family appear in the 1850 Federal Census of Bush Township with their unmarried children: Emily, Luzetta and John. Elizabeth Jane was already married. Other members of the household were Joseph Miller, 84, (presumably Philo's father), Salmon and Herbert Crowder (labourers) and Melia Colver. The last three were probably all working for the family as John was well to do: he had an estate of $9,400. John and Philo's children were: Emily McDonald - b. c. 1827 Elizabeth Jane - b.1829, married Anson P. Howard (1822-1901) and had a son, Anson Jr. (1853-1913). She d. 1898 and is buried in Woodstock Cemetery. Luzetta McDonald - b. c. 1834 John A. McDonald - b. c. 1838 John McDonald died 11 Mar 1871 and was buried in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. Philo died 29 Jan 1883 and is buried with her husband John. (Headstone photos of John and Philo courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com.)	John McDonald (1802-1871) and wife Philo Miller (1792-1883)
3.	Elizabeth "Betsy" McDonald - b. 19 Feb 1804 Ross County, Ohio, married widower David Burnham, b. 13 Aug 1796 in Connecticut, son of Jedediah Burnham (1761-1828) and Phebe (Martin) Burnham (1769-1856). David Burnham settled in Union County c. 1820. His first marriage in 1825 was to Nancy Gabriel, daughter of William Gabriel. Nancy was born in Union Township in 1806 and died in 1829. Betsy became stepmother to David's child by his first wife: Phoebe Burnham - married Dr. Joseph Baker, born 1819 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, died 15 Mar 1880, son of Ferrill Baker. Dr. Baker was a physician in Union Township (see Joseph Baker biography in the History of Union County, Chicago, 1883, page 198-201). Betsy died 28 Jun 1881 near Milford, Ohio having outlived her husband by thirty years. She was buried with him in Milford Center Cemetery in Milford Center (Union Township), Union County, Ohio. (Headstone photos of Betsy and David courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com)	Elizabeth "Betsy" McDonald (1804-1881) and husband David Burnham (1796-1851)
4.	Susan McDonald - married Mr. Davis, lived in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio where they died.
5.	Nancy McDonald - b. 10 Jun 1807. Married 1830 in Union County to William Howard, b. 18 Jun 1802 Windham, Connecticut. William was the son of William Howard Sr. (b. 18 Jan 1749, d. 18 Jul 1822) and Phebe (b. 15 Jul 1759, d. 3 Dec 1806), both born in Windham, Connecticut. Nancy and William lived on a 500 acre farm known as "Indian Field Farm" in Union township, Ohio. Nancy was pregnant with her third child when William died on 10 Jun 1839. She kept the farm and raised the children there, eventually splitting the farm between her two sons in 1859 when her eldest son got married. Nancy died in Union Township on 15 Feb 1876 and is buried in Milford Center Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio. (See also the biographies in the History of Union County, Chicago, 1883, of Nathan Howard (page 476) and William McDonald Howard (page 207) for more details, e.g. further Howard ancestry.) Headstone photos of Nancy McDonald, her husband William Howard, son William McDonald Howard and wife Lucy (McMullen) Howard courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com) Nathan Howard - b. 21 Sep 1831. Farmed his half of his parents 500 acres so successfully that he was able to buy adjoining land until he finally owned 1400 acres. Became a renowned horse and cattle breeder, was Vice President of the Agricultural Board and voted County Commissioner in 1880. Married 21 Sep 1859 to Helen M. Hathaway, b. 17 May 1839 in Union Township, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary A. (Hopkins) Hathaway. They had four children: Charles M., Corrie, Otto N., Hattie C. (died young). Harriet L. Howard - b. c. 1834, d. in or before 1859 William McDonald Howard - b. 20 Oct 1839 after the death of his father (d. 10 Jun 1839). Stock farmer and dealer, owning land in both Union and Madison Counties, Ohio. William married Lucy McMullan (b. 7 May 1842), daughter of John and Lucy (Matthews) McMullen in 1866. The couple lived on his mother's farm (P.O. address Irwin) and raised four children there: William, John, Walter, Ancie. Lucy and William are buried with his parents in Milford Center Cemetery: Lucy d. 29 Aug 1897, William McDonald Howard died 12 Jun 1917.	1850 Federal Census of Union Township, Ohio Nancy (McDonald) Howard & family Nancy McDonald (1807-1876) and husband William Howard (1802-1839) son William Howard (1839-1917) and wife Lucy McMullen (1842-1897)
6.	Charity McDonald - b. 20 Mar 1809, unmarried. Stayed at home and took care of her parents in their old age (see 1850 census). Died 8 Apr 1885 and is buried in Milford Center Cemetery. (Headstone photo of Charity courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald, www.findagrave.com)	Charity McDonald (1809-1885)
7.	Samuel McDonald - b. 1811. Married Rachel Comer on 25 Oct 1834 in Union, Ohio and lived there until he died on 5 Mar 1845. Buried in McDonald Cemetery, a.k.a. Marsh Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio. Children born in Union Township: Angeline McDonald - b. c. 1836 Albertine McDonald - b. c. 1838 Rachel Comer was born on 21 Mar 1815; having married at the age of 19, she was widowed at 29. After Samuel's demise Rachel (Comer) McDonald married Samuel's brother George (see George McDonald for Rachel's headstone). Headstone photo of Samuel McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com. Note: There was another, older, Rachel Comer (identical name) in Union County that married Samuel T. Hovey in 1825 and later Ralph Cherry in 1827.	Samuel McDonald (1811-1845)
8.	James McDonald - married Adaline Stewart 23 Jan 1834 in Union, Ohio but moved to California.
9.	Thomas McDonald Jr. - no info, probably died young.
10.	George McDonald - b. 25 Sep 1814, married 7 Feb 1839 to Roxie Fairfield in Union, Ohio. Roxie (or Roxy) was born 2 Oct 1821 and died 2 Mar 1845 at the age of 23, leaving George behind with two young daughters. George's brother Samuel died only three days after Roxy, and he buried them both on the family plot on his father's farm. In fact, the memorial has Roxy Fairfield inscribed just below the name of Samuel. Some time later George married his brother's widow, Rachel (Comer) McDonald and they went to live in Woodstock. Children by first wife Roxy Fairfield: Julia McDonald - b. c. 1842 Bravia McDonald - b. c. 1845. Child by second wife Rachel Comer: Clara McDonald - b. c. 1849. George's second wife, Rachel (Comer) McDonald, died 13 Feb 1874 and was laid to rest in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio. George died 5 Mar 1887 and was also buried in Woodstock Cemetery. Headstone photos of Rachel Comer and George McDonald courtesy of Sue Ahnenwald on www.findagrave.com.	George McDonald (1814-1887) and 2nd wife Rachel (Comer) McDonald (1815-1874)
11.	Duncan McArthur McDonald - b. 30 Jun 1818. Left Union County, Ohio as a young man to mine for lead in Green County, Wisconsin. There he married Jane A. Green, born 18 Mar 1827 near Buffalo, NY the daughter of William C. and Joanna (Phillips) Green, both descended of early English settlers of Rhode Island and pioneers of Green Co, Wis. After marriage Duncan and Jane returned to the old McDonald homestead in Union County, Ohio for five years before moving on to Iowa where they purchased 1,200 acres and lived for 17 years. In 1877 the family moved to Lawrence County, Missouri where Duncan was still farming 670 acres of land at the age of seventy in 1888. (See Duncan McDonald's 1888 biography for more details). Jane died 13 Mar 1895 and is buried in Williams Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. They raised two children: Charity McDonald - b. 1 Jan 1849 married William Harris and lived in Iowa with four children as of 1888 (Herman H., Bertha J., Edith D., Edna E.) Bron H. McDonald - b. 27 Oct 1855 in Hardin, Iowa. Was the secretary of the Home Lumber Company of Nevada. 11 Oct 1882 married Ada Byron Banks at her home in Tapahannock, Virginia (she was born there 18 Jan 1860, died 7 Oct 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri). At the time of the 1888 biography, they had one son, Fred B. McDonald who later lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma; he was followed by three daughters: Mrs. E.B. Perkins of Yakima, Washington, Mrs. J.N. Shelton of Johnstown, Colorado and Mrs. E.C. Brown of Kansas City. Bron H. McDonald died 21 Aug 1926 in Mount Vernon, Missouri and is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri alongside his wife Ada.	Jane A. Dugreen 1827-1895
12.	Julia Ann McDonald - b. 9 May 1820, married James Biggs on 16 Aug 1846 in Union, Ohio. They had two children, both died young: Fuller Biggs - b. 6 Aug 1850 in Dover, d. 21 Aug 1854 Hellen Biggs - b. 24 nov 1861, d. 9 Dec 1867 Julia and her older sister Mary "Polly" McDonald both married men by the name of James Biggs, but these were two different men. Julia's husband was considerably younger: he was born in Milford Center, Union County, Ohio on 8 Aug 1825 (after Polly McDonald's death in 1824). James was appointed a Lieutenant in the Civil War with the 136th Ohio Infantry and is buried with a Civil War headstone in Mount Herman Cemetery, New Dover, Union County, Ohio. Julia died 17 Mar 1884 and is also buried in Mount Herman Cemetery. Headstone photos of Julia Ann McDonald and James Biggs courtesy of Donna Lavander on www.findagrave.com	Julia Ann McDonald (1820-1884) and husband James Biggs (b. 1825)
13.	Angelina McDonald - b. 23 Feb 1827, d. 31 Jul 1829, age 2. Buried in the McDonald Cemetery, Milford Center, Union County, Ohio.

Name		White Males, age						White Females, age
Last	First	0 to 10	10 to 16	16 to 18	16 to 26	26 to 45	45 +	0 to 10	10 to 16	16 to 26	26 to 45	45 +
McDonald	Thomas	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0