... I John McDonald of Popler Ridge, Ross county, and state of Ohio, in this my Bible Record a brief account of my ancestors: which is all the knowledge I have of them. ...
... My mother whose name was Effie, had three brothers [named] ... and five sisters [named] ... In the year 1774 my father and mother were married. ... My mother died in the sixty eigth year of her age on the tenth day of september 1823, only four days after my father, and was buried by his side in the sixty eighth year of her age. My mother was a most amiable and relegious woman: patient in adversity and affliction, in which school she was severely tried: her confidence in the watchful protection of an unseen arm, Tendered her meek, and resigned spiret conspicuous to all who knew her. I believe she never was reviled or censured by man or woman. ...