... 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 Grand father on my mothers side was William McDonald: he married Elizabeth Dougless: they were born, raised, and married near to Loch Shin in the highlands of Scotland: they came to america in the year 1772 and settled in pennsylvania. ...
... My grand mother on the mothers side died in 1812 in the eighteth year of her age. My grand father on the mothers side died in 1822 in the hundreds year of his age. They were buried, and laid side of each other, on fruit hill near chillicothe ohio. ...