Person:George McDonald (13)

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George McDonald
Facts and Events
Name George McDonald
Gender Male
Birth[3] 26 Jan 1845 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Martha Jane Comer
Death[2][3] 20 Jan 1925 Coalton, Jackson, Ohio, United States
Burial[3][4] Ridgewood Cemetery, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, United States

Civil War Service

Source: S1

Pension

Source: S2

  • Application 412995; Certificate 525072
  • Widow's Pension: Application 1228935, Certificate - none listed (an indication that the application was not approved)
References
  1.   Foraker, J.B; H.A. Axline; and J.S. Robinson. Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. (Akron [Ohio]: Werner Co., 1886-1895).
  2. United States. Veterans Administration. Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917]. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1949).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ohio. Department of Health. Office of Vital Statistics. Certificates of death, 1908–present. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983–2005).

    cert. 3310 (1925)

  4. Hixon, Mary J, and Frances Welch Hixon. Cemetery inscriptions of Jackson County, Ohio. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, c1982)
    II:1014.

    Death certificate lists "Wellston Cemetery." However, there is no cemetery by that name. Ridgewood is the largest cemetery in Wellston. Further, the date of death in the cemetery book matchs the death certificate.