Person:James McDonald (55)

Watchers
Col. James McDonald
d.1827
m. 1774
  1. William McDonaldEst 1774 - 1834
  2. Col. John McDonald1775 - 1853
  3. Thomas McDonald1775 - 1851
  4. Nancy McDonald1779 - 1836
  5. Col. James McDonaldEst 1780 - 1827
  6. Hiram McDonaldEst 1786 - 1796
  7. Henrietta McDonaldEst 1790 - 1834
Facts and Events
Name[1] Col. James McDonald
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1780 Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Military[1][2] 1812 War of 1812 -
Death[2] 1827 age 47 -
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in The Old Northwest genealogical quarterly. (Columbus, Ohio: The Society, 1898-).

    Vol 8 (Jan 1905), p 13 -
    COLONEL JOHN McDONALD, Written, June 1896, by J.B.F. MORGAN.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Family Recorded, in John McDonald Family Bible.

    ... 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 brother James was a steady industrious man - In 1808 he went a captain into the regular army: during the war which took place in 1812, he was promoted, to Major, to Leiut Col. and Col. So nobly had he performed his military duties, that at the close of the war he was retained on the peace establishment as a Col. He married and had [blank] He died in 1827 in[?] town in the [?] at the age 47, leaving a hansom fortune for his children. ...