... Three sons survived the sudden death of the parents in Kentucky. These were: Thomas, born in Virginia in 1765; married to Nancy Barr, of Pennsylvania, June 16, 1789; removed to Kentucky, and from there to Fugit Township, where he settled in 1823. His wife, Nancy, died in April, 1833, and he died the following December. Thomas Donnell was a man of iron nerve, who loved the woods and the exciting scenes of the frontier. He is known to have served in some of the historic expeditions against the Indians during the latter part of the last century. He possessed a firm belief in the plain creed of his ancestors, and was a communicant of the same church. His children were among the sturdy workers who felled the forest to make way for the plow here in Decatur County.
They were:
- James, born 1790; married, first, Betsey Fisher; second, Mrs. Jane Huddleston. He died in Iowa in 1863.
- Sally, born 1792; married to David Huddleston; died in Orange County, Ind., in 1846.
- Katie, born 1794; married to Moses Mather; died in Orange County, Ind., in 1846.
- Robert B., born 1797; married Claris a Hopkins; now living in Washington Township.
- Samuel, born 1799; married Olesa Glass; died in Fugit Township, 1846.
- Peggy, born 1801, died 1817.
- Nancy, born 1804; married John Linville; died in Fugit Township, 1846.
- Thomas, Jr., born 1806; married Mary Lewis; died in Clinton Township, 1863.
- Luthur A., born 1809; see special biography.
- Eliza A., born 1809 (twin to Luthur A.); married William B. Lewis; resides in Iowa.
- John R., born 1812; married Mary A. Braden; they now (1882) reside in Greensburg.
