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Isaac Rufus (Mcdonald) McDonald (1836 - 1905)

Isaac Rufus "Rufus" McDonald formerly Mcdonald
Born in Illinois, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 30 Oct 1860 in Gillespie, Texasmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 69 in Gillespie, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biographical Notes

U S Fed Census 1850. Place: Jefferson County, Jefferson, Illinois. Joseph McDonald, age 35, b in Tenn. occ is farmer; Rhoda J., age 21, b in Ill; Lewis M., age 15, b in Ill; ISAAC R., age 11, b in Ill.; Clarissa A., age 11, b in Ill; Giliad L. age 4, b in Ill; Elizabeth A. age 0 b. in ill

Biography

Isaac Rufus McDonald was born October 12, 1838 at Jefferson County, Illinois. He was the son of Joseph McDonald born in Tennessee and his wife Esther Elizabeth Taylor born in Illinois.

Siblings

(from 1850 census) Lewis Clarissa A. Giliad L. Elizabeth A.

Marriage

He married Mary Jane "Polly" Lockhart on November 13, 1860 at Gillespie, Texas. Polly was born May 7, 1847, the daughter of Samuel Lee Lockhart and his wife Sarah Ann Chastain from Indiana.

Civil War

He was a teamster in Company N, Third Frontier Regiment. Compton was the Captain of Company N. and Major Hunter commanded the Third Frontier Regiment. He and his brother Lewis Martin, along with Renny Alexander served together hauling supplies from San Antonio to soldiers along the Rio Grande River. 1863 - 1865. (NOTE: need primary source)

Death and Burial

Isaac Rufus McDonald died May 16, 1905 at Gillespie County, Texas and is buried at Harper Cemetery, Harper, Gillespie, Texas.

Sources


  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85B-QLF : 9 November 2014), Isaac R Mcdonald in household of Joseph Mcdonald, Jefferson county, Jefferson, Illinois, United States; citing family 216, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "A Family of the West" Rufus McDonald.[link]
  • "A Family of the West" Isaac "Rufus" McDonald[link]

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See Also

  • Source: S-2057817194 Repository: #R-2138944186 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20671888&pid=55




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Hi Skip, thank you for the research and documentation of your family tree. Just to introduce myself, my name is Cheryl Aldrich Skordahl, Aldrich-908. I have done extensive genealogy on this McDonald family, the family of my step-mother. I plan to add my research to wikitree.

Sincerely, Cheryl

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