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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
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.
(from 1850 census) Lewis Clarissa A. Giliad L. Elizabeth A.
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.
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)
Isaac Rufus McDonald died May 16, 1905 at Gillespie County, Texas and is buried at Harper Cemetery, Harper, Gillespie, Texas.
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