James
Eligh
(Eli)
McDonald
Born about in Illinois
Ancestors 
Brother of
Cilia McDaniel [half], David McDonald [half], James McDaniel [half], Eleanor McDaniel [half], Thomas McDonald [half], William McDonald [half] and Joseph McDonald [half]
Husband of
Celia Caroline (Taylor) Pope
— married
27 Nov 1856 in Texas
Descendants 
Died
at about age 29
in Headwaters of Perdenales, Gillespie, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2014
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Biography
Killed by Kiowa Indians. Also killed were Gillet (Gilead) McDonald, Elizabeth Frazier Joy, Mahala Alwilder Joy McDonald, Peter Thomas Hazelwood.
Sources
- Headstone, Spring Creek Cemetery (private), Harper, Texas
- West Kerr Current, Serving Ingram, Hunt, Mountain Home, the Divide. 107-A Hwy. 39, Ingram, Texas 78025. phone 830-367-3501. Issue dated Tues., July 26, 2016. Written by Irene Van Winkle. Paragraph 17.[link]
See Also
"Spring Creek Cousins" page titled, Eli McDonald.[link]
"A Family of the West" Families of Matthew Taylor, Thomas McDonald, Elijah Lacey, Joseph McDonald and Eli McDonald who brought their families to LockeHill, Bexar County and Spring Creek, Gillespie County Texas in the mid 1850's.[link]
Rich Eastwood, "Ruth MdDonald Lacey and the Spring Creek Community, A Story of Texas". self published by Rich Eastwood. ISBN-978-1519352996. printed and distributed by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform..[[https://www.amazon.com/McDonald-Lacey-Spring-Creek-Community/dp/1519352999?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 find at amazon.com.
- McDonald clan alive and well despite massacres West Kerr Current Thu, Aug 21, 2008 https://wkcurrent.com/mcdonald-clan-alive-and-well-despite-massacres-p1564-71.htm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eli by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eli by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Richard McKain
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 46 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member mckainmckean - Alan MacDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-CLD27, FTDNA kit #231598, MitoYDNA ID T11456 [compare]
- Nigel Alan Finlayson MacDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #393845, MitoYDNA ID T15973 [compare]
- Skip McDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L193, FTDNA kit #190210 +
Y-Chromosome Test 40000 markers, haplogroup R-L193
- Wylie McDonald :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-L193
- Bret McDaniel :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-A940, FTDNA kit #438540
- John McDaniel :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #897567 +
Y-Chromosome Test, MitoYDNA ID T10775 [compare]
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~6.25%
Wylie McDonald :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~3.12%
Jackie (McDonald) Martin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M375270 [compare]
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~3.12%
Skip McDonald :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A495521 [compare], Ancestry member skipmcdonald56
+
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Fred (Cross) Bowers :
23andMe, GEDmatch M299608 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A554802 [compare], Ancestry member kbowers6948
-
~0.39%
Kevin Bowers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A376634 [compare], Ancestry member kbowers6948
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Rejected matches › James Charles McDonald (abt.1835-)
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