Samuel was born on May 30, 1829 in Lascassas, Tennessee. His parents were Robert Smith Donnell and Anne Elizabeth McAdoo. On Feb.16, 1857, he took Sarah Francis McAdoo as his wife and they raised four children. Samuel died at the early age of fifty-nine on Sept. 9, 1885.
Sources
1850-1860-1870-1880 United States Federal Census
Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900
Tennessee, Wills and ProbateRecords, 1779-2008
U.S., Social Security Applications and ClaimsIndex, 1936-2007
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 October 2020), memorial page for Samuel C Donnell (30 May 1829–9 Sep 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #77450077, citing Martin Cemetery, Lascassas, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Jim Townsend (contributor 46985874) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel 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