Margaret M (Rook) Donelson (1859 - 1930)

Born 24 Mar 1859 in Polo, Miami, Ohio, United States

Died 28 Feb 1930 at age 70 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Margaret M Rook

daughter of Adam Rook and Barbara Grubaugh

MIDDLE NAME:

Possibly Mary, per her inconsistent obituary

Possibly Mildred, per undocumented source

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1859, per gravestone

… says 1860 (not 1859) on death certificate

Birth Place: Polo, Miami, Ohio, per obituary

Death Date: 28 Feb 1930, per gravestone and death record

Death Place: Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, per death record, obituary

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Margaret's death record names father as "Adam Rook, born Indiana"

Margaret has childhood census with parents & siblings

Margaret's obituary names several surviving siblings.

Sources

DEATH RECORD:

https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates

Name: Mrs. Margaret Donelson

Death Date: 28 Feb 1930

Death Place: Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1860

Birth Place: Ohio

Father: Adam Rook, born Indiana

Mother: unknown, born Ohio

Informant Albert Donelson, Chillicothe MO

Burial: Newtown, Mo.

Certificate: 5622

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial 40705007 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Margaret his wife - Mar. 24, 1859 - Feb. 28, 1930

Burial: Brantley Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri, USA

Note: Also known as Patterson Cemetery

OBITUARY:

The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune (Chillicothe, Missouri) 28 Feb 1930, Fri., Page 1

Death of Mrs. Mary Donaldson Today.

Passed Away at Her Home on Linn Street in Highview: Funeral Services Saturday Morning at 9.

Mrs. Margaret Donaldson, 69 years of age, passed away at her home on Linn street in Highview this morning at 8:15 o'clock of a complication of diseases. They body was removed to the Gordon Funeral Home from which place short funeral services, conducted by Rev. George E. Purdy, pastor of the First Christian church, will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The funeral party will go overland to Newtown where burial will be made in the Patterson cemetery.

She was a native of Polo.

The surviving relatives are Albert Donaldson of this city and Lewis Donalson, Pattonsburg, sons; another son and a daughter having passed away several years ago; two brothers, George Rook, Mineral Point, Mo., and Albert Rook Weldenk, Kas., and one sister, Mrs. Martha Porter, Corridan, Ia.

NOTES about obituary:

Highview is an unincorporated community in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Polo is an unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.

Patterson Cemetery is also known as Brantley Cemetery.

MARRIAGE:

Groom: Samuel Donelson

Bride: Margaret Rook

Married about 1880, based on the following:

... married about 1879, per census in 1900 (says married 21 years)

... married about 1880 per census in 1910 (says married 30 years)

... Margaret was still living with her parents in 1880

1860 CENSUS: Green, Ashland, Ohio

Adam Rook .......... 38 ... PA

Barbara Rook ...... 30 ... OH

Sarah Rook .......... 21 ... OH

Jane E Rook .......... 14 ... OH

Johnathan Rook ... 12 ... OH

Aaron Rook .......... 10 ... OH

Mary H Rook .......... 9 ... OH

Martha Rook .......... 8 ... OH

Robert Rook ........... 4 ... OH

Margaret Rook ....... 1 ... OH

1870 CENSUS: Somerset, Mercer, Missouri

Adam Rook ......... 50 ... PA

Barbara Rook ..... 51 ... OH

Anson Rook ........ 19 ... OH

Jonathan Rook ... 22 ... OH

Mary A Rook ....... 17 ... OH

Martha E Rook ... 16 ... OH

Robert Rook ....... 14 ... OH

Margaret Rook ... 11 ... OH

Henry Rook .......... 8 ... OH

George Rook ........ 5 ... OH

1880 CENSUS: Sommerset, Mercer, Missouri, USA

Adam Rook ............ 54 ... PA,PA,PA

Barbara Rook ........ 63 ... OH,PA,OH

Margaret Rook ...... 19 ... OH,PA,OH

Henry Rook ........... 17 ... OH,PA,OH

George Rook ......... 14 ... OH,PA,OH

Eunice A. Rook ........ 8 ... MO,OH,OH ... grandchild

Note: living next door to Margaret's future husband, Samuel Donelson

1900 CENSUS: Medicine, Mercer, Missouri

Samuel Donaldson ... 42 ... OH,PA,PA ..... May 1858, married 21 years

M M Donaldson ........ 44 ... OH,PA,OH .... Mar 1856, 4 children, 3 living

Louis S Donaldson ... 18 ... IA,OH,OH ...... Aug 1881

Albert Donaldson ..... 12 ... MO,OH,OH ... Aug 1887

Bessie E Donaldson ... 8 ... MO,OH,OH .... Jul 1891

1910 CENSUS: Medicine, Mercer, Missouri

Samuel Donaldson ...... 57 ... PA,PA,PA ...... married 30 years

Margaret Donaldson ... 57 ... OH,OH,OH ... 4 children, 3 living

Bessie C Donaldson .... 18 ... MO,PA,OH

1920 CENSUS: Medicine, Mercer, Missouri

Elbert E Fisher ................. 34 ... MO,US,US

Bernice Fisher ................. 28 ... MO,PA,OH

Donold Fisher ................... 1 ... MO,MO,MO

Margaret M Donoldson . 58 ... OH,OH,OH ... mother-in-law, widowed

Willie Guymon ................ 84 ... TN,IL,IL ... hired hand

Note: same census page as son Lewis w/wife Dora