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McDonald Spring
- "...John Pew came from Washington County in 1798, and built his cabin
near the present McDonald Spring, south of East Market street ..."
early history of Mercer Borough. [pg 344]
"Mr." McDonald [Robert or Joseph?]
- Cool Spring Church (later the First United Presbyterian Church), founded
1801. "Among its early members were Mr. McClintock and family, Mr.
McDonald and family, Mr. Bradley and family, Mr. Garvin and family and Mr.
Braden and wife..." [pg. 354]
A. McDonald [most likely Alexander or Authel (Othel) McDonald, sons of
Robert McDonald Sr.]
- Constable in the township of Delaware, 1830. [pg648]
Adeline McDonald
- (? - 1854) Wife of Robert Lindsay, who was born in Venango county. She
moved to Mercer Co., Mill Creek township, with her husband in 1829-1830.
Mother to James Lindsay. [pg1087]
Alexander McDonald
- [no entry found on pg946 or surrounding pages]
Allen McDonald
- listed as private, 135th Reg., War of 1812 [pg300]
Amelia McDonald
- "Prof. Lemuel R. Eckles, post office Fredonia, Penn., is a son of
Asa and Amelia (McDonald) Eckles, natives of Lawrence county and Mercer
county, Penn., respectively" [pg997]
Anna McDonald
- Miss Anna Mcdonald mentioned as the current [1887] president of the Young
Ladies, a missionary society maintained by the Presbyterian Church of Sandy
Lake. [pg462]
Cora McDaniel
- Principal of the musical department, Hall Institute, Sharon boro, during
its first term Sep 1888. [pg382]
J. McDonald
- Auditor in Delaware township, 1830 [pg648]
John McDonald
Neighbor of Matthias Zahniser (and resident of Jackson township) in 1797
[pgs541, 1018]
- On list of taxables, 1800 Neshannock [pg148]
- On list of taxables, 1801 Sandy Lake [pg155]
- On list of taxables, 1802 Cool Spring [pg156]
- Listed as Private, 135th Reg., War of 1812 (Wolf Creek) [pg300]
- Constable, Springfield township, 1824 [pg641]
- Appraiser, Springfield township, 1825 [pg642]
- Supervisor, Springfield township, 1828 [pg646]
Joseph McDonald
- On list of taxables, 1800 Neshannock [pg.148]On list of taxables, 1801
Sandy Lake [pg.155]
- On list of taxables, 1802 Cool Spring [pg.156
- On the central committee, Mercer county, of the
- "Liberty Party", an abolitionist party, 1843. Likely participant
in the Underground Railroad in Mercer County. [pg. 292]
- Early settler of Cool Spring township. "About the year 1798 came
Robert and Joseph McDonald...two brothers." [pg. 516]
- Private in Company I, Fifty-Seventh Regiment, Civil War. [pg. 319]
Louisa McDonald
- wife of George A. Bittenbanner of Greenville. Son of Conrad and Sarah
Bittenbanner. Born 1815, he moved to Delaware township with parents in 1826.
In 1832 he moved in to Greenville. Married Louisa in 1839. Her parents are
not mentioned. [pg777]
Martha McDonnell
- wife of Thomas McDonnel. He was a native of Titusville, Pa. She was the
eldest daughter of James M. and Margaret (Forringer) Carmichael. Martha
was born about1863.
Mary McDonald
- mother of Charles Derickson, wife of David V. Derickson. She was born
in Crawford County, likely Meadville. Resident of Mercer Borough. No dates
given but her son was born 1864.
O. McDonald
- appraiser, Delaware township, 1829. [pg648]
Parker McDonald
- master of the Grange, Sheakleyville, No. 589, 1876. [pg215]
R. McDonald
- Constable, Mahoning township, 1831 (with John Kerr). [pg650]
Rebecca McDonald
- wife of Philip Masson (b.1837) of Mercer. "Rebecca McDonald, a daughter
of Alexander McDonald, who was born and reared in this county and married
Rebecca Jennings, by whom he had four children: Mary A. Ellen, John and
Rebecca. Her parents were Catholics. Her father died June 14, 1851 and her
mother May 29, 1862." [pg964]
R.J. McDonald
- Charter member of Apollo Lodge No. 966, K. of H., Greenville (founded
20 Mar 1878). Robert J. McDonald, first Sentinel. [pg432]
Robert McDonald
- Mentioned as a pioneer in the settlement of Cool Spring township: "About
the year 1798 came Robert and Joseph Mcdonald and Zachariah Johnston. The
first two were brothers." [pg516]
- The Pioneers of Jefferson Township (taken from Delaware township April
4, 1850; Delaware taken from Pymatuning in 1805). "There is a dispute
as to who was the first actual settler of the township. The facts presented
in support of each contestants' claim seem to establish that an error is
made on one side or the other. In the year 1798, according to the best authenticated
accounts, Robert McDonald, Sr., settled upon the boundary line dividing
cool Spring and what is now Jefferson, and was, consequently, the first
cabin in it. In this rude shelter his son Robert was born on October 29,
1800, according to records which cannot be questioned. The other claimant
was John Mitchell....It is enough to know that both at an early date braved
the perils of their new surroundings, and manfully began the work which
was to be, in later years, the foundations of a vigorous civilization and
a healthy prosperity." [pg545]
- Appraiser (with Adam Miller), Delaware township, 1812.
Rosanna McDonald
- Member of and signatory to pledge of the Mercer County Temperance society,
1829. [pg286]
Samuel McDonald
- Private in Company 1, 57th Reg., Civil War. [pg319]
Theo. McDonald
- secretary of the County Temperance Society, which held a meeting at the
courthouse on January 24, 1851. [pg 288]
Mrs. Theodore McDonald (Theophilus?)
- mentioned as resident of Mercer Borough, 5th Dec. 1803 [pg 342]
Theophilus McDonald
- On list of taxables, 1800 Neshannock [pg.148]
- On list of taxables, 1801 Sandy Lake [pg.155]
- On list of taxables, 1802 Cool Spring [pg.156]
Thomas McDonald
- On town council of Greenville, 1843 [pg. 414]
Thomas McDonnell
- native of Titusville, Pa. and husband of Martha Carmichael. She was the
eldest daughter of James M. and Margaret (Forringer) Carmichael. Martha
was born about1863.
W.E. McDonald
- One of seven directors of Mercer County Agricultural Society, Stoneboro,1869
[pg. 213]
- Charter member of Star Lodge No. 1467, K. of H., Sandy Lake (org. March
14, 1879) Mentioned as having died between organization (1879) and publ.
of the History (1888) [pg. 464,5]
- Charter member of Mountain Council No. 30, R. T. of T., Stoneboro (org.
Sept. 8, 1879)
William P. McDonald
- Private, Company G., Thirty-Ninth Regiment, Tenth Reserves, Civil War
[pg. 311]
Wilson McDonald
- Husband of Mary Eckles [pg. 997]
- Private, Company D, Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, Civil War [pg.
329]
W.P. McDonald
- member of Upper Sandy or Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Sheakleyville
[pg. 474]
A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County,
Pennsylvania
Mr. J. G. White
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1909
Alexander McDonald
- see biography of George W. Eckles, under entry for Amelia McDonald
Amelia McDonald
- Mother of George Eckles, whose biography follows:
GEORGE W. ECKLES, lumberman and contractor, doing a prosperous business
at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, was born in Fairview township, Mercer county,
April 22, 1863, a son of Asa and Amelia (McDonald) Eckles. His father was
born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1823, and died April
28, 1884. The mother was born at the old Robert McDonald farm in Jefferson
township, Mercer county, October 31, 1832, and died March 25, 1904, in Sharpsville.
They were the parents of eleven children - nine sons and two daughters.
Their names are: William, living on the old homestead; John, who died at
the age of sixteen years; Esther, who died when forty-eight; Lemuel R.,
the founder of what is now known as Fredonia Institute, and who was the
first principal of the Sandy Lake Institute and ins now superintendent of
the Waynesburg schools. He was county superintendent in Mercer county schools
for six years. In 1906, he with his brothers, Asa J. and A.E., compiled
what is known as the Hamlin Arithmetic. Monroe, an attorney in Erie, Pennsylvania;
Asa J., an attorney of Pittsburg; Phoeby, residing in Erie; Wilson, a traveling
salesman; James, who died in infancy; A.E., a graduate of the law department
of the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh, now practicing
law there; George W., of this notice ... Asa Eckles spent his youthful days
on the old Eckles homestead, in Lawrence county, and learned to be a first
class engineer. He was engineer for the Norman Hall Furnace Company along
in the sixties; was also engineer for the Clay Furnace Company; then with
Norman Hall at Erie, and as a blast furnace engineer with the Hall &
company furnaces. He subsequently returned to the old homestead in Fairview
township, where he died. He was a highly respected man; never tasted liquors
of any kind and stood for all that was pure, true and good in the community.
George W. Eckles spent his younger days on the farm and in 1900 engaged
in the coal business in Sharpsville, continuing until 1904; then engaged
in lumber and contracting business, in which he is still operating successfully.
Politically he is a Republican. He served a member of the school board in
Fairview township and has been a member of the borough council at Sharpsville
... The only uncle Mr. Eckles has living is William McDonald, his mother;s
brother, who spends much of his time with his nephew. He was born on the
old McDonald homestead in Jefferson township, Mercer county, July 17, 1835.
He has spent twenty years in Ohio, ten years in old Virginia and the rest
of his life has been spent in Mercer county. A furnace blower by profession,
hale and hearty, he still likes the deer chase in the Allegheny mountains.
The grandfather, Robert McDonald, born in Scotland, was a Revolutionary
soldier. The sons of this pioneer and his wife Mary were: Robert, Orthel
, Alexander, Charles and William. This family was among the first to settle
in Mercer county, the nearest neighbor being seven miles. William was the
father of Mr. Eckles' uncle.
Charles McDonald
- see biography of George W. Eckles, under entry for Amelia McDonald
- husband of Polly Davis, daughter of David and Barbara (Smith) Davis. Polly
"died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin". [pg. 859]
Duncan McDonald
- see entry for daughter Jeanette McDonald.
Ella McDonald
- see entry for daughter Jeanette McDonald.
J. C. McDonald
- Burgess of Sharpsville, 1887 (Council members: Daniel Carbaugh, James
Harris, A. M. Smith, Lewis Barlett, Isaac Lynch, F. C. Ramig) [pg 335]
Jeanette McDonald
- wife of John Bowie (born 1854, Scotland). Residents of Jackson Township.
Married December 31, 1873. Her parents were Duncan and Ella (Garner) McDonald,
both deceased by 1909. Children of John and Jeanette (McDonald) Bowie: James
(m. Margaret Shannon), Ellen (m. Mont Nicklin), Mathew (m. Bertha Nicklin),
Catharine (m. Peter Snyder), and John Jr. (m. Julia Carlson). [pg 879]
John McDonald
- Sandy Lake Township tax list, 1801 [pg 41]
Joseph McDonald
- Sandy Lake Township tax list, 1801 [pg 41]
- Pioneer of Cool Spring Township (with Robert McDonald). [pg 153]
Julia McDonald
- wife of W. McDonald, "an engineer". Daughter of Valentine and
Catherine (Mathay) Beaver. Parents were married in 1865. [pg. 942]
Robert McDonald
- Pioneer of Cool Spring Township (with Joseph McDonald). [pg 153]
- [relating history of Jefferson Township] "... The first settlers
came about 1798. Robert McDonald and John Mitchell are said to have settled
near the east line of the township about the same time." [pg 171]
- see biography of George W. Eckles, under entry for Amelia McDonald
Orthel McDonald
- see biography of George W. Eckles, under entry for Amelia McDonald
Theophilus McDonald
- Sandy Lake Township tax list, 1801 [pg 41]
Thomas McDonald
- Member of the Greenville Council, 1843. (other members: Adam Seiple, William
G. Fell, Gardner Bond, Paul Everhart, and John M. Graham). [pg 329]
W. McDonald
- see entry for Julia McDonald
William McDonald
- see biography of George W. Eckles, under entry for Amelia McDonald