Capt. John McDonald and Rachel Oliver

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Husband Capt. John McDonald ¹

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            AKA: Capt. John MacDonald 2
           Born:  - Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: William McDonald (1779-      ) 3 4
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Wife Rachel Oliver ^{1 2}

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1 M Capt. John V. McDonald ¹

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2 M Josh McDonald ¹

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3 M Capt. David Alexander McDonald ^{1 6}

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            AKA: [Unk] McDonald 5
           Born: 4 Apr 1842 - Economy Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Mary Frances Woods (      -      ) 5 7
           Marr: 17 Jun 1869 2

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4 M Marshall McDonald ¹

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5 M William McDonald ¹

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6 M Joseph McDonald ¹

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7 M J. Sharp McDonald ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Colville (      -      )

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8 F Elizabeth McDonald ¹

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9 F Phoebe McDonald ¹

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10 F Anna McDonald ¹

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11 F Mattie J. McDonald ^{1 8}

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         Spouse: Capt. Samuel Fowler (1849-      ) 8
           Marr: 1871 8

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. John McDonald

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He was one of the early keelboatmen who took boats from New Orleans to Pittsburgh; afterward he was a pilot, and captain of several boats. He also built and owned the Pickaway, Sligo and Palo Alto, passenger packets, later the Youghiogheny, doing a large towing business from the Beaver canal to Pittsburgh, where he later engaged in the coal business,

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 327.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1045.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 902.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 972.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 357.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 779, 1045.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 779.

8 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 769.