Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Col. James McDonald and Julia A. Cooke




Husband Col. James McDonald 1 2




            AKA: James MacDonald 3
           Born: 29 Aug 1783 4
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           Died: 3 Apr 1863 4
         Buried:  - Raccoon Cemetery, Washington Co, PA


         Father: John McDonald (1730-1817) 1 5
         Mother: Martha T. Noble (      -      ) 3 5


       Marriage: 25 Sep 1825 4



Wife Julia A. Cooke 6

            AKA: Julia Cook,7 Juliana Cooke 4
           Born: 17 Dec 1799 6
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           Died: 29 Apr 1881 4
         Buried: 


         Father: James Cooke (1758-      ) 6
         Mother: Martha McCombs (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Martha Malvina McDonald 4

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2 F Margaretta Jane McDonald 4

           Born: Abt 1832
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           Died: 24 Jul 1874 4
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3 M John James C. McDonald 4

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4 M K. Noble McDonald 4

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General Notes: Husband - Col. James McDonald


He received his education at a subscription school of the vicinity. His father gave him part of his Washington county, Pennsylvania, lands-which were then a wilderness, and which he improved. He was the owner at the time of his death of a large farm of 1,000 acres.
In his political affiliations he was originally a Whig, then, on the organization of the party, became a Republican, and was active in the interests of the cause, but no office seeker. At the beginning of the Rebellion of 1861, he was heard to utter these words: "This war will never be ended until every slave is free." He was noted through life for the possession of a strong, independent will, but was always found a ready and kind sympathizer for the afflicted and distressed. He was a regular attendant and liberal supporter of Raccoon Presbyterian Church, in which he was raised, and which his father aided in first organizing.

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Sources


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

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 857, 972.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1044.

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

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 124, 972.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 857.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 916.


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