Thomas McDonald
BURT, MCDONALD
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 08:02:16
Thomas McDonald, Douglas twp., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 21; P.O. Winterset; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1817, and removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1837; he came to this county in 1862; he owns 300 acres of land; his object in coming to Iowa was to secure a home and land for his family, and what is unusual, four of his children are settled in the immediate vicinity of his homestead, and the others find a home under the paternal roof; he married Miss Eliza Burt February 25, 1841; she was born February 22, 1819; has seven children: Cyrus B.; Joseph F.; Robert F.; William S.; Francis M.; Malcolm and Harriet; one son, John, died February 1, 1853.
Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" pages 603, 604
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