PVT DAVID JONES MCDONALD
Company B, 2nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Mexican War

David Jones McDonald was mustered in to service on June 19, 1846, at New Albany, Indiana, by Col. Samuel Churchill.

The Mexican War started in 1846 and ended in 1848.

marriage: October 21, 1832 Orange County, Indiana

NANCY SUSANNAH WILLIAMS
birth: September 15, 1816 Orange County, Indiana
death: March 27, 1886 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Sulphur Creek Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana (name listed as Susanah McDonald)

children:
1. Eli McDonald
birth: January 23, 1835 Orange County, Indiana
death: March 31, 1889 Crawford County, Indiana
burial: Cuzzort Family Cemetery, English Crawford County, Indiana
2. Elihu McDonald
birth: January 12, 1837 Orange County, Indiana
death: April 7, 1901 Orange County, Indiana
burial: unknown
3. Mary McDonald Cuzzort ("Polly")
birth: January 20, 1838 Orange County, Indiana
death: February 19, 1908 French Lick, Orange County, Indiana
burial: Sulphur Creek Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana
4. Judy McDonald Pruitt
birth: August 1, 1841 Orange County, Indiana
death: 1923 Archey Valley, Van Buren County, Arkansas
burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Rupert, Van Buren County, Arkansas
5. Elizabeth McDonald Knight
birth: 1844 Orange County, Indiana
death: 1885 Orange County, Indiana
burial: unknown
6. Louisa Ann McDonald Knight
birth: September 12, 1846 Orange County, Indiana
death: May 12, 1916 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Hunt Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana

parents:
Abner McDonald, Sr.
birth: 1764 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: September 20, 1845 Paoli, Orange County, Indiana
burial: Hunt Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana

Mary Davis
birth: circa 1768 Virginia
death: circa 1835 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Hunt Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana

siblings of David Jones McDonald:
1. Elizabeth McDonald Allen
birth: August 24, 1790 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: September 25, 1855 Dubois County, Indiana
burial: Providence Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana
2. William McDonald
birth: 1793 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: June 7, 1851 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Patoka Memorial Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana
3. Clement McDonald
birth: 1796 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: 1863 Orange County, Indiana
burial: unknown
4. Mary Ann McDonald Agan
birth: circa 1797 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: unknown
burial: unknown
5. James McDonald
birth: October 7, 1799 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: April 8, 1874 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana
6. John McDonald
birth: April 15, 1801 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: May 25, 1886 Orange County, Indiana
burial: unknown
7. Abner McDonald, Jr.
birth: September 5, 1805 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
death: February 23, 1886 Crawford County, Indiana
burial: Moores Ridge Cemetery, French Lick, Orange County, Indiana
8. CPL Eli McDonald
(Mexican War veteran)
birth: April 15, 1807 Mercer County, Kentucky
death: December 30, 1848 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Hunt Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana
9. Pvt Elihu McDonald ("Hugh")
(Mexican War veteran)
birth: August 5, 1809 Mercer County, Kentucky
death: January 25, 1857 Orange County, Indiana
burial: Ames Chapel Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana
10. PVT DAVID JONES MCDONALD