WASHINGTON. Sept. 2 - Mr. Marshall McDonald, of West Virginia, who for the last seven years has held the position of United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, died Sunday morning at his residence in this city of pulmonary disease after an illness of several months. Mr. McDonald was the inventor of a number of ingenious appliances, including a stairway to enable salmon and other migrating fish to ascend the rapids of rivers, and his services were of great benefit to the cause of fish culture.
[Goshen Mid Week News September 4, 1895]
Buried next to his daughter, Nannie
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2 - Mr. Marshall McDonald, of West Virginia, who for the last seven years has held the position of United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, died Sunday morning at his residence in this city of pulmonary disease after an illness of several months. Mr. McDonald was the inventor of a number of ingenious appliances, including a stairway to enable salmon and other migrating fish to ascend the rapids of rivers, and his services were of great benefit to the cause of fish culture.
[Goshen Mid Week News September 4, 1895]
Buried next to his daughter, Nannie
Family Members
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Mary Naylor McDonald Green
1827–1901
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MAJ Angus William McDonald Jr
1829–1914
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Anne Sanford McDonald Green
1830–1912
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Maj Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald
1832–1912
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William Naylor McDonald
1834–1898
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Lieut Craig Woodrow McDonald
1837–1862
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Susan Leacy McDonald Stanard
1839–1930
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Flora McDonald Williams
1842–1930
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