Organizer of the 7th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. Captain Turner Ashby made Lt. .Colonel on McDonald's recommendation to the War Dept.
His mother died when he was 10 years old. He was reared by his grandmother at "Glengarry" He attended Winchester Academy before going to West Point. He was a Third Lieutenant of Artillery and served at New Orleans and Mobile. He joined his brother in St. Louis to survey the lands in Iowa. He possessed an unusual degree of physical strength and was athletic and confident. He was a friend and interpreter to the Sioux, who admired and trusted him. They called him "Big Knife". He was regarded favorably by the Chiefs of some tribes, while those of others were his enemies. He became Captain of an Indian command that was part of the Missouri Legion. He was leader in the fight against the Aricaras. He moved to Romney, Virginia in 1824, where he studied Law, served as Deputy Sheriff and Coroner. He was admitted to the bar and accumulated a large amount of land. He became interested in railroading and was awarded patents for inventions for that industry. He was appointed to the Commission to resolve an old boundary dispute between Virginia and Maryland. He travelled to England to establish the true lines between Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Maryland.
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Organizer of the 7th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. Captain Turner Ashby made Lt. .Colonel on McDonald's recommendation to the War Dept.
His mother died when he was 10 years old. He was reared by his grandmother at "Glengarry" He attended Winchester Academy before going to West Point. He was a Third Lieutenant of Artillery and served at New Orleans and Mobile. He joined his brother in St. Louis to survey the lands in Iowa. He possessed an unusual degree of physical strength and was athletic and confident. He was a friend and interpreter to the Sioux, who admired and trusted him. They called him "Big Knife". He was regarded favorably by the Chiefs of some tribes, while those of others were his enemies. He became Captain of an Indian command that was part of the Missouri Legion. He was leader in the fight against the Aricaras. He moved to Romney, Virginia in 1824, where he studied Law, served as Deputy Sheriff and Coroner. He was admitted to the bar and accumulated a large amount of land. He became interested in railroading and was awarded patents for inventions for that industry. He was appointed to the Commission to resolve an old boundary dispute between Virginia and Maryland. He travelled to England to establish the true lines between Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Maryland.
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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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Marshall McDonald
1835–1895
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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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Harry Peake McDonald
1848–1904
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Allan Lane McDonald
1849–1915
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Kenneth MacDonald
1852–1940
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Ellen McDonald Lyne
1854–1936
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Roy McDonald
1856–1921
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Donald McDonald
1858–1924
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Hunter McDonald Sr
1860–1937
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Elizabeth "Bessie" McDonald
1861–1862