Note: Daniel McDonald was the author of "A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County", published in 1908.
Daniel was the son of Thomas McDonald and Elizabeth Dickson, some of Plymouth’s earliest settlers, who married on 27 Jan 1831 in Fayette Co., Indiana. I found four children for the couple, but there may have been others—Daniel (6 May 1833 – 9 Jan 1916), Platt (5 Mar 1835 – 7 Mar 1921), Catharine (9 Nov 1837 – 6 Jun 1896), and John (26 Sep 1842 – 20 Sep 1871).
I found the family on the 1850 Census, living in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, where Daniel's father Thomas was farming for a living. Thomas eventually founded the Marshall County Democrat, a local newspaper.
Daniel married Lydia G. Armstrong circa 1859. They welcomed daughter Kittie in December of 1859 or January of 1860. The three of them appeared together on the 1860 Census, living in Plymouth, where Daniel was working as a telegraph operator.
By the 1870 Census, Daniel and Lydia had moved the family to nearby Bourbon, Marshall Co., Indiana. Daniel had found work as a railroad agent. On 16 Sep 1862, the couple had welcomed son Edgar to the family, and in 1865, son Louis joined the family. Sadly, Edgar died the following year on 23 Aug 1866 at age three.
When the 1880 enumeration was taken, Daniel and Lydia had moved back to Plymouth. Daniel was working as a printer, likely for his father's newspaper, The Marshall County Democrat. Another child arrived on 13 Feb 1874-son Donald. Sadly, he died later that year on 2 Sep 1874 when he was just over six months old.
Daniel's wife Lydia died the year after that census on 22 Sep 1881 at age 48.
On 30 Jun 1887, Daniel married Lillie Eliza Maria Brackett in Fulton Co., Indiana. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth. I couldn't decipher Daniel's occupation. Lillie (transcribed as Lette B.) reported that she had had one child who was still living.
They were still living in Plymouth when the next enumeration was taken in 1910. Daniel was earning a living as a newspaper editor. He died six years later on 9 Jan 1916 at age 82.
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A biography of Daniel McDonald from the HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY:
Mr. McDonald was born in Fayette County, Indiana, near Connersville, May 6, 1833, and came to Marshall County with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Dickson) McDonald, locating in a log cabin in the wilderness near Lake Maxinkuckee. His school education was confined to a few terms in the log schoolhouses of the pioneer days, besides such education as he has received by experience. Early in his career he was telegraph operator and station agent, then was a bank cashier, and as a practical printer entered the newspaper field ad for thirty years editor and publisher of the Plymouth Democrat. For over eight years he was clerk of the Marshall circuit court, three times a member of the Plymouth School Board, and a member of the Indiana legislature during the regular and special sessions of 1869 and the regular sessions of 1905 and 1907. He was Democratic candidate for Congress from the Thirteenth district in 1880, a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1876 and Chicago in 1884; and for several years member of the Democratic State Committee and chairman of the District Committee.
Mr. McDonald wrote the first history of Marshall County in 1881, and the present history in 1908; also wrote a history of Lake Maxinkuckee; a history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Northern Indiana, and the only history of Free Masonry in Indiana ever published. He is prominent in secret circles, having been grand master of Masons in Indiana, grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons, and Royal and Select Masters. He is a Knight Templar and thirty second degree Ancient and Scottish Rite Mason and past grand patron of the order of Eastern Star. He was also great sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men in 1872.
Mr. McDonald married Lydia C. Armstrong at Sterling, Illinois, December 31, 1857. Four children were born, one girl and three boys, all deceased except Louis, who married Miss Bertha K. Reynolds, November 19, 1891, and resides in Chicago. His oldest son, Edgar, was accidentally killed by falling from a wagon at Bourbon, Indiana. His wife Lydia died September 22, 1882. On June 30, 1887, Mr. McDonald married Lillie M. Brackett, at Rochester, Indiana. Mrs. McDonald is a native of Rock Island, Illinois. Their one child, James Brackett McDonald was born September 20, 1889, died in infancy. Mrs. McDonald's parents were Dr. James W. and Sarah (Brown) Brackett, of Rock Island.
Daniel was the son of Thomas McDonald and Elizabeth Dickson, some of Plymouth’s earliest settlers, who married on 27 Jan 1831 in Fayette Co., Indiana. I found four children for the couple, but there may have been others—Daniel (6 May 1833 – 9 Jan 1916), Platt (5 Mar 1835 – 7 Mar 1921), Catharine (9 Nov 1837 – 6 Jun 1896), and John (26 Sep 1842 – 20 Sep 1871).
I found the family on the 1850 Census, living in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, where Daniel's father Thomas was farming for a living. Thomas eventually founded the Marshall County Democrat, a local newspaper.
Daniel married Lydia G. Armstrong circa 1859. They welcomed daughter Kittie in December of 1859 or January of 1860. The three of them appeared together on the 1860 Census, living in Plymouth, where Daniel was working as a telegraph operator.
By the 1870 Census, Daniel and Lydia had moved the family to nearby Bourbon, Marshall Co., Indiana. Daniel had found work as a railroad agent. On 16 Sep 1862, the couple had welcomed son Edgar to the family, and in 1865, son Louis joined the family. Sadly, Edgar died the following year on 23 Aug 1866 at age three.
When the 1880 enumeration was taken, Daniel and Lydia had moved back to Plymouth. Daniel was working as a printer, likely for his father's newspaper, The Marshall County Democrat. Another child arrived on 13 Feb 1874-son Donald. Sadly, he died later that year on 2 Sep 1874 when he was just over six months old.
Daniel's wife Lydia died the year after that census on 22 Sep 1881 at age 48.
On 30 Jun 1887, Daniel married Lillie Eliza Maria Brackett in Fulton Co., Indiana. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth. I couldn't decipher Daniel's occupation. Lillie (transcribed as Lette B.) reported that she had had one child who was still living.
They were still living in Plymouth when the next enumeration was taken in 1910. Daniel was earning a living as a newspaper editor. He died six years later on 9 Jan 1916 at age 82.
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A biography of Daniel McDonald from the HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY:
Mr. McDonald was born in Fayette County, Indiana, near Connersville, May 6, 1833, and came to Marshall County with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Dickson) McDonald, locating in a log cabin in the wilderness near Lake Maxinkuckee. His school education was confined to a few terms in the log schoolhouses of the pioneer days, besides such education as he has received by experience. Early in his career he was telegraph operator and station agent, then was a bank cashier, and as a practical printer entered the newspaper field ad for thirty years editor and publisher of the Plymouth Democrat. For over eight years he was clerk of the Marshall circuit court, three times a member of the Plymouth School Board, and a member of the Indiana legislature during the regular and special sessions of 1869 and the regular sessions of 1905 and 1907. He was Democratic candidate for Congress from the Thirteenth district in 1880, a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1876 and Chicago in 1884; and for several years member of the Democratic State Committee and chairman of the District Committee.
Mr. McDonald wrote the first history of Marshall County in 1881, and the present history in 1908; also wrote a history of Lake Maxinkuckee; a history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Northern Indiana, and the only history of Free Masonry in Indiana ever published. He is prominent in secret circles, having been grand master of Masons in Indiana, grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons, and Royal and Select Masters. He is a Knight Templar and thirty second degree Ancient and Scottish Rite Mason and past grand patron of the order of Eastern Star. He was also great sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men in 1872.
Mr. McDonald married Lydia C. Armstrong at Sterling, Illinois, December 31, 1857. Four children were born, one girl and three boys, all deceased except Louis, who married Miss Bertha K. Reynolds, November 19, 1891, and resides in Chicago. His oldest son, Edgar, was accidentally killed by falling from a wagon at Bourbon, Indiana. His wife Lydia died September 22, 1882. On June 30, 1887, Mr. McDonald married Lillie M. Brackett, at Rochester, Indiana. Mrs. McDonald is a native of Rock Island, Illinois. Their one child, James Brackett McDonald was born September 20, 1889, died in infancy. Mrs. McDonald's parents were Dr. James W. and Sarah (Brown) Brackett, of Rock Island.
Note: Daniel McDonald was the author of "A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County", published in 1908.
Daniel was the son of Thomas McDonald and Elizabeth Dickson, some of Plymouth’s earliest settlers, who married on 27 Jan 1831 in Fayette Co., Indiana. I found four children for the couple, but there may have been others—Daniel (6 May 1833 – 9 Jan 1916), Platt (5 Mar 1835 – 7 Mar 1921), Catharine (9 Nov 1837 – 6 Jun 1896), and John (26 Sep 1842 – 20 Sep 1871).
I found the family on the 1850 Census, living in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, where Daniel's father Thomas was farming for a living. Thomas eventually founded the Marshall County Democrat, a local newspaper.
Daniel married Lydia G. Armstrong circa 1859. They welcomed daughter Kittie in December of 1859 or January of 1860. The three of them appeared together on the 1860 Census, living in Plymouth, where Daniel was working as a telegraph operator.
By the 1870 Census, Daniel and Lydia had moved the family to nearby Bourbon, Marshall Co., Indiana. Daniel had found work as a railroad agent. On 16 Sep 1862, the couple had welcomed son Edgar to the family, and in 1865, son Louis joined the family. Sadly, Edgar died the following year on 23 Aug 1866 at age three.
When the 1880 enumeration was taken, Daniel and Lydia had moved back to Plymouth. Daniel was working as a printer, likely for his father's newspaper, The Marshall County Democrat. Another child arrived on 13 Feb 1874-son Donald. Sadly, he died later that year on 2 Sep 1874 when he was just over six months old.
Daniel's wife Lydia died the year after that census on 22 Sep 1881 at age 48.
On 30 Jun 1887, Daniel married Lillie Eliza Maria Brackett in Fulton Co., Indiana. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth. I couldn't decipher Daniel's occupation. Lillie (transcribed as Lette B.) reported that she had had one child who was still living.
They were still living in Plymouth when the next enumeration was taken in 1910. Daniel was earning a living as a newspaper editor. He died six years later on 9 Jan 1916 at age 82.
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A biography of Daniel McDonald from the HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY:
Mr. McDonald was born in Fayette County, Indiana, near Connersville, May 6, 1833, and came to Marshall County with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Dickson) McDonald, locating in a log cabin in the wilderness near Lake Maxinkuckee. His school education was confined to a few terms in the log schoolhouses of the pioneer days, besides such education as he has received by experience. Early in his career he was telegraph operator and station agent, then was a bank cashier, and as a practical printer entered the newspaper field ad for thirty years editor and publisher of the Plymouth Democrat. For over eight years he was clerk of the Marshall circuit court, three times a member of the Plymouth School Board, and a member of the Indiana legislature during the regular and special sessions of 1869 and the regular sessions of 1905 and 1907. He was Democratic candidate for Congress from the Thirteenth district in 1880, a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1876 and Chicago in 1884; and for several years member of the Democratic State Committee and chairman of the District Committee.
Mr. McDonald wrote the first history of Marshall County in 1881, and the present history in 1908; also wrote a history of Lake Maxinkuckee; a history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Northern Indiana, and the only history of Free Masonry in Indiana ever published. He is prominent in secret circles, having been grand master of Masons in Indiana, grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons, and Royal and Select Masters. He is a Knight Templar and thirty second degree Ancient and Scottish Rite Mason and past grand patron of the order of Eastern Star. He was also great sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men in 1872.
Mr. McDonald married Lydia C. Armstrong at Sterling, Illinois, December 31, 1857. Four children were born, one girl and three boys, all deceased except Louis, who married Miss Bertha K. Reynolds, November 19, 1891, and resides in Chicago. His oldest son, Edgar, was accidentally killed by falling from a wagon at Bourbon, Indiana. His wife Lydia died September 22, 1882. On June 30, 1887, Mr. McDonald married Lillie M. Brackett, at Rochester, Indiana. Mrs. McDonald is a native of Rock Island, Illinois. Their one child, James Brackett McDonald was born September 20, 1889, died in infancy. Mrs. McDonald's parents were Dr. James W. and Sarah (Brown) Brackett, of Rock Island.
Daniel was the son of Thomas McDonald and Elizabeth Dickson, some of Plymouth’s earliest settlers, who married on 27 Jan 1831 in Fayette Co., Indiana. I found four children for the couple, but there may have been others—Daniel (6 May 1833 – 9 Jan 1916), Platt (5 Mar 1835 – 7 Mar 1921), Catharine (9 Nov 1837 – 6 Jun 1896), and John (26 Sep 1842 – 20 Sep 1871).
I found the family on the 1850 Census, living in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, where Daniel's father Thomas was farming for a living. Thomas eventually founded the Marshall County Democrat, a local newspaper.
Daniel married Lydia G. Armstrong circa 1859. They welcomed daughter Kittie in December of 1859 or January of 1860. The three of them appeared together on the 1860 Census, living in Plymouth, where Daniel was working as a telegraph operator.
By the 1870 Census, Daniel and Lydia had moved the family to nearby Bourbon, Marshall Co., Indiana. Daniel had found work as a railroad agent. On 16 Sep 1862, the couple had welcomed son Edgar to the family, and in 1865, son Louis joined the family. Sadly, Edgar died the following year on 23 Aug 1866 at age three.
When the 1880 enumeration was taken, Daniel and Lydia had moved back to Plymouth. Daniel was working as a printer, likely for his father's newspaper, The Marshall County Democrat. Another child arrived on 13 Feb 1874-son Donald. Sadly, he died later that year on 2 Sep 1874 when he was just over six months old.
Daniel's wife Lydia died the year after that census on 22 Sep 1881 at age 48.
On 30 Jun 1887, Daniel married Lillie Eliza Maria Brackett in Fulton Co., Indiana. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth. I couldn't decipher Daniel's occupation. Lillie (transcribed as Lette B.) reported that she had had one child who was still living.
They were still living in Plymouth when the next enumeration was taken in 1910. Daniel was earning a living as a newspaper editor. He died six years later on 9 Jan 1916 at age 82.
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A biography of Daniel McDonald from the HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY:
Mr. McDonald was born in Fayette County, Indiana, near Connersville, May 6, 1833, and came to Marshall County with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Dickson) McDonald, locating in a log cabin in the wilderness near Lake Maxinkuckee. His school education was confined to a few terms in the log schoolhouses of the pioneer days, besides such education as he has received by experience. Early in his career he was telegraph operator and station agent, then was a bank cashier, and as a practical printer entered the newspaper field ad for thirty years editor and publisher of the Plymouth Democrat. For over eight years he was clerk of the Marshall circuit court, three times a member of the Plymouth School Board, and a member of the Indiana legislature during the regular and special sessions of 1869 and the regular sessions of 1905 and 1907. He was Democratic candidate for Congress from the Thirteenth district in 1880, a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1876 and Chicago in 1884; and for several years member of the Democratic State Committee and chairman of the District Committee.
Mr. McDonald wrote the first history of Marshall County in 1881, and the present history in 1908; also wrote a history of Lake Maxinkuckee; a history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Northern Indiana, and the only history of Free Masonry in Indiana ever published. He is prominent in secret circles, having been grand master of Masons in Indiana, grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons, and Royal and Select Masters. He is a Knight Templar and thirty second degree Ancient and Scottish Rite Mason and past grand patron of the order of Eastern Star. He was also great sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men in 1872.
Mr. McDonald married Lydia C. Armstrong at Sterling, Illinois, December 31, 1857. Four children were born, one girl and three boys, all deceased except Louis, who married Miss Bertha K. Reynolds, November 19, 1891, and resides in Chicago. His oldest son, Edgar, was accidentally killed by falling from a wagon at Bourbon, Indiana. His wife Lydia died September 22, 1882. On June 30, 1887, Mr. McDonald married Lillie M. Brackett, at Rochester, Indiana. Mrs. McDonald is a native of Rock Island, Illinois. Their one child, James Brackett McDonald was born September 20, 1889, died in infancy. Mrs. McDonald's parents were Dr. James W. and Sarah (Brown) Brackett, of Rock Island.
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