Biographical Sketch of H.B. McDonald - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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H. B. McDonald, a farmer in Nodaway Township, Andrew County, MO., was
born in Mercer County, KY., May 23, 1844, and is the son of Daniel and
Martha (McMurtry) McDonald, both of whom were natives of Washington
County, KY.  The former was born in 1803, and was the son of Alexander
McDonald, a native of the "Old Dominion"; the latter was born in 1807,
and was the daughter of John McMurtry and Catherine (Rose) McMurtry.
They immigrated to Missouri in 1865, locating in Andrew County on a 
farm.  The father was a member of the Methodist Church, and died in 
1876.  The mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church; she died in
1873.  To them nine children were born, of whom our subject was the
eighth.  He lived on the farm while young, and received a good educa-
tion at the Kentucky University.  After finishing his education he
returned to the farm, but in 1863 immigrated to St. Joseph, MO., where
he remained until the spring of 1864, when he went to California, and
spent the following winter.  His father having removed to Andrew County
in the meantime, he returned from the West, and resided with him.  He
engaged in farming in this county until the spring of 1880, when he 
went to Montana, where he lived until he returned to Missouri in 1885,
and settled in the southern part of Andrew County.  In August, 1887, he
purchased his present farm, and removed his family thereto in the
following December.  The farm embraces 160 acres of fine land, and has 
upon it a handsome brick residence.  June 20, 1877, he was united in
marriage with Emma Rogers, a native of Mercer County, KY., who was
born in 1853, and is a daughter of E. P. Rogers.  They have six children.
Mr. McDonald is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife is a
member of the Christian Church.