Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....McDonald, George 1861 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       GEORGE McDONALD. - Though yet comparatively young in years, the subject of
  this sketch, now treasurer of Cherry township, Sullivan county, Pennsylvania,
  has by his own unaided efforts climbed to a position of influence and worth in
  the community in which he lives. He is one of those active young men to whom
  life means accomplishment, and he possesses both the will and the energy to
  attain that position at which he aims.
  
      Mr. McDonald was born in Cherry township, Sullivan county, May 9, 1861, the
  son of Patrick and Catherine (Burns) McDonald. Both parents were natives of the
  Emerald Isle and were there married, but shortly afterward they emigrated to
  America and settled in the township above mentioned on the old turnpike road, on
  the Hemeway farm, which they greatly improved. Later they located on the old
  homestead, upon which our subject now resides. It was then wild land, but under
  the applied efforts of Patrick McDonald and later of his sons has been brought
  up to a high state of cultivation. The father did not long survive his
  emigration to the new country. He died in 1865. In politics he was a Democrat
  and in religious faith a Catholic. Through life he was an industrious farmer.
  His widow survived him many years and died at the age of seventy-four years. She
  had been a faithful wife and a devoted mother, and as a neighbor she was loved
  and esteemed by all. To Patrick and Catherine McDonald were born twelve
  children, of whom ten grew to maturity. Among them were: John, a resident of
  Bradford county; William, a miner of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania; Miles, a
  hotel-keeper at Cripple Creek, Colorado; Charles and Thomas, miners at Cripple
  Creek; Ellen Dudley, a widow, of Bradford county, Pennsylvania; George, subject
  of this sketch; Daniel, who died at Cripple Creek; and James, who was drowned,
  when a young man, at Big Rock, Sullivan county.
  
      George, our subject, was raised on the old farm and in the schools of the
  neighborhood received a good education. He has devoted his life to farming and
  stock-raising and now owns the old homestead of one hundred acres. He was
  married October 18, 1885, to Miss Alice Farrell, daughter of James and Catherine
  (Farrell) Farrell, and a native of Bradford county, this state, where her
  parents now reside. Mrs. McDonald was educated at the Rochester (New York) high
  school and had fitted herself for a teacher. She possesses many accomplishments
  and estimable qualities, which endear her to many friends. To George and Alice
  McDonald have been born six children: James, Patrick, Willie, Katie, Lizzie and
  George. James, the eldest, died at the age of twelve years. The pleasant home of
  Mr. and Mrs. McDonald was erected in 1895, at a cost of one thousand dollars.
  
      In religious faith Mr. McDonald is a Catholic; in politics he is a Democrat,
  and since attaining his majority he has been an active and zealous worker for
  the success of his party, He is recognized as one of its leaders in Cherry
  township. In the spring of 1898 he received the nomination for township
  treasurer and after a spirited campaign won the election. He is regarded as one
  of the prosperous and leading men of the township, and the circle of his
  influence as a citizen is steadily widening.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
      Extracted from: 
        
      History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
      by Thomas J. Ingham
        
      Compendium of Biography
        
      The Lewis Publishing Company
      Chicago: 1899
  
  
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