BIO:  D. Morgan McDonald, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fawn Township, Pg 103

DR. D. MORGAN MCDONALD, son of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Thompson) McDonald, of 
York County, Penn., was born in Lower Chanceford Township June 4, 1852.  His 
father, who was then residing in that township, engaged in smithing; he moved to 
Hopewell Township in 1853.  At one time he held the position of auditor for three 
years.  Our subject received his early education at the Pleasant Grove Academy, 
and in 1873 went to Ohio and read medicine with Dr. Gemmill, finally graduating 
from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati in 1876.  He first practiced 
medicine in New Market, Md., where he remained until 1881.  He then moved to Fawn 
Township, York County, in February, 1882, and succeeded to the practice of Dr. 
Wright, of Gatchellville, and has since remained here.  He was married, in 1877, 
to Ella G. Warfield, daughter of David A. Warfield and Sarah E. (Curran) 
Warfield, of Wrightsville.  They have two children:  Reba E. and Thomas W.