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Born 1846, Polk county
From Past and present of Greene County Missouri; early and recent history and genealogical records of many of the representative citizens (1915), History of Greene County, Missouri .. (1883)
F. M. DONNELL.
Mr. Donnell was born December 22d, 1847, in Jackson township, Greene county, Missouri, and received his education in the country schools of his neighborhood. In 1864 he enlisted in Company E, 16th Missouri cavalry, and was in the battles of Big Blue,.Jefferson City, and Lexington. He was mustered out June 30th, 1865. In 18G8 he went to California, and for several years he was foreman upon a farm of fifteen. thousand acres. He returned to Missouri and lived a year at Sedalia, and then came back to Greene county. He was on the police force in 1879, 1880 and 1882. In November, 1882, he was elected to the office of constable of Campbell township. Mr. Donnell married Miss Jerusha Roberts, who died in March, 1879, leaving two sons. He was married the second time to Mattie J. Williams, a native of Knox county, Kentucky. Mr. Donnell is a member of the K. of P.
As printed in History of Greene County, Missouri .. (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
FRANCIS MARION DONNELL.
Francis Marion Donnell, born in Polk county, just over the line of Greene, December 22, 1846, has lived the greater part of his life in southwest Missouri, and is one of the best known men in Greene county. His father, John M. Donnell, came to Missouri in 1832, stopping first at a place near the old Hodge, later known as the Union grave yard, on the road between Springfield and Buffalo, two years later removing to Upshaw Prairie in Greene county. He was of Irish descent, his grandfather being an Irish emigrant named O'Donnell, who changed his name after coming to Tennessee. His father, James M. Donnell, accompanied him to Missouri. He married, near Nashville, Tennessee, in 181 1, Miss Jane McClain, who was of Scotch lineage. He was a farmer and stock raiser, dealing extensively in mules after he came to Missouri, making many drives through to New Orleans, which was customary in those days. He had eleven children by his first wife, the youngest of whom was Francis Marion. After her death he married Mi>s Jam- Wills, one child being born to them. The children by the first marriage were: Sons, James M., G. \V.. William M., Robert.
As printed in Past and present of Greene County Missouri; early and recent history and genealogical records of many of the representative citizens (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: John M. Donnell (b. 1802)
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