Donelson, Henry bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 508, Bernadotte Township
Henry Donelson, deceased, was born near Londonderry, Ireland, in 1812, son of Moses and Susan D., also natives of Ireland; learned the tailor s trade; landed in Philadelphia June 12, 1830; married Ann E. Atkinson in 1842 in Philadelphia; had 8 children, 7 of whom are living, Anna A. having died Jan., 1848. Presbyterian. Republican. Mr. D. died in this county at the age of 71 years, leaving to his family an estate of 225 acres of land, on sec. 30, this tp., where the widow and four children make their home. This family deserve special notice for their industrious habits by which they have made for themselves a comfortable home. P. O., Bernadotte.
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