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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Will McDonald
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:48:57 -0500

Surnames: McDonald, McAlhaney, Dingman, Ritter

History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa 1882... Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
1883

Will McDonald, flour merchant, Neola, was born in Illinois September 4,
1856, son of John and Bessie (McAlhaney) McDonald, natives of Ireland; he,
born about 1832, is now engaged in business in Oakland, Iowa; she, born
about 1835, died December 3, 1878, in Washington Territory, where she had
gone for her health. The parents had four children--Ella, Jennie, Thomas and
Will. After a common schooling, Mr. McDonald learned the trade of a miller.
He worked at farming till 1878, when he went to Washington Territory to
attend his mother, who was ill; remained there a year, until the death of
his mother, and, returning to Illinois, he located on a farm in Shelby
County, near the town of Defiance. After six months in the latter place, he
engaged in milling for a short time, and was then appointed manager of the
Neola Exchange Mill, which position he fills to the satisfaction of all
interested. This mill was opened in April, 1880, and does a large business.
Mr. McDonald was married, September 1. 1880, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to
Lottie Dingman, born in Council Bluffs December 28, 1861, daughter of John B
and Martha A (Ritter) Dingman, he born in Canada October 16, 1828, she born
in Virginia September 18, 1837. Mr and Mrs McDonald have one child, Theodore
Lionel, born June 26, 1881. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Iowa Legion of
Honor, and in politics is a Republican.


Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm

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