Daniel Smith Donelson
Born: June 23, 1801
Birth Place: Sumner County, Tennessee
Father: Samuel Donelson 1758 – 1803
Mother: Mary Smith 1781 – 1857
(Buried: Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Wife: Margaret Branch 1811 – 1871
(Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Children:
Elizabeth Donelson Williams 1831 – 1918
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Mary Ann Donelson Martin 1834 – 1916
(Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Sarah Donelson Bradford 1836 – 1869
(Buried: Bradford – Eppes Cemetery, Leon County, Florida)
Rebecca Donelson Dismukes 1840 – 1911
(Buried: Gallatin City Cemetery Gallatin, Tennessee)
Martha B. Donelson Shute 1847 – 1893
(Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Susan Branch Donelson Dismukes 1848 – 1871
(Buried: Hendersonville Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, Tennessee)
John Branch Donelson 1851 – 1918
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Emily Donelson Horton
Samuel Davis Donelson
Daniel Smith Donelson II
Education:
1825: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th in class)
Occupation before War:
1825 – 1826: 2nd Lt. in United States Army, 3rd Artillery
1825 – 1826: On Leave of Absence from the army
1826: Resigned from United States Army on January 22nd
1826 – 1834: Planter in Sumner County, Tennessee
1827 – 1829: Major of Tennessee State Militia
1829 – 1834: Brigadier General of Tennessee State Militia
1841 – 1843: Tennessee State Representative
1834 – 1836: Planter in Florida Territory
1836 – 1861: Planter in Sumner County, Tennessee
1855 – 1861: Tennessee State Representative
1859 – 1861: Speaker of Tennessee State House of Representatives
Civil War Career:
1861: Brigadier General of Tennessee State Militia
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1862: Participated in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
1862: Participated in the Battle of Stones River
1862 – 1863: Commander of East Tennessee Department
1863: Major General in the Confederate Army Infantry
Died: April 17, 1863
Place of Death: Knoxville, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Chronic Diarrhea
Age at time of Death: 61 years old
Burial Place: Presbyterian Cemetery, Hendersonville, Tennessee
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