Angus William McDonald Sr.
Born: February 14, 1799
Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia
Father: Angus William McDonald 1769 – 1814
Mother: Mary McGuire 1776 – 1808
Wife: Leacy Anne Naylor 1803 – 1843
(Buried: Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, Virginia)
Wife: Cornelia Peake 1822 – 1909
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Married: 1847 in Hannibal, MissouriChildren:
Mary Naylor McDonald Green 1827 – 1901
(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Lt. Angus William McDonald Jr. 1829 – 1914
(Buried: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia)
Anne Sanford McDonald Green 1830 – 1912
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Culpepper, Virginia)
Major Edward Allen Hitchcock McDonald 1832 – 1912
(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)
William Naylor McDonald 1834 – 1898
(Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Virginia)
Marshall McDonald 1835 – 1895
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Lt. Craig Woodrow McDonald 1837 – 1862
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Susan Leacy McDonald Stanard 1839 – 1930
(Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Virginia)
Flora McDonald Williams 1842 – 1930
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Harry Peake McDonald 1848 – 1904
(Buried: Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Allan Lane McDonald 1849 – 1915
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Kenneth McDonald 1852 – 1940
(Buried: Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, California)
Ellen McDonald Lyne 1854 – 1936
(Buried: Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky)
Roy McDonald 1856 – 1921
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery Mount, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Donald McDonald 1858 – 1924
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Hunter McDonald 1860 – 1937
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee)
Elizabeth McDonald 1861 – 1862
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Education:
1817: Graduated from West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1817 – 1818: 3rd Lt. United States Army Corps of Artillery
1817: Garrison Duty in New Orleans, Louisiana
1818 – 1819: Garrison Duty in Mobile, Alabama
1818: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1818 – 1819: 1st Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1819: Resigned from United States Army on January 31, 1819
1819 – 1825: Fur Trader for Missouri Company
1825 – 1844: Attorney in Romney, Virginia
1847 – 1861: Attorney in Romney, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861: Volunteer Aide & Militia Colonel to Thomas Jonathan Jackson
1861: Colonel of 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1861: Disabled by Rheumatism
1861: Relieved of Command in November
Confederate Post Commander in Winchester & Lexington, Virginia
1864: Prisoner of War taken Prisoner on July 13, 1864
1864: Released from Union Prison on November 15, 1864
1864: Commander of the Confederate Post in Staunton, Virginia
Died: December 1, 1864
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Cause of Death: Epilepsy
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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