★★★ McDonald, Angus William Sr.

Angus William McDonald Sr.

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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, Missouri

Children:

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
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(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
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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
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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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