Brief Life History of Joseph Warren
When Joseph Warren Donaldson was born in October 1840, in Jackson, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Donaldson, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Dorn, was 29. He married Levina Jane Fortune on 7 January 1862, in Coshocton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 26 October 1904, in Monroe Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Big Run Cemetery, Layland, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.
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- Joseph Donaldson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Warren Donaldson - birth-name: Joseph Warren Donaldson
- Warren Donalson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: patronymic from Donald , generally representing an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnaill (see McDonald ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Civil War Veteran
Joseph W Donaldson enlisted in the Union army on February 27, 1864 as a private at the age of 23 to Company 1, 51st Infantry Regiment, Ohio. He transferred into Company D, 51st Infantry Regiment Ohio …
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