McDonnold Family Information

 

Phillip McDonnold
[son of ? McDonnold and ? ?]
born: c1740 - Scotland or Ireland
died: 1780 - died at sea coming to America
married: Scotland or Ireland
wife: Judith ?
[possible last names: Redmond, Donnell or Donelson ????]
born: c1740-1747 - Scotland or Ireland
died: 1820 - Tennessee

Children of Phillip McDonnold and Judith Ewing McDonnold:

1. John Ewing McDonnold, Sr.
born: 1764 - Scotland or Ireland
died: 14 March 1833 - Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 5 January 1790 - Greene County, Tennessee
wife: Eleanor Hughes
[daughter of ? Hughes and ? ?]
born: 1770
died: 29 March 1842 - Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee

Children of John Ewing McDonnold and Eleanor Hughes McDonnold:

1.1. Benjamin Totten McDonnold
born:
died: 7 December 1854
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 17 April 1845
wife: Levina Stewart (McDonnold)
[daughter of John Stewart and Celia Langford]
her first husband was Michael Ewing McDonnold
born: 27 December 1813
died: 8 July 1893
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee

Children of Benjamin Totten McDonnold and Levina Stewart McDonnold:

1.1.1. James William McDonnold
born: 26 January 1846
died: 30 January 1930

1.1.2. Thomas Fleming McDonnold
born: 20 May 1848
died: 29 December 1931

1.1.3. Michael Edgar McDonnold
born: 5 November 1850
died: 28 October 1917
buried: Clarkrange Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee
married: 1870
wife: Margaret Jane Spurrier
born: 23 April 1840
died: 21 January 1920
buried: Clarkrange Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee

Children of Michael Edgar McDonnold and Margaret Jane Spurrier McDonnold:

1.1.3.1. Mary "Mollie" Virginia McDonnold
born: 4 December 1871 - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
died: 1890 - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee

1.1.3.2. Kellie P. McDonnold
born: 23 December 1873
died: 16 July 1914

1.1.3.3. Miranda McDonnold
born: 6 June 1878
died: 14 March 1923

1.1.3.4. Viola McDonnold
born: 20 November 1880
died: 1971

1.1.3.5. James "Jimie" T. McDonnold
born: 4 July 1883 - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
died: 10 September 1887 - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee

1.1.3.6. Barlow Langford McDonald
born: 9 September 1884
died: 29 July 1929
buried: Woody Cemetery - Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee
1st married: 9 December 1906
1st wife: Ollie Mae Bilbrey
born: 8 September 1882
died: 22 September 1922 - Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Fredonia Cemetery - Overton County, Tennessee

2nd married: 1929
2nd wife: Elizabeth Sells Duvall

1.1.3.7. William Edgar McDonnold
born: 9 July 1886
died: 22 September 1959
buried: Clarkrange Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee
wife: Joanna Peters
born: 1890
died: 1961
buried: Clarkrange Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee

1.1.3.8. John Preston McDonnold
born: 27 October 1891
died: 13 February 1979
buried: Campground Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee
wife: Nellie Lee Ashburn
born: 7 May 1906
died: 21 June 2000
buried: Campground Cemetery - Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee

 

1.2. James McDonnold

1.3. John Ewing McDonnold, Jr.
born: 1793
died: 22 April 1866
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 1812
wife: Mary ?

Children of John Ewing McDonnold, Jr. and Mary ? McDonnold:

1.3.1. Andrew Ewing McDonald
born: 1821
died: 10 November 1867
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 18 February 1856
wife: Celina Amaranth Wood

1.3.2. Margaret McDonald
born: 1828

1.3.3. Thomas McDonald
born: 1817

 

1.4. Thomas K. McDonnold
born: 1796 - Tennessee
died: after 1860 census-
buried: unknown
1830 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [Thos. K. McDonnold, age of 30 and under forty]
1840 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [Thomas K. McDonald, age 50 and under 60]
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Thomas K. McDonald, age 54]
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Thomas K. McDonald, age 65]
married: c1826 - probably Tennessee
wife: Martha Bates
[daughter of Henderson Bates and Sally Gentry]
born: 3 February 1807 - Tennessee
Obituary
died: 18 June 1878 - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
1830 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [female, age of twenty and under thirty]
1840 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [female age 30 and under 40]
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Martha McDonald, age 43]
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Martha B. McDonald, age 43]
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [M. B. McDonald, age 63, living with daughter and son-in-law]

Children of Thomas K. McDonnold and Martha Bates McDonnold:

1.4.1. Benjamin Wilburn McDonnold
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 24 March 1827 - Overton County, Tennessee
died: 27 February 1889 - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee
1830 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [male under 5 years of age]
1840 Census - Overton County, Tennessee [child age 10 and under 15]
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Benjamin W. McDonald, age 23]
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Benjamin McDonald, age 33]
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [B. W. McDonnold, age 43]
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Benj. McDonald, age 53]
married: 21 July 1852 - Caldwell County, Kentucky
wife: Alice Albina Watkins
[daughter of Thomas G. Watkins and Nancy B. Dyer]
born: 20 June 1836 - Kentucky
died: 11 May 1906 - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
obituary
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee
1850 Census - Caldwell County, Kentucky [Albina Watkins, age 16, living with her parents]
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Albina McDonald, age 26]
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [H. B. McDonnold, age 36]
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Albina McDonald, wife, age 45]
1900 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Alvina McDonald, age 64, living with son, Hugh]

Children of Benjamin Wilburn McDonnold and Alice Albina Watkins McDonnold:

1.4.1.1. Hugh Wilburn McDonnold
born: March 1857 - Tennessee
died: 25 July 1907 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Hugh McDonald, age 6]
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [H. W. McDonnold, age 13]
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Hugh McDonald, age 23]
1900 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Hugh McDonald, age 43]
married: 1904 -
wife: Mary Annette Haydon
born: 1870 - Kentucky
died: 1956
buried: Tulsa, Oklahoma
1910 Census - Wilson County Tennessee [Annette H. Mcdonnell, age 33]
1920 Census - Tulsa County, Oklahoma [Anette Kimbrough, age 39]
1930 Census - Tulsa County, Oklahoma [Annette H. Kimbowlough, age 50]
[She married her second husband, Charles Hulin Kimbrough on 25 December 1911 in Wilson County, Tennessee]

Child of Hugh Wilburn McDonnold and Mary Annette Haydon McDonnold:

1.4.1.1.1. Haydon Wilburn McDonnold
born: 1905 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 1966
1910 Census - Wilson County Tennessee [Haydon Mcdonnell, age 4]
1920 Census - Tulsa County, Oklahoma [Haydon Kimbrough, age 14]
1930 Census - Tulsa County, Oklahoma [Hayden Mc Donald, age 23]
married: 1937
wife: Dorothy Mae Dodd
born: 1909
died: 1966

Children of Haydon Wilburn McDonnold and Dorothy Mae Dodd McDonnold:

1.4.1.1.1.1. Hugh Dodd McDonnold
born: 30 July 1939 - Colorado County, Texas
wife: Mary Janis Griffin

1.4.1.1.1.2. Julie Haydon McDonnold
born: 1940
husband: Dick Bedford Simmons

 

1.4.1.2. Linn Wayne McDonnold
born: 4 February 1860 - Tennessee
died: 24 or 26 September 1873 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Lynn McDonald, age 6/12]
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [L. W. McDonnold, age 10]

1.4.1.3. Reid L. McDonnold
born: c1868 - Tennessee
died: after his May 11, 1906 and before 1910 census (he was living when his mother died)
buried:
1870 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [R. L. McDonnold, age 2]
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Reed McDonald, age 12]
1900 Census -
married: 28 July 1890 - Gibson County, Tennessee
wife: Jennifer Elrod
[daughter of William Price Elrod and Esther Ann O'Daniel]
born: 27 September 1871 - Gibson County, Tennessee
died: 5 May 1918 - Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: Rutherford Cemetery - Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Jinnie Mcdonald, age 25, living with her parents]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Jennie Upshaw, age 38]
[she later married Miller Ernest Upshaw]

Child of Reid L. McDonnold and Jennifer Elrod McDonnold:

1.4.1.3.1. Linn D. McDonnold
born: January 1896 - Tennessee
1900 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [age 4 living with mother and grandparents]
1910 Census - Gibson County, Tennessee [Linn Mcdonald, stepson, age 14, living with mother and stepfather]

 

 

1.4.1.4. Melle McDonnold
born: 25 February 1872 - Tennessee
died: 4 July 1894 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Wilson County, Tennessee [Melle McDonald, age 8]
married: 22 December 1892 - Wilson County, Tennessee
husband: Ulysses Clement Howard
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Presbyterian Minister 1907-1942
born: c1862 - Tennessee
died: 8 May 1942 - Clay County, Texas
buried:

Children of Melle McDonnold Howard and Ulysses Clement Howard:

1.4.1.4.1. Ralph Waldo Howard
born: 14 May 1894 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 19 July 1894 - Wilson County, Tennessee
buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery - Wilson County, Tennessee

 

1.4.2. John H. McDonnold
born: c1835 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [John H. McDonald, age 15]

1.4.3. Sarah "Sallie" Malvina McDonnold
born: c1837 - Tennessee
died:
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Sarah M. McDonald, age 13]
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Sarah M. Kelly, age 31]
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Sallie Kelley, age 41, widowed]
married: 24 February 1857 - Carroll County, Tennessee
husband: Rev. Samuel A. Kelley

[son of William Kelley and Matilda W. Dorsey]
born: c1839 - Kentucky
died: 18 September 1879 - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
1860 Census -
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Samuel A. Kelley, age 31]

Children of Sarah Malvina McDonnold and Samuel A. Kelly:

1.4.3.1. Mattie M. Kelley
born: c1861 - Tennessee
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Mattie M. Kelly, age 9]
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Mattie Kelley, age 19]

1.4.3.2. William M. Kelley
born: c1863 - Kentucky
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Wm. M. Kelly, age 7]

1.4.3.3. Jefferson Davis Kelley
born: c1866 - Tennessee
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Jeff Davis Kelly, age 4]
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Jefferson Kelley, age 13]

1.4.3.4. Samuel A. Kelley, Jr.
born: c1868 - Kentucky
died: 1879
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Saml T. Kelly, age 2]

1.4.3.5. Pearl Kelley
born: c1871 - Kentucky
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Pearl Kelley, age 9]

1.4.3.6. Dorsey McDonnold Kelley
born: 1874 - Missouri
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Dorsey Kelley, age 6]
married: 8 January 1895 - Giles County, Tennessee
wife: Margaret Anna Anthony
[daughter of William Wilkes Anthony and Emma Clauston]
born: 9 October 1875 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: 30 January 1950 - La Crescenta, Los Angeles, California

 

1.4.4. Thomas Ewing McDonnold
born: c1845 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Thomas E. McDonald, age 5]
1860 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Thomas Jr. McDonald, age 14]
1870 Census - Barren County, Kentucky [Thomas E. McDonald, age 25, living with sister, brother-in-law, mother]
1880 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [Thomas McDonald, age 33, brother]

1.4.5. Martha T. McDonnold
born: July 1849 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Carroll County, Tennessee [Martha T. McDonnold, age 9/12]

 

 

1.5. Judith McDonnold
born: 16 February 1803 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 17 April 1844 - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
buried: Nettlecarrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
1st marriage: c1827 - Wilson County, Tennessee
1st husband: James King Lansden
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 31 March 1803 - Iredell County, North Carolina
died: 14 January 1877 - White County, Tennessee
buried: Old Zion Cemetery - Sparta, White County, Tennessee

Children of James King Lansden and Judith McDonald:

 

1.6. Julia Adeline Elizabeth McDonnold
born: 12 July 1805
died: 29 June 1833 - Tennessee
married: 4 September 1820
husband: Alfred Carter Tate
[Son of John Tate and ? ?]
born: 14 November 1797 - Georgia or Tennessee
died: 31 August 1867 - Brown County, Texas

1.7. Michael Ewing McDonnold II
born: October 1809
died: 9 August 1841
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 29 July 1830
wife: Levina Stewart
[daughter of John Stewart and Celia Langford]
her second husband was Benjamin Totten McDonnold (# 1.1 above)
born: 27 December 1813
died: 8 July 1893
buried: Nettle Carrier Creek Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee

Children of Michael Ewing McDonnold II and Levina Stewart:

1.7.1. John Landon McDonnold
born: 18 May 1831
died: 4 September 1895
buried: Monroe Cemetery - Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee
married: 6 April 1852
wife: Margarette Armstrong

1.7.2. Josiah "Cy" Erwin McDonald [name changes]
born: 2 April 1834 - Overton County, Tennessee
died: 1872
buried: Jane Roberts Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
wife: Jane Roberts
born: 3 April 1837
died: 25 October 1908
buried: Jane Roberts Cemetery - Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
[her second husband was Simeon Eli Brown]

1.7.3. Sarah Jane McDonnold

 

 

 

2. James McDonnold
born:
died:
buried:
worked as a surveyor in Tennessee and Limestone County, Alabama

3. Redmond McDonnold
born: c1765/1770 -
died: 16 February 1830 - Fentress County, Tennessee
buried:
1820 Census - Overton County, Tennessee
1st wife: ? ?

Children of Redmond McDonnold and 1st wife:

3.1. Phillip McDonnold
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: c1789 or c1794 -
died: 1815 - Logan County, Kentucky
wife: Mary "Polly" Baker Ewing
[daughter of Robert Ewing and Jane McLean]
born: 30 April 1794 -
died: 22 May 1873 -
buried: Red River Meeting House Cemetery - Logan County, Kentucky
[her second husband was Mr. Spencer]

Children of Phillip McDonnold and Mary Baker Ewing McDonnold:

3.1.1. Phillip Monroe McDonnold
Cumberland Presbyterian Licentiate
born: 16 November 1815 -
died: 21 August 1837 - Harned, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
buried: Freedom Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Harned, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
tombstone
married: 1836 - Hancock County, Kentucky
wife: Virginia Ann Pate
[daughter of ? Pate and ? ?]
[after the death of her 1st husband, she marries James M. May in 1839 - Hancock County, Kentucky]
born:
died: c1845-1848 -
buried:

Child of Phillip Monroe McDonnold and Virginia Ann Pate McDonnold:

3.1.1.1. Mary "Molly: McDonnold
born:
died:
buried:
married:
husband: Zalmon Tousey

 

3.2. James Redmond McDonnold
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 10 October 1790 - Greene County, Tennessee
died: 11 August 1853 - San Augustine County, Texas
buried:
married: 6 February 1812 - Wilson County, Tennessee
wife: Margaret Grier
[daughter of James Grier and Agnes/Nancy Cummins]
born: c1790-1794
died:
buried:

Children of James McDonnold and Margaret Grier McDonnold:

3.2.1. Nancy Cummins McDonnold
born: 7 April 1812 -
died:
buried:
husband: ? Bates

3.2.2. John Stewart McDonold
born: 9 November 1814 - Cumberland County, Kentucky
died: 29 July 1856 - San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
buried:
married: 6 September 1849 - Bexar County, Texas
wife: Clintonia Bacon Samuel
[daughter of Giles M. Samuel and Letitia Cummins]
born: 1833
died: 1902
buried:
[her second husband was Robert J. Seibert (married in 1863)]

Children of John Stewart McDonold and Clintonia Bacon Samuel McDonold:

3.2.2.1. Margaret "Maggie" McDonold
husband: Joseph Sielski

3.2.2.2. Willie McDonold

 

3.2.3. Eleanor McDonnold
born: 10 March 181?
died:
buried:

3.2.4. Annie Louisa McDonnold
born: 20 June 181?
died:
buried:

3.2.5. Sarah Calhoun McDonnold
born: 25 November 182?
died:
buried:

3.2.6. James Grier McDonnold
born: 22 March 1824 - Wilson County, Tennessee
died: 23 January 1909 - Los Angeles County, California
married:
wife: Mary Virginia Samuels
born: 1836 - Missouri
died: 9 October 1914 - Los Angeles County, California

Child of James Grier McDonnold and Mary Virginia Samuels McDonnold:

3.2.6.1. James Tarleton McDonald
born: May 1875 - Los Angeles County, California
died: 7 June 1956 - Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
married: 18 August 1907 - Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
wife: Mary Pauline Saxton
[daughter of Marcus Arelius Saxton and Mary Joslin]
born: 12 May 1888
died:

Child of James Tarleton McDonald and Mary Pauline Saxton McDonald:

3.2.6.1.1. Helen Saxton McDonald
born: 5 October 1908 - Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
died: 12 December 2000 - Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California
husband: William Alan Shuman
[son of Harvey William Shuman and Mary Pearl Burnham]
born: 17 August 1915 - Madera, Madera County, California

 

3.2.7. Tennessee Matilda McDonnold
born: 14 February 1827
died:
buried:

3.2.8. Benjamin Lakin McDonnold
born: 30 June 1829
died:
buried:

3.2.9. William Marion Snodgrass McDonnold
born: 27 June 1832
died: 19 April 1856
buried:

3.2.10. Thomas Alexander McDonnold
born: 26 January 1835
died:
buried:

3.2.11. Mitchell Smith McDonnold
born: 20 June 1838
died:
buried:

 

2nd marriage of Redmond McDonnold: 2 January 1793 -
2nd wife of Redmond McDonnold: Elizabeth Totten
[daughter of ? Totten and ? ?
born: c1772/1781 - Virginia
died: 12 January 1861 - Fentress County, Tennessee
buried:
1830 Census - Fentress County, Tennessee
1840 Census - Fentress County, Tennessee
1850 Census -
1860 Census - Fentress County, Tennessee

Children of Redmond McDonnold and Elizabeth Totten McDonnold:

3.3. Dorcas McDonnold
born: c1799/1800 - Tennessee
died:
buried:

3.4. Sarah McDonnold
born: c1799/1800 - Tennessee
died:
buried:

3.5. Esther McDonnold
born: 16 April 1803 - Tennessee
died: 11 March 1858
buried: Dalton Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky
husband: Carter Terrance Dalton
born: 4 July 1795
died: 3 March 1875
buried: Dalton Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky
[he later married Catherine Story]

3.6. William Barnett McDonnold
born: 20 September 1810 - Tennessee
died: 1863
buried:

3.7. Judith McDonnold
born: 1815 - Tennessee
died:
buried:

 

4. Michael McDonnold
born:
died: Tennessee
wife: Elizabeth Hill

5. Sarah "Sallie" McDonnold
born:
died: Tennessee
husband: Job Carlock

6. Mary "Polly" McDonnold
born: c1799
died: 26 January 1842 - Obion County, Tennessee
buried: Totten Cemetery - Obion County, Tennessee
husband: Benjamin Totten
[son of Benjamin Totten and Easter Hicks]
born: March 1779
died: 22 April 1847 - Obion County, Tennessee
buried: Totten Cemetery - Obion County, Tennessee

Children of Mary McDonnold Totten and Benjamin Totten:

6.1. Nancy McDonald Totten
born: 22 September 1802 - Tennessee
died: 25 December 1862 - Obion County, Tennessee

6.2. Polly Totten
born: 30 December 1807
died: 3 December 1836 - Obion County, Tennessee

6.3. Sarah "Sally" Carlock Totten
born: 17 November 1814 - Overton County, Tennessee
died: 3 February 1900 - Obion County, Tennessee
buried: Totten Cemetery - Obion County, Tennessee
married: 6 March 1830 - Obion County, Tennessee
husband: Nicholas Lewis Allen
born: 7 April 1800 - Wake County, North Carolina
died: 7 March 1867 - Obion County, Tennessee
buried: Totten Cemetery - Obion County, Tennessee

6.4. Amanda M. Totten
born: 1819
died: 23 August 1841 - Obion County, Tennessee

6.5. Judith or Julia M. Totten

6.6. James L. Totten

6.7. Benjamin Clinton Totten
married: 14 March 1847 - Obion County, Tennessee
wife: Elizabeth Caroline Lancaster
[daughter of William Lancaster and Charlotte Caroline Hamilton]
born: c1827 - Tennessee
died: c1891

6.8. Archibald W. O. Totten


Obituary of Martha Bates McDonnold

MCDONNOLD.--Mrs. Martha Bates McDonnold, relict of Thomas K. McDonnold, and mother of Rev. B. W. McDonnold, D.D., LL.D., was born February, 1807, and died at the home of her son-in-law, Rev. S. A. Kelley, Nashville, Tenn., June 17, 1878.

She was for many years, and until her death, a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Beloved in life, she was regretted in death; and her reward is happy.
                                                M.B.D.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, July 11, 1878, page 8]


Obituary of Alice Albina Watkins McDonnold

Notice mistakes:
Mrs. Margaret McDonnold [sic], widow of Dr. W. H McDonnold [sic], died May 11 at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. McDonnold, Lebanon, Tenn., at the ripe age of seventy-one. Mrs. McDonnold was promiment in social as well as religious circles, was a gentle, Christian character, beloved by all who knew her. She is survived by two sons, W. H. McDonnold and Reid McDonnold, and several grandchildren.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, May 17, 1906, page 594]


Charles Hulin Kimbrough, A.M., Ph.D., was a talented and efficient worker for the University. From 1904 to 1914 he was the Professor of English Language and Literature in the College of Arts. Besides his assistance in carrying on the work of the College was invaluable. He was a native of Alabama, but he came to Cumberland as a student from Texas. From Cumberland University he received the A.B. degree in 1903; the A.M. degree in 1905; and the Ph.D. degree in 1911. In 1903-04 he was a student in the Theological School of the University. Not many have excelled him as an instructor. He made a wonderful impression upon his students, whether in the classroom or out of it. After leaving Cumberland he became a Professor of English Literature in the University of Tulsa, and also the Dean of the College of Arts.
[Source: pages A History of Cumberland University 1842-1935. By Winstead Paine Bone, Lebanon, Tennessee: by the author, 1935, pages 133-134]


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