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Michael DONOHUE

Michael DONOHUE

Male 1830 - 1897  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Michael DONOHUE
    Birth CA 1830  County Mayo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1858, 1860  [1, 2] 
    merchant 
    Military From Aug 1863 to Mar 1864 
    Captain, Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 
    Census 1870  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [4] 
    lumberman 
    Occupation 1877  [5] 
    Sheriff of Doddridge County 
    Census 1880  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation lumber merchant  [6] 
    Occupation 1880  [7] 
    lumber dealer 
    Death 24 Mar 1897  Parsons, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Cause: struck by train 
    Burial Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9] 
    Person ID I113062  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2017

    Father James DONOHUE,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Mary ___,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F47827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara WALKER,   b. 1835, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1889, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [3]
    Marriage 31 May 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 9 1860:
      S. A. Walker (male), 50, b. Ireland, physician; R. Walker (female), 56, b. Ireland; S. M. F. Walker (female), 18, b. England; Catherine Sullivan, 18, b. Ireland; Jack Sullivan, 12, b. Vermont; M. Donahoe (male), 30, b. Ireland, merchant, value of real estate $900, value of personal estate, $400; Clara Donahoe, 24, b. England; Baby Donahoe (male), 1, b. Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 8 1870 in the borough of West Union:
      Michael Donohue, 39, b. Ireland, lumberman, value of real estate $3,500, value of personal estate $1,500; James, 11, b. Va; Edward, 8, b. Va; Mary, 5, b. WVa; John 2, b. WVa; Francis (male), 2 months, b. WVa, birth month March; Kate Sullivan, 26, b. Ireland, domestic servant.

      1880 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      Michael Donohue, 50, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), lumber dealer; wife Clara, 45, b. England (both parents b. Ireland); son James, 21, b. Va, single, lumber dealer; son Edward, 19, b. Va, single, laborer; dau Mary, 15, b. WVa; son John, 12, b. WVa; son Francis, 10, b. WVa; dau Rose, 7, b. WVa; dau Clara A, 4, b. WVa; servant Catharine Sullivan, 35, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), domestic servant; nephew Joseph Walker, 15, b. WVa (father b. England, mother b. Ireland); father-in-law Samuel A. Walker, 68, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), widowed, physician.
      (NOTE: In this census, Jack Sullivan, who was enumerated with Catherine Sullivan in 1860, was listed as a prisoner in the city jail of Des Moines, Iowa. He was 32, single, b. Vermont, both parents b. Ireland, occupation painter.)
    Children 
    >1. James DONOHUE,   b. 11 Mar 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1927, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Edward DONOHUE,   b. CA 1862
     3. Mary DONOHUE,   b. CA 1865
     4. John DONOHUE,   b. CA 1868
     5. Frank Joseph DONOHUE,   b. 15 Mar 1870, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F47824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1604] Death record of son.

    4. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).

    5. [S1596] Newspaper article.

    6. [S1716] Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV.

    7. [S2187] 1880 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    8. [S1716] Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV, DR p. 166, Line 19 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4438659&Type=Death.
      Identified as Michael Donohue, white male, 65, born in I... (obscured), widower, lumber merchant; died Mar 24 1897 in Davisville WVa, cause of death "runover by train." Buried Mar 26 1897 at the Catholic Cemetery in Grafton. Informant: McCabe & Raymond, undertaker, Grafton.
      (NOTE: Although this death record is filed in Taylor County, residence of the deceased, it appears that the death occurred elsewhere. There are two communities in West Virginia named Davisville, one in Wood County and another much smaller one in Tucker County. Given Michael Donohue's occupation, Tucker County is considered to be the more likely location, since it is closer to Taylor County and is heavily forested and known for its timber. The former community of Davisville in Tucker County is now part of the town of Parsons.)

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122, Line 16 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790605&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Michael Donahue, single, 29, b. County Mayo Ireland, res. West Union, son of Jas. & Mary Donahue, occupation merchant; and Clara McManue, widow, 23, b. (blank), res. West Union, dau of S. A. & Rose Walker. Married May 31 1858 in Doddridge County, officiated by D.O.D. Brennen.