PIONEER OF ROSEVILLE, PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA
SUTLER IN THE CIVIL WAR
George McDonald was born in Roseville (now called Coxville). His tree trunk tombstone signifies that he was an Indiana Pioneer.
Coxville was once a thriving community. Today, it has a population of 15. The beautiful Roseville Covered Bridge is there as well as an amazing and unique restaurant called The Rock Run Cafe & Bakery. It is situated on the site of Col. Moses Robbins' store where young George probably learned the grocery and mercantile business. Col. Robbins, also known as "Old Mohawk," married George's sister, Mary.
WARNING: Some show George's middle name as Washington. There is no evidence for this whatsoever. George has no known middle name. He was named after his grandfather, Col. George McDonald, who also had no middle name.
For the complete McDonald family history, see:
A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey, by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2015, imarkbooks.com)
SUTLER IN THE CIVIL WAR
George McDonald was born in Roseville (now called Coxville). His tree trunk tombstone signifies that he was an Indiana Pioneer.
Coxville was once a thriving community. Today, it has a population of 15. The beautiful Roseville Covered Bridge is there as well as an amazing and unique restaurant called The Rock Run Cafe & Bakery. It is situated on the site of Col. Moses Robbins' store where young George probably learned the grocery and mercantile business. Col. Robbins, also known as "Old Mohawk," married George's sister, Mary.
WARNING: Some show George's middle name as Washington. There is no evidence for this whatsoever. George has no known middle name. He was named after his grandfather, Col. George McDonald, who also had no middle name.
For the complete McDonald family history, see:
A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey, by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2015, imarkbooks.com)
PIONEER OF ROSEVILLE, PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA
SUTLER IN THE CIVIL WAR
George McDonald was born in Roseville (now called Coxville). His tree trunk tombstone signifies that he was an Indiana Pioneer.
Coxville was once a thriving community. Today, it has a population of 15. The beautiful Roseville Covered Bridge is there as well as an amazing and unique restaurant called The Rock Run Cafe & Bakery. It is situated on the site of Col. Moses Robbins' store where young George probably learned the grocery and mercantile business. Col. Robbins, also known as "Old Mohawk," married George's sister, Mary.
WARNING: Some show George's middle name as Washington. There is no evidence for this whatsoever. George has no known middle name. He was named after his grandfather, Col. George McDonald, who also had no middle name.
For the complete McDonald family history, see:
A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey, by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2015, imarkbooks.com)
SUTLER IN THE CIVIL WAR
George McDonald was born in Roseville (now called Coxville). His tree trunk tombstone signifies that he was an Indiana Pioneer.
Coxville was once a thriving community. Today, it has a population of 15. The beautiful Roseville Covered Bridge is there as well as an amazing and unique restaurant called The Rock Run Cafe & Bakery. It is situated on the site of Col. Moses Robbins' store where young George probably learned the grocery and mercantile business. Col. Robbins, also known as "Old Mohawk," married George's sister, Mary.
WARNING: Some show George's middle name as Washington. There is no evidence for this whatsoever. George has no known middle name. He was named after his grandfather, Col. George McDonald, who also had no middle name.
For the complete McDonald family history, see:
A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey, by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, 2015, imarkbooks.com)
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