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Joseph Anderson McDonald

Birth
Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Jul 1930 (aged 65)
Shadyside, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Joseph A McDonald is considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the Steel industry in Youngstown, OH. Mr. McDonald was the superintendent of the Ohio Works, and later became superintendent of the Cambria Steel Company, in Johnstown, PA.

While in Youngstown, Joseph McDonald was co-founder with his brother Thomas G. McDonald of the minor leage baseball team the "Youngstown Iron Works" which won the premier championship of the Ohio-Pennsylvania league in 1905.

In his eluogy presented by the Reverand Doctor W. E. Hammaker (Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Youngstown, OH), Joseph A McDonald was described thusly:

"...a great industrialist, a civic reformer, and a true philosopher".(1)

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(1) "Funeral Rites Thursday for J. A. McDonald; Word of Death Came at Services for Brother". The Youngstown Telegram, July 16,1930 (Pg 7).
Joseph A McDonald is considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the Steel industry in Youngstown, OH. Mr. McDonald was the superintendent of the Ohio Works, and later became superintendent of the Cambria Steel Company, in Johnstown, PA.

While in Youngstown, Joseph McDonald was co-founder with his brother Thomas G. McDonald of the minor leage baseball team the "Youngstown Iron Works" which won the premier championship of the Ohio-Pennsylvania league in 1905.

In his eluogy presented by the Reverand Doctor W. E. Hammaker (Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Youngstown, OH), Joseph A McDonald was described thusly:

"...a great industrialist, a civic reformer, and a true philosopher".(1)

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(1) "Funeral Rites Thursday for J. A. McDonald; Word of Death Came at Services for Brother". The Youngstown Telegram, July 16,1930 (Pg 7).

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