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McDonald & France Family Biography Erwin C. Hargrove, 1996Entry/Object ID
AM2020.1.217Scope and Content
MacDonald & France Family Biography Erwin C. Hargrove, 1996. "The Story of a Family" talk to the Old Oak Club, March 28, 1996 given by Erwin C. Hargrove, great-great grandson of Silas & Sarah Donnell McDonald, and great-grandson of Charles B. & Martha McDonald France.
Hargrove tells the story of the McDonald, Donnell, and France Families from their immigration to the United States and further relocation eventually to Buchanan County, Missouri, St. Joseph, MO and area. The McDonalds were Southerners and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
Silas McDonald was an early doctor, who's descendants continue to practice medicine in St. Joseph down to the early 2000's. C.B. France was a noted banker in St. Joseph.
He includes first person accounts of the following important events in St. Joseph History.
Civil War in Missouri
--Effects on Southern Sympathizers, the jailing of Southern Supporters, implications of not taking the oath of allegiance. Ben Loan as Provost Marshall, Pickets in rural areas
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
--First trains to enter St. Joseph, early trip on this railway.
Western Migration
--Wagon train to Utah by McDonald
--Wagon trains leaving St. Joseph in 1864
--Silver mining in Colorado
Mormon War in Missouri
--Joseph Smith's arrest in Missouri
--Mormon's sympathies in the Civil WarLexicon
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France Family, McDonald Family, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, Mormons in Missouri, Western Migration, Civil War in St. JosephRelationships
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Sarah Donnell McDonaldPerson or Organization
Robert DonnellPerson or Organization
Martha McDonaldPerson or Organization
Martha McDonald FrancePerson or Organization
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Benjamin Loan