CONNECTING HARRY COFFEY MCDONOUGH OF UTAHTO THE MCDONOUGHS OF HOLLIDAYSBURG, BLAIR COUNTY

Lynne W. McDonough*

IIarry Coffey McDonough rarely spoke of his past On one occasion, atJL JLthe request of a granddaughter, he dictated a brief autobiography.He said he was orphaned at an early age and raised by his grandparents,Mary Cochran and George McDonough, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania,and that he had been given the middle name of Coffey after a doctor whowas beloved by the family. He claimed he chose 13 February 1861,Groundhog Day,2 as his birthday, because he did not know the actualdate. He said nothing about his parents.3 He gave scant information abouthis migration from Pennsylvania to Utah. It seemed as if when he came toUtah, he stepped through a door and closed it on the past. The objectiveof this research was to open that door to discover his origins.

This timeline was constructed from Harry’s cryptic autobiography:13 Feb. 1861

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arbitrary birth date, chosen by himraised in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvaniagrandmother diedgrandfather diedlived with Traugh family; apprentice in printing businessmoved to Mansfield, Ohio, and worked for a newspaperworked for Valparaiso [Indiana] Messengermoved to Denver, Coloradomoved to Salt Lake City, Utahmarried Isabelle Croft in Salt Lake City

Research for the individuals and locations mentioned in Harry’s autobi¬ography verified most of the information given by Harry. But thatresearch also revealed some surprising exceptions.

18631866

About 1870About 18731877After 18771888

The author is a Family History Consultant in Salt Lake City. Her husband is a great-grandson of Harry Coffey McDonough.

Helen M. Lake, “Short Sketch of the Life of Harry Coffey McDonough,” writtenfrom an interview with Harry Coffey McDonough; copy in possession of author. Helenwas born about 1915, so the interview was probably shortly before his death in 1934.

2 Groundhog Day is actually 2 February. Punxsutawney’s first official trek to Gob¬bler's Knob inJefferson County to see the groundhog was made on 2 February 1887, bywhich time Harry was living in Salt Lake City. Like many others born in the nineteenthcentury, Harry apparently did not know his birthday with any precision and when pres¬sured, simply picked a date, adding the Groundhog Day element in old age.

3 At the time of this research, only grandchildren of Harry were still living. All fourliving grandchildren were interviewed by the author.

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There were two doctors named Coffey in Hollidaysburg in the mid-1800s after whom Harry could have been named. They were father andson— James Coffey, the father, born about 1796, and Harry T. Coffey, theson, born about 1828.4 Harry Coffey was elected as secretary of the BlairCounty Medical Society when it was organized in 1848.5 It would seemthat both Harry’s first and middle names were for the son.

According to Harry, he earned his room and board and learned theprinting and newspaper businesses in Hollidaysburg from a Mr. Traugh.Histories of the Hollidaysburg area proved that there was indeed such aman. He was O. A. Traugh, the owner and editor of the local newspaper,the Democratic Standard.6 Traugh is on the I860 and 1870 censuses inHollidaysburg.7 Harry was not with Traugh nor any other household inHollidaysburg in 1870 because he had already moved on.

The next geographic location given by Harry was Mansfield, Ohio,where he said he moved about 1870 (although according to his narrative,Harry, who said he was born in 1861, would have been only nine at thetime). He was found in 1870 in Upper Sandusky, a neighboring commu¬nity of Mansfield. He was 19, a printer, boarding in the home of PedroCunio, an editor.8 The age, although conflicting with the narrative, fitsmuch better with his apprenticeship and work career. As shown in theGenealogical Summary, his uncle, George McDonough, and his aunt, Mary(McDonough) Strickler, were living in Richland County in 1870.

He said that he worked in Mansfield for a time and then moved on to ajob with the newspaper Valparaiso Messenger. Harry said that he leftIndiana because of the prevalence of malaria in the area and continuedwestward to Denver, Colorado, where he took another newspaper job.

The federal census lists Harry McDonough, residing at 762 HolladayStreet in Denver in 1880, age 30, born in Pennsylvania, working as aprinter. But he was not alone. Also in the household was “wife” Clara, 23,and “daughter” Gertrude, 6, both born in Indiana.9 Harry never men¬tioned a wife or child prior to his marriage in Utah. This required back¬tracking to Indiana.

4 They were in the same household on the 1850 census Games Coffey household,1850 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, page 95. #210/220 [NARAM432, roll 755; FHL #20,605]).

5 George A. Wolf, Blair County’s First Hundred Years (Altoona, Pa.: The MirrorPress, 1945), 21,49.

Wolf, Blair County (note 5), 311.7 O. A. Traugh household, I860 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylva¬

nia, page 266, #1223/1274 (NARA M653, roll 1078; FHL #805,078); O. A. Traugh house¬hold, 1870 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, page 252, #139/140(NARA M593, roU 1309; FHL #295,620).

8 Pedro Cunio household, 1870 U.S. census, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County,Ohio, page 652, #183/183 (NARA M593, roll 1284; FHL #552,783).

9 Harry McDonough household, 1880 U.S. census, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colo¬rado, ED 13, sheet 13, #114/136 (NARA T9, roll 88; FHL #1,254,088).

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Research in Valparaiso found the record of the marriage he had nevermentioned. He married Clara Dougall on 16 October 1872. He was of age,but Clara was not and had to have her mother, Rebecca Dougall, sign aconsent for her to marry.10 In 1870 Rebecca Dougall, 49, was house¬keeper for an elderly couple, Abram and Jane Hicks; [her daughter] Clara,13, is listed with her.11

The only story Harry told about his life in Denver was his bout withsmallpox. He said that smallpox was prevalent, and isolated camps hadbeen formed to which the diseased were sent. He was sent to one ofthose camps and lay near death for days when, according to him, thetouch of some unknown man miraculously healed him. The fate of Claraand Gertrude remains unknown. There was no Harry or Clara or Ger¬trude McDonough in either the 1885 Colorado state census12 or the Den¬ver city directory for 1890.13 Possibly Harry divorced or abandoned them,but it seems more likely they contracted smallpox as well, but did notsurvive. Those who knew Harry believe it most probable they died, andhe preferred not to talk about the tragedy. He was extremely fond of hissecond daughter, Louise, born in Salt Lake City; and when she died at theage of 11, he was inordinately grief stricken. Perhaps his sorrow wasmagnified because of the loss of a second young daughter.

According to Harry, after his recovery from smallpox, he took a job asan advance agent with Frohman’s Theatrical Company. This job took himto Salt Lake City, Utah. There he was informed of the dissolution ofFrohman’s and decided to stay in Salt Lake City, where he found anotherprinting job with a newspaper, married, had three children (only one ofwhom survived to adulthood), and died in 1934.

WHEN WAS HARRY MCDONOUGH BORN?

The information uncovered about Harry’s early life suggests he was bornabout 1851, not 1861. In the recap below, it is clear that sometimebetween 1900 and 1910, Harry— at least in his own mind— got ten yearsyounger. With this revised birthdate, earlier censuses for Hollidaysburgwere examined. Harry McDonough was not found in 1850 or I860, butan interesting possibility was highlighted. In all censuses, Harry said hewas born in Pennsylvania.

10 Marriage Certificate #238, Indiana Circuit Court Marriage Records, Porter County,Indiana, 116. Attached to the certificate was a note written and signed by RebeccaDougall giving consent for her daughter Clara to marry Harry McDonough.

11 Abram Hicks household, 1870 U.S. census, Valparaiso 1st Ward, Porter County,Indiana, page 134, #176/176 (NARA M593, roll 351; FHL #295,462).

12 Colorado State census, 1885 (Ancestry.com) from NARA schedules of the ColoradoState census, 1885 (NARA, Ml58).

13 Denver, Colorado City Directory, 1890 (Ancestry.com) from Denver City Direc¬tory, 1890 (Denver: Ballenger and Richards, 1890).

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■ 1850. Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. George McDonough, 51,shoemaker [apparent wife] Mary, 49, and [apparent children]: George, 22,moulder; Mary, 21;14 Ellen, 18; Hannah, 15; and William, 13, all born in Penn¬sylvania.15

■ I860. Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. George McDonough, 65,shoemaker; [his daughter] Hannah, 25; and Airestam or Anestain16 [male], 10(born about 1850),all born in Pennsylvania.17

■ 1870. Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. Harry McDonough, 19 (bornabout 1851).

■ 1872. Valparaiso, Indiana. Of age when he married.■ 1880. Denver, Colorado. Harry McDonough, 30 (born about 1850), parents

born in “America.”■ 1900. H. C. McDonough, born February 1849, parents’ birth place “Un”

[unknown].18■ 1910. Emerson, Salt Lake County. Harry C. McDonough, 51 (born about 1859),

editor at a newspaper.19■ 1920. not found.■ 1930. Harry C. McDonough[?], 67 (born about 1863), parents born in “United

States.”20■ 1934. Salt Lake City, Utah. Harry’s son Roy provided the information for his

death certificate and cemetery information (see below), giving his birth date as1861, matching Harry’s autobiography.

The responses about his parents’ birth place suggest Harry knew littleor nothing about them. He recounted childhood incidents with both hisgrandparents in his autobiography. On the I860 census, George’s wife,Mary, is not listed. Subsequent research proved that she died in 1858 (seebelow). Since Harry had memories of both of his grandparents, he musthave been born some years before his grandmother’s death.

The child Airestam/Anestain, born about 1850, clearly of an age to be agrandchild of George and Mary, is not found in later records. The possi¬bility that this child was Harry seems likely. The information above madeit possible to amend portions of the timeline:

14 Although Mary could have been the wife of son George, further research showedthat she was a daughter.

15 George McDonough household, 1850 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County,Pennsylvania, page 86 [stamped], #61/70 (NARA M432, roll 755; FHL #20,605).

16 The author believes the faint census entry says Airestam.The editor believes it saysAnestain (or possibly Arestain). Both viewed the NARA microfilm, plus the digitizedimage. In any event, the name does not make sense, and it is clear that the census enu¬merator did not understand the name as stated to him.

17 Geo. McDonough household, I860 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Penn¬sylvania, page 290 [stamped], #1387/1442 (NARA M653, roll 1078; FHL #805,078).

18 H. C. [indexed as D. C. on Ancestry.com] McDonough household, 1900 U.S. census,1st Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, ED 1, page 3A (NARA T623, roll 1684).

19 Harry C. McDonough household, 1910 U.S. census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County,Utah, ED 95, sheet 3A #43/45 (NARA T624, roll 1605).

20 Harry C. McDonough[?] household, 1930 U.S. census, Salt Lake City, Salt LakeCounty, Utah, ED 78, sheet 9A (NARA T626, roll 2420).

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born in Pennsylvania8June 1858 grandmother Mary McDonough died7 February 1865 grandfather George McDonough died1865-691870

1850-51

apprenticed to O. A. Traugh in printing businesslived in Upper Sandusky, Ohio; worked as printer

by October 1872 moved to Valparaiso, Indiana; worked for newspaper16 October 1872 married Clara Dougall in Valparaiso, Indianaabout 1874 daughter Gertrude born in Indiana

lived in Denver, Colorado, with wife and daughter;worked as printer

by 1880

WHO WERE HARRY MCDONOUGH’S PARENTS?

Research to account for all the children of Harry’s grandparents, Georgeand Mary McDonough, still did not identify Harry’s parents. It did accu¬mulate enough information to construct the George McDonough family.George and Mary were married in 1819 in Chambersburg, FranklinCounty, Pennsylvania. Federal censuses located them in Shippensburg,Cumberland County, in 1820;21 Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, in1830;22 and Hollidaysburg, now Blair County (Blair was formed fromHuntingdon in 1846), in 1840,23 1850, and I860. George McDonoughowned no real estate. On the 1846 tax list of Blair County, he wasassessed for 1 cow and 1 occupation but no real estate.24 The 1850 and1860 federal censuses showed him with no real estate and the occupationof shoemaker. A search of Blair County probate records found no estatefor George or Mary.25

There are three possibilities to explain Harry’s “orphan” story:■ Harry’s parents both died when he was very young.■ Harry was the illegitimate child of one of George and Mary’s children.■ Neither of Harry’s parents was a child of George and Mary, but they took him

in and raised him.

21 George McDonnach household, 1820 U.S. census, Shippensburg, CumberlandCounty, Pennsylvania, page 37 (NARA M33, roll 102; FHL #181,407). The householdincluded 2 males 16<26 (George, unknown), 1 female <10 (unidentified), and 1 female16<26 (Mary).

22 Geo. McDonough household, 1830 U.S. census, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County,Pennsylvania, page 93 (NARA Ml9, roll 166; FHL #320,640). The household included 1male <5 (son George), 1 male 5<10 (Samuel), 1 male 30<40 (George), 1 female <5(Mary), 1 female from 5<10 (Elizabeth), and 1 female 20<30 (Mary).

23 George McDonough household, 1840 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, HuntingdonCounty, Pennsylvania, page 221 (NARA M704, roll 462; FHL #20,546). The householdincluded 1 male <5 (William), 1 male 10<15 (son George), 1 male 40 <50 (George), 2females 5<10 (Ellen, Hannah), 1 female 10<15 (Mary), 1 female 15<20 (Elizabeth), and 1female 40<50 (Mary). Son Samuel was not residing with the family on this census.

24 Blair County Tax Records, 1846 (Hollidaysburg: Blair County Genealogical Soci¬ety, 1981), 15.

25 Records searched included Index to Wills and Letters, 1846-1980; Orphans’ CourtEstate Index, 1846-1980; and Orphans’ Court dockets, 1846-1859.

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The Genealogical Summary below is fully compatible with the cen¬suses, indicating that all children have been identified. George and Maryhad daughters born about 1820 (died by 1830), 1822, 1830, 1832, 1835;and sons born about 1824 (died in 1842), 1827, and 1837. Six children ofGeorge and Mary were alive and unmarried about 1850-51 at the time ofHarry’s birth. All six were still living in I860, eliminating the option thatHarry’s parents, one a child of George and Mary, had died after his birth.

If Harry was an illegitimate grandson of George and Mary, who wasmost likely his parent? At the time of Harry’s birth, Elizabeth was marriedand living in Gaysport, Blair County, with a family of her own. In 1850,George, Jr., 22; Mary, 21; Ellen, 18; Hannah, 15; and William, 13, were allstill at home in Hollidaysburg. William was probably too young to beHarry’s father. In light of the I860 census, Hannah seems the most prob¬able. She was about 15 or 16 at the time of Harry’s birth. She was 25 yearsold and still living at home with her father and the boy Airestam/Anestainin I860. She remained single until she married Nicholas Hewit in 1873, atwhich time Hannah was at least 36 years old and her husband was a 63-year-old widower.

There is no information that suggests Harry was adopted from anotherfamily. There are no other McDonoughs in Blair County. It seems unlikelythat a couple in their fifties would take on the responsibility of a smallchild without being closely related. Also, while he disclosed very littleinformation about his history, Harry never deviated from calling Georgeand Mary his grandparents.

It is unclear how much Harry Coffey McDonough did not know, versushow much he intentionally chose to keep secret. Either way, exploringhis roots has helped document the family of George and Mary (Cochran)McDonough of Blair County, Pennsylvania.

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY-GEORGE MCDONOUGH

GEORGE MCDONOUGH was born 18 October 1794 in Pennsylvania (calcu¬lated), and died 7 February 1865 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and wasburied in the Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery.26 He married 7March 1819 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, MARYCOCHRAN,27 who was born 29 April 1798 (calculated) and died 8 June

26 George McDonough tombstone, section A, lot 7, Hollidaysburg PresbyterianCemetery, transcribed and photographed by author, June, 1996; First PresbyterianChurch of Hollidaysburg Records, 1861-1880, Register of Deaths, 126 (original recordsmicrofilmed by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1973; FHL #1,671,234, items4-5); Blair County Genealogical Society, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery; fromTombstone Inscriptions, Cemetery Maps, And Various Records (Altoona: the society,1982), 102.

27 “Baptisms, Marriages, and Sermons performed by D. Denny, Church & CemeteryRecords Collection, Path Valley & Falling Springs Church 1794-1844,” Bureau ofArchives and History, Harrisburg (FHL #,1032,847, item 13).

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1858, age 60 years 1 month 10 days, buried in the Hollidaysburg Presby¬terian Cemetery.28Children of George and Mary (Cochran) McDonough:

i. female, born about 1820 (1820 census); died by 1830.ii. ELIZABETH J. MCDONOUGH, born 21 September 1822 in Chambersburg;

died 30 December 1890 in Hollidaysburg, buried in Hollidaysburg Presby¬terian Cemetery; married 24 December 1844JOSEPH BARR.29Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (McDonough) Barr, all bom in Pennsyl¬vania:30

1. Kessandria/Kasender/Cassandra Barr, born about 1845; marriedAlexander Henderson; in 1890 resided in Springfield, Ohio.

2. James D. Barr, born about 1847; in 1890 resided in Upper Sandusky,Ohio.

3. William M. Barr, born about 1848; in 1890 resided in Patterson, NewJersey.

4. George Y. Barr, born about 1850; in 1890 resided in Altoona, Penn¬sylvania.

5. Ann/Annie Barr, born about 1855; married F. R. Woods; in 1890resided in Roaring Spring, Blair County.

6. Alfred T. Barr, born about 1857; in 1890 resided in Gaysport, BlairCounty.

7. Harry Benton Barr, born about October 1859; in 1890 resided inGaysport.

8. Bertha D. Barr, born about 1864; married Thomas H. Suckling; in1890 resided in Hollidaysburg.

9. Minnie Barr, born about 1866; died young (not with parents in 1880nor mentioned in mother’s obituary).

iii. SAMUEL ALEXANDER MCDONOUGH, born 18 January 1824 probably inChambersburg; died 19January 1842 in Hollidaysburg of smallpox, age 18;buried in the Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery.31

28 Mary McDonough tombstone, section A, lot 7, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Ceme¬tery, transcribed and photographed by author, June, 1996; notice of death, The Holli¬daysburg Register, Volume 22, 16 June 1858, includes age at death; Hollidaysburg Pres¬byterian Cemetery (note 26), 102.

29 Obituary for “Mrs. Elizabeth J., wife of Mr. Joseph Barr,” Elliott Scrapbook, Hoen-stine Collection, Blair County Genealogical Society, Hollidaysburg, 13, identifies Mrs.Hannah Hewit as her sister and gives marriage date; Elizabeth Barr tombstone, sectionA, lot 7, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, transcribed by author, June, 1996; BlairCounty Genealogical Society, McFarland Funeral Home Records in Hollidaysburg, 141.

30 Obituary for “Mrs. Elizabeth J., wife of Mr. Joseph Barr,” (note 29); Jos. [indexed asJas. on Ancestry.com] Barr household, 1850 U.S. census, Gaysport Borough, BlairCounty, Pennsylvania, page 151, #41/45 (NARA M432, roll 755; FHL #20,605); JosephBarr household, I860 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Gaysport Borough, Blair County,Pennsylvania, page 209, #1029/1034 (NARA M653, roll 755; FHL #805,078); JosephBarr household, 1870 U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, page 7[written], #55/55 (NARA M593, roll 1309); Joseph Barr household, 1880 U.S. census,Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, ED 161, page 10B (NARA T9, roll 1103).

31 Samuel McDonough obituary, Democratic Standard and Huntingdon CountyGazette, Hollidaysburg (Friday, 21 January 1842), Volume 2, #4; Samuel McDonoughtombstone, section A, lot 7, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, transcribed and pho-

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iv. GEORGE MCDONOUGH, born 22 September 1827 in Chambersburg; died25 May 1904 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio;32 married 21 June I860 inAltoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, ANN/ANNIE (CLEMENT)JACKSON 33Children of George and Ann/ Annie (Clement) McDonough:34

1. George Q. McDonough, born 27 July 1861 in Altoona; died 23 Sep¬tember 1906 in Wacousta, Clinton County, Michigan.

2. William McDonough, born 22 March 1863 in Altoona.3. Elmer McDonough, born 21 February 1866 in Mansfield, Richmond

County, Ohio; died 14 November 1926 in Toledo.4. David J. McDonough, born 5 February 1868 in Illinois; died 22 May

1946 in Mansfield.5. Myrtle May McDonough, born 29 May 1870 in Mansfield; died

November 1927 in Mansfield.6. Mary Eva McDonough, born 6 Jul 1874 in Mansfield; died 5 Decem¬

ber 1893-7. Ella Daisy McDonough, born 27 March 1879 in Mansfield; died 5

December 1884.v. MARY MCDONOUGH, born 6 October 1830 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon

County; died 8 October 1895 in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, and bur¬ied in Shiloh, Montgomery County, Ohio; married between 1850 (livingwith parents) and 1853 (child born about 1854) PETER G. STRICKLER.35Children of Peter and Mary (McDonough) Strickler.36

1. Mary Ellen/Ella Strickler, born about 1854 in Pennsylvania; died 23December 1914 in Youngstown, Ohio; married 6 January 1874 inRichland County, Ohio,James L. Parker.37

tographed by author,June, 1966; K. T. H. McFarland, Hollidaysburg Records: Marriages,Deaths & Partitions from Weekly Newspapers of Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon/BlairCos., Pa., 1836-1852 (Apollo, Pa.: Closson Press, 1994), 22.

32 George McDonough, Jr., Family Bible; original owned in 2000 by Lloyd L.McDonough. The McDonough Family Bible passed from George, Jr., to his son GeorgeQ. McDonough, to his grandson Harry J. McDonough, to his great grandson Lloyd L.McDonough of Big Rapids, Michigan.

33 George McDonough, Jr., Family Bible (note 32); Hoenstine Library card file (citessource as Altoona Tribune, 28June I860), Blair County Genealogical Society.

3<* George McDonough,Jr., Family Bible (note 32); George Donough household, 1870U.S. census, Mansfield 2nd Ward, Richland County, Ohio, page 28, #197/232 (NARAM593, roll 1261; FHL #552,760); George McDonough household, 1880 U.S. census,Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, ED 221, sheet 36, #329/391 (NARA T9, roll 1062;FHL #448,448).

35 “Death of Mrs. Strickler”, Bucyrus [Ohio] Journal, 11 October 1895: states thatMrs. Henry Benton is her sister; Ella Parker certificate of death (1895, #24665), OhioBureau of Vital Statistics, names her parents as Peter Strickler and Mary McDonough.

3<* Peter Strick [s/c; indexed on Ancestry.com as Struck] household, I860 U.S. census,Hollidaysburgh Boro, Blair County, Pennsylvania, page 298 [stamped], #1448/1506(NARA M653, roll 1078); Peter Strickler household, 1870 U.S. census, Mansfield 4thWard, Richland County, Ohio, page 195, #18/19 (NARA M593, roll 1261; FHL#552,760); P. G. Strickler household, 1880 U.S. census, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio,ED 204, page 26, #70/78 (NARA T9, roll 1061). Oddly, Mary’s parents in 1880 are listedas born in Ireland and Wales, Peter’s occupation isplasterer in all three censuses.

37 “Death of Mrs. Strickler” (note 35); IGI batch M514156, extracted from RichlandCounty, Ohio, Marriages, 1813-1930 (FHL #388,740).

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2. George Strickler, born about 1857 in Pennsylvania; died possibly by1880 (not with parents).

3. Annie M. Strickler, born about 1864 in Pennsylvania.vi. ELLEN MCDONOUGH, born about 1832 in Pennsylvania (1850 census);

married between 1850 (living with parents) and 1858 (child born about1859) HENRY BENTON.38Children of Henry and Ellen ( McDonough) Benton, all bom in Ohio:39

1. Harry Benton, born about 1859.2. Anna/Annie Benton, born about 1861.3. Edward/Eddie Benton, born about 1864.4. Jay Benton, born about 1870.5. Carrie Benton, born about 1873.

vii. HANNAH MCDONOUGH, born about 1835 (1850, I860, 1880 censuses) inPennsylvania; died 14 April 1903 in Hollidaysburg, buried in Hollidays-burg Presbyterian Cemetery;40 married widower NICHOLAS HEWIT;41 whowas born 24 July 1809 and died 19 February 1883; buried in HollidaysburgPresbyterian Cemetery 42

viii. WILLIAM P. MCDONOUGH, born about 1837 (1850 census) in Hollidays¬burg; died 9 February 1863 in Nashville, Tennessee, of wounds from theCivil War, and was buried there;43 married 12 December 1858 in Logans-port, Cass County, Indiana, MARY DAVIS; no issue.44

38 “Death of Mrs. Strickler” (note 35) states that Mrs. Henry Benton is her sister.39 Henry Benton household, 1870 U.S. census, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, page

360, #377/391 (NARA M593, roll 1186; FHL #552,685); Henry Benton household, 1880U.S. census, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, ED 97, sheet 50, #457/497 (NARA T9,1003).

40 McFarland Funeral Home (note 29), 92; Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery(note 26), 67.

41 Obituary for “Mrs. Elizabeth J., wife of Mr. Joseph Barr” (note 29) identifies Mrs.Hannah Hewit as her sister. Nicholas’ first wife, Mary, was born 23 April 1809 and died30 April 1871 (tombstone transcription, Hoenstine Collection, Blair County Genealogi¬cal Society; Blair County Genealogical Society, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery(note 26), 67; Elliott Scrapbook (note 29), 26, 30, 67; Nicholas Hewitt household, 1880U.S. census, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, ED 161, page 7 (NARA T9, roll1103). There is a patron-submitted IGI entry for the marriage 13 March 1873 in Phila¬delphia, which has not been validated, but is consistent with other information (batchM009143; the batch number suggests this is a controlled-extraction, but it is not).

42 Tombstone transcription, index file, Hoenstine Collection (note 41); Hollidays¬burg Presbyterian Cemetery (note 26), 67; Elliott Scrapbook (note 29), 30, 67.

43 William P. McDonough, compiled military record (corporal, Company G, 73rdRegiment, Indiana Volunteers), photocopy in possession of author; Mary McDonough,Declaration for Widow’s Army Pension, file #18425, National Archives Civil War Pen¬sion Applications, photocopy in possession of author.

44 Mary McDonough pension application (note 43), marriage certificate was in file,photocopy in possession of author; Indiana Works Progress Administration, “CassCounty Index— Marriage Records 1850-1920,” 206 (typescript, 1940, compiled fromoriginal records in the Cass County Clerk’s Office; FHL #1,266,730, item 5).

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GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY— HARRY COFFEY MCDONOUGH

HARRY COFFEY MCDONOUGH was born about 1851 in Pennsylvania, hisparents unidentified, probable grandson of George and Mary (Cochran)McDonough. He died on 19 July 1934 while swimming at Saltair Beach inthe Great Salt Lake.45 The county physician explained his death as“probably natural cardiac failure/cerebral hemorrhage with strangulationfrom salt water.”46 He was buried 22 July 1934 in the City Cemetery inSalt Lake City.47 He married first 16 October 1872 CLARA DOUGALL inValparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, with whom he had one daughter. Hemarried second 28 March 1888 in Salt Lake City ISABELLE MARLAHCROFT.48 She died 27 May 1943.*9 They had three children, only one ofwhom survived to adulthood and left descendants.Child of Harry Coffey and Clara (.Dougall) McDonough:

i. GERTRUDE MCDONOUGH, born about 1874 in Indiana (1880 census).

Children of Harry Coffey and Isabelle Mariah (Croft) McDonough, all events SaltLake City:

ii. LAWRENCE MCDONOUGH, born 25 January 1889; died 13 September1902.

iii. ROY LEWIS MCDONOUGH, born 9 September 1892 in Salt Lake City, Utah;died 18 February 1962;51 married 17 December 1914 CAROL FLORENCESMITH.52

iv. LOUISE E, MCDONOUGH, born 23June 1905; died 28 March 1916.53

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45 Harry C. McDonough obituary, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, 21 July1934.

46 Harry Coffey McDonough death certificate (1934, #235), Utah State Board ofHealth File, Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Cemetery Records, 1848-1992” from inscriptions and rec¬ords at the cemetery (Ancestry.com); also Utah State Historical Society, “Utah CemeteryInventory” (Ancestry.com).

Marriage Certificate #348, Probate Court, Salt Lake County, Utah.Isabell Maria McDonough, death certificate 1943, #1081, Utah State Department of

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Health.50 Lawrence McDonough obituary, Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah, 17 Septem¬

ber 1902, page 5; Lawrence C. McDonough death record #7131, “Death Records of SaltLake City, Utah, 1848-Sept. 1950,” page 188(FHL 26,554).

51 Roy Lewis McDonough death certificate (1962, #377), Utah Department of PublicHealth, Salt Lake City.

Marriage license #20829, State of Utah, County of Salt Lake, with certification thatthey were married 17 December 1914 in Salt Lake City by Bishop J. Percy Goddard;photocopy in possession of the author.

Louise Elizabeth McDonough death certificate #L-429, “Death Records of Salt LakeCity, Utah, 1848-Sept. 1950,” page 108 (FHL #26,558).

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