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Part 3

DAVID DONNAN

Gallowayshire

Scotland

to Richmond, Va.

1818 - 1932

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A sketch of the First Donnan Family in Virginia

Arranged by:  HENRY QUARLES DONNAN

December 31, 1929


PREFTORY

It is not my intention to write a history of the Donnan family in Scotland, who
can be traced for at least two centuries prior to the beginning of the David
Donnan branch of the family in the United States but rather to make a record of
his descendants who are now widely scattered.

So I start with David Donnan, his parents in Scotland, his brothers, the time
and place of his birth, marriage, the date of his leaving Scotland, giving, as
far as possible, the names of his descendants and their present whereabouts.  He
brought with him letters of introduction to several prominent Petersburg, Va.
gentlemen, which was I think, the direct cause of his settling in that
neighborhood.

As the disposition or trait of an ancestor can often be found in his
descendants, I have embodied under his name and those of his sons, their
characteristics as known to me or through my father, Samuel Christian Donnan,
from certain writings which form part of the data from which this was gathered.

You will note that David Donnan and his family were a devout Christian people,
Several of his sons being for years officers in the Presbyterian Church.  And I
will further state that all records go to show that they were highly respected
as honorable, trustworthy men in the communities of Petersburg and Ricbmond,
Va., where their lives were spent from childhood.  I am writing this that those
who follow may have this record from which they can continue this history.

Although the subject of this writing is to be David Donnan and his descendants
it may be well for me to make the following statement:

John Donnan of Galloway, Scotland, the father of David Donnan, married a widow
Jean Wallace, who at that time was the mother of one son, George Wallace.  This
boy was drowned off the coast of Scotland by the sinking or a vessel when he was
17 yrs of age.  John Donnan and his wife Jean were the parents of four children:
William, John, David and a daughter, Margaret, who, I think, married Patrick
M'Taggart of Wigtonshire, Scotland.  David emigrated to the United Stated in
1818, as recorded later; John emigrated to the United States in 1821, settling
near Petersburg, Va.  Both he and his wife died within a year or two, leaving
six daughters and one son, viz:  Jeannett who married a McDowell.  (Jeannett was
married twice, her first husband was William McDowell and her second husband was
David Sayers of Williamson County, Tenn.  Isabella, who married Samuel Donald,
of Petersburg, Va.  Mary Ann, who married William Stewart Donnan, son of the
above David Donnan.  Jane never married, Elizabeth never married, Maragret never
married.  John married a Miss Boyd.  They had no children.  He died about 1849.
I think all except Mary Ann are buried in Blandford Cemetey, Petersburg, Va; and
she lies in her husband's section in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.  William
who was in Scotland at the time of his brothers emigration, is reported to have
also emigrated later to America, going

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further west; though nothing is known definitely of his further movements.  At
that time there were no railroads, no telegraph, no steamboats, no land
transporation. except by horse, and so families became separated, never, in many
instances, to be reunited.  As a matter of information, it might well be said
that many Donnan anoestors and also Stewarts, are buried in the Kirk yards,
Wigtonshire, Scotland.

DAVID DONNAN, Born May 30, 1778 in Galloway (afterwards divided into Wigtonshire
and Kirkcudbright, Scotland), Died September 8, 1857 in Petersburg, Virginia,
USA Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia

He was the son of John Donnan and Jean Wallace, his wife (who before her
marriage to him was a widow and before her Wallace marriage was Jean McComb, her
grandmother's family being McIlvains.)  At the time of his birth his parents
occupied a farm called "Auchlea" . He had two full brothers, William and John,
and one sister, whose name was Margaret.  See Prologue.

He married Mary Stewart, March 21, 1808, a daughter of William Stewart and Ann
McKland, his wife (whose grandmother's family was Ferguson).  Her parents
occupied a farm called "Borland" in Wigtonshire near the town of Wigton,
Scotland.  About the time of his marriage he and his wife took a farm in
Wigtonshire called "Three Mark"; where six of his children were born, viz.:
Ann, December 18, 1808; Jane, August 5, 1810; David, June 2, 1812, William
Stewart, April 18, 1814; John, March 14, 1816; Alexander, May 21, 1818.

He and his wife with their six children emigrated from Scotland, sailing from
Kirkcudbright on the Brig "Nile", Captain Carson, on August 6, 1818, arriving in
Petersburg, Virginia.  U.S.A., October 8, 1818, having transferred at St.  John
for New York and at New York for Petersburg.  The vessel that brought them from
New York to Petersburg was a schooner named "Petersburg".

(Incident, the Scotch maid who had accompanied them from Scotland, lost heart at
St.  John and returned to Scotland by the same vessel on which she had come.
Second incident, the Schooner Petersburg was lost on her return trip to New York
with all on board.)

Remaining in Petersburg only a few weeks, he took charge of a large estate named
"Mill Quarter" in Amelia County, Virginia, consisting of some three thousand
acres and owned by a Mrs. Tabb; to which estate he moved his family in December
1818.  On this farm three children were born, viz:  Samuel Christian, March 10,
1820; George Wallace, January 20, 1822; James Munroe, May 6, 1824.

Finding the educational facilities in Amelia County poor and having now nine
children whose future must be considered, he moved to Petersburg, Virginia in
December 1825, entering the business world there as a merchant; at first renting
but soon building both his residence and store.  He continued uninterruptedly in
business until his death.

In Petersburg, Virginia, three more children were born, viz:  Robert Cummings
September 19, 1826; Peter, October 10, 1829; Andrew, October 10, 1829; the last
two being twins, and Andrew dying an infant, April 7, 1830.

A man of robust and powerful physique; height five feet, ten inches; weight one
hundred and seventy five pounds, gray eyes, sandy hair, Grecian nose and florid
complexion.  He was fond of literature, particularly Scotch authors.  Both he
and his wife were Christians, being Presbyterians, of the old type and
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of tho Scotch "Covenanters" who were so cruelly treated under Kings Charles 1st
and 2nd.  Coming fron a race of purest Anglo-Saxon blood, from a land whose men
and women had always been noted for faithfulness and bravery, a land of
vividness and of tragedy, of heroisms, and of song, of snow clad hills and rocky
coasts, the solemnity of whose silences entered the hearts of its people,
bringing them closer to their God.  And so he could hardly have been other than
he was, a brave, fearless man, stern but quiet of manner, sincerely religious
and faithful to every trust.

MARY STEWART DONNAN, Born, April 4, 1787 in Wigtonshire, Scotland, Died, March
1, 1850 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA.  Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg,
Va.

She was the daughter of William Stewart and his wife, whose maiden name was Ann
McKland and her grandmother's name Ferguson.  At the time of her birth her
parents occupied the farm called "Borland".  She married David Donnan of
Wigtonshire Scotland on March 21, 1808.  Six children were born to them in
Scotland.  She, her husband and six children emigrated from Scotland, arrived
October 8, 1818 in Virginia where six more children were born.

She left in Scotland two full brothers:  the Reverend William Stewart, a
Presbyterian minister, who had been educated at the University of Edinburgh, and
Alexander Stewart, a farmer, and also a sister, Margaret; the brothers, strange
to relate, dying at the same age, twenty-eight years, the sister dying young.
None of the three were married.  Her father, William Stewart, now being a
widower, and although of an advanced age, married again, and by this last
marriage he was the father of three children; John Stewart, who lived to
maturity; the other son was killed by an accident; and the daughter marrying a
Mr. McConochie.

She was a woman of medium height, weighing about 130 pounds, with a profusion of
long dark hair, blue eyes, straight nose and of mild appearance.  She was a
member of Tabb Street Presbyteriian Church, Petersburg, Va., and, as noted
previously in the history of David Donnan, was directly descended from those
known in Scotland as "Covenanters".  She loved the Scriptures, her favorite
being the Psalms, and she had all the qualities which adorn a beautiful
Christian character.  She was an exceptionally loving and tender mother, always
ready to console and sympathize with the troubles and ills of her children.

There follows a list of the DESCENDANTS of DAVID D0NNAN

ANN DONNAN, Born, December 18, 1808 in Wigtonshire, Scotland, Died, March 26,
1893 in Petersburg, Virginia, Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, ,Va.

She was a daughter of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their first
child, brought to Virginia by her parents with their other children from
Scotland. arriving October 8, 1818.  As described by the writer's father, she
was

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as a girl quite pretty, with blue eyes, light hair, regular features and a
little below medium height.  She was also of a lovable disposition, sympathetic
in her attentions to her brothers, full of fun and gaiety.  Her young life was
largely given up to helping her mother in the management of a household of
several children.  From early girlhood she was a member of Tabb Street
Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Virginia.  She never married.

JANE DONNAN, Born, August 3, 1810 in Wigtonshire, Scotland.  Died, May 26. 1896
in Petersburg, Va., Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg

She was a daughter or David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their
second child, brought to Virginia by her parents with their other children from
Scotland.  She married James Knox. a railroad contractor, February 4, l836.  Mr.
Knox died April 12, 1872 aged 79 years and was buiried in David Donnan's section
in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.  They had no children.

She was a member of Tabb Street Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Va. from early
girlhood.  She was noted for her kindness, generosity, amiability and untiring
industry.

DAVID DONNAN, JR., Born, June 2, 1812 in Wigtonshire, Scotland.  Died:  February
27, 1863 in Petersburg, Va.  Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg Va

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their third
child, and brought to Virginia by his parents with their other children from
Scotland.  He married Emily P. Fogarth, January 14, 1841, who died July 6, 1870.
They had no children.

He was a successful merchant of Petersburg for many years and on retiring from
active mercantile life, was offered and accepted the cashiership of the Exchange
Bank, the largest bank in Petersburg.  He was also an elder in Tabb Street
Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Virginia.  A man of exemplary habits, of the
finest character and highly respected by the whole community.

WILLLIAM STEWART DONNAN, Born, April 18. 1814 in Wigtonshire, Scotland.  Died,
December 30, 1886 in Richmond, Va., Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Va.

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their fourth
child.  He was brought to Virginia by his parents with their other children from
Scotland.  He married Miss Ann Donnan, a daughter of John Donnan, who had
arrived in Virginia from Scoland in 1821 and who was a brother of David Donnan.
(See prefatory) William Stewart Donnan and Mary Ann Donnan, his wife, were the
parents of six children, three girls and three boys, viz.  Elizabeth Stewart
Donnan their first child, was born July 9, 1844 and died June 29, 1916.  She
married Albert A. Wilson of Richmond, Va, and they were the parents of two
children, a girl and a boy, both dying in childhood, unmarried.  David Donnan,
the second child of William Stewart Donnan was born in Richmond, Va.  August 15,
1846 and died April 27 1870, a bachelor, having been killed, together with the
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collapse of the floor in the Capitol Building in Richmond, Va., where a great
crowd had gathered to hear some distinguished speakers.  He was a most promising
young man of splendid oharacter.  William Stewart Donnan, Jr., the third child
of William Stewart Donnan, was born in Richmond, Va., October 19, 1848 and
married Miss Mary Currie Allen, a daughter of Captain George W. Allen of
Richmond, on May 25, 1875 and who are the parents of one child, a daughter, Mary
Currie Donnan, who was born Sept. 14, 1876 in Richmond, Va. and who married
Archibald J. Battle, a manufacturer, of Richmond, Va. on November 1, 1904 and
she died June 10, 1926.  They are the parents of two daughters, Mary Currie
Battle who was born January 23, 1908 and Virginia Guild Battle who was born July
11, 1912.  William Stewart Donnan, Jr. who since the death of his father, has
dropped the Junior is an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va.
and is President of the W.S.Donnan Hardware Co.  Inc., a continuous business
successor to the business established by his father in 1840.

Ann Melville Donnan, the fourth child of William Stewart Donnan, was born in
Richmond June 7, 1851 and married Fletcher M. Conner, a prominent lawyer of
Richmond, Va., October 7, 1875 and they are the parents of four children, two
girls and two boys, viz.; Annie M. Conner who was born December 1, l876,
Elizabeth Stewart Conner who was born November 13, 1878; Frank Maxwell Conner
who was born July 31, 1881, and who married Miss Kathryn Detweiler of R.F.D. 3
Richmond, Va., and they are the parents of four children:  Kathryn Stewart
Conner, born February 1, 1915; Frank Maxwell Conner, Jr., a twin, born November
25, 1918; Edward Detweiler Conner a twin, born November 25, l9l8 and died May
18, 1927; William Stewart Conner, born August 25, 1925.  William Stewart Conner,
the fourth child of Ann Melville Donnan Conner, was born June 23, 1888 and died
November 19, 1912.  He had married Miss Eula Davis of Richmond, Va., but they
had no children.  Ellen Donnan, the fifth child of William Stewart Donnan was
born March 1, 1854, but died at the age of thirteen months John Donnan, the
sixth child of Williain Stewart Donnan, was born February 9. 1857 in Richmond,
Va. and married Miss Lizzie Glenn Hunt, a daughter of Eustis Hunt of Milton,
N.C., on December 15, 1886.  She died May 21, 1919.  They have no children.  He
is the First Vice President of the W.S.Donnan Hardware Co., Inc., Richmond, Va.
and is also Secretary of the Southern Hardware Jobbers Assn. with headquarters
in Richmond, Va.

The subject of this history, William Stewart Donnan, entered business on his own
account, as near as the writer can determine, in the year 1840, under the firm
name of W.S.  & John Donnan (John Donnan being a cousin), as dealers in hardware
in Richmond.  In 1849 the firm of W.S.  & G.W.Donnan (G.W.  Donnan being his
brother) was formed, which continued until the death of G.W.Donnan in 1861.
From this time the business was continued by W.S.Donnan until his death in 1886,
then by his sons and relatives and at this writing (Dec. 31, 1928) is known as
the W.S.Donnan Hardware Co., Inc., of which his son, W.S.Donnan is President,
his son John Donnan is First Vice President, his grandson, F. Maxwell Conner is
Second Vice President, and his nephew S.C.Donnan, Jr., is Secretary/Treasurer.
He was a man of wonderful vitality and energy, an earnest, able, pious man, of
high character and intelligence, holding the regard and respect of all with whom
he was brought in contact.  From early manhood he was a member of the
Presbyterian Church, for many years being an Elder in the First Presbyterian
Church in Richmond.  At the time of the Civil War of 1861-1865, he was some
years above the acceptable age for active military service, but was as assigned
by the Confederate Government to the branch of the service used in the defenses
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JOHN DONNAN, Born, March l4, 1816 in Wigtonshire, Scotland.  Died, April 26,
1894 while on a visit to Nashville, Tenn., Buried in Blandford Cemetery,
Petersburg, Virginia

He was the son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their fifth
child and was brought to Virginia by his parents from Scotland with their other
children, arriving October 8, 1818 He was married twice, his first wife being
Miss Ann Williams Brownley, whom he married about 1840.  By this marriage there
were ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz:  WILLIAM BROWNLY DONNAN,
his first child, was born in Petersburg, Va., June 3, 1841 and died in
Petersburg, Va.  October 24th, 1872 and is buried in Blandford Cemetery,
Petersburg, Va.  He married Miss Fannie Hall, but they had no children.

ANDREW STEWART DONNAN, the second child of John Donnan, was born in Petersburg
Va., July 29, 1843 and died October 13, 1891 and supposed to be buried in the
Nyack NY Rural Cemetery, of which there are no available records.  Andrew Sewart
Donnan was married twice.  By his second marriage it is thought there were no
children and the name of that wife unobtainable.  His first wife was Miss
Georgia Worthington, of Austin, Texas.  By this marriage there was one child, a
son, Andrew Stewart Donnan, Jr., who was born in Austin, Texas, Nov. 12, 1871
and who died in Brownsville Texas, Oct. 28, 1920 and is buried there.  Andrew
Stewart Donnan, Jr., was married twice, his first wife being Miss Georgia
Coggins, a daughter of Harry Coggins of Washington, D.C.  By this marriage there
was one child, a daughter, Dorothea Worthington Donnan, born in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 17, 1893 and who married Peter DeKay Dusinberre of Washington, D.C. on Jan.
30, 1922 and they have two boys, Peter DeKay Dusinberre, Jr., who was born May
2, 1923 in Washington, D.C. and John Worthington Dusinberre, born in Washington,
D.C., March 11, 1927.

The second marriage of Andrew Stewart Donnan, Jr., was to Miss Katherine Hack a
daughter of John J. Hack, which took place in Lynn, Mass. on Nov. 12, 1900, and
they were the parents of four children, three daughters and one son, viz.:
Helen Katherine Donnan, born August 10, 1901, in Fort Banks, Winthrop, Mass. and
who married William John Nolan on September 16, 1920 in Brownsville, Texas, and
they are the parents of one child, a son, William John Nolan, Jr., who was born
Nov. 5, 1922 in Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas.  Harriette Stuart Donnan, the
second child of Andrew Stewart Donnan, Jr., was born March 21, 1903 in
Brownsville, Texas and married Julius Tucker Jefferds, of Brownsville, Texas on
Sept. 11, 1920.  Elizabeth Worthington Donnan, the third child was born in Fort
Robinson, Nebraska on Feb. 9, 1909 and married Elbert Manning Browne, now of New
York, NY on Dec. 29, 1925, and they have two children, daughters, Dorothy
Elizabeth Browne, born Nov. 27, 1926 and Jeanne Stuart Browne, born March 29,
1929.  Andrew Stuart Donnan the fourth child of Andrew Stewart Donnan Jr., was
born in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 1912 and at this writing is a student
living with his mother in that city.  Andrew Stewart Donnan, Jr. was enrolled
May 3, 1898 in Company C, 5th Maryland Infantry, War with Spain.  He was
mustered in May 14, 1898 in that organization at Pimlico, Maryland and was
mustered out and honorably discharged from the service with that company on
October 22, 1898 at Baltimore, Md. As a matter of interest for his descendents
he was at that time about 26 years of age, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion light, eyes
grey, hair, bald.

MARY ELIZABETH DONNAN, the third child of John Donnan, was born in Petersburg,
Va.  June 5, 1845 and died in Richmond.  Va. on June 6, 1923 and was buried in
Hollywood Cemetery of that city.  She had married Nathaniel M. Wilson of
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sucessful leaf tobacco dealer and they were the parents oŁ six children, viz.:
Mary Friend Wilison who was born in Richmond, and who married Aubyn Taylor of
Amelia County Virginia, and they are the parent of one son James Aubyn Taylor,
born in Amelia County and is living there, Alice Donnan Willson, born in
Richmond, Va. and married Mordecai Gayle of Newport News, Va.  By this marriage
there were the following children, viz::  Mordecai Waller Gayle, born Dec. 31,
1889 now of Hilton Village, Warwick County, Va. and he married Virginia Todd
Hamilton, Feb. 14, 1917 and they have one son Mordecai Waller Gayle, Jr., Mary
Donnan Gayle, born Nov. 7, 1891 and married Judd Aldrich Monroe on Sept. 10,
1919, They have two children; Alice Gayle Monroe, born August 4, 1921 and Jane
Rust Monroe, born Jan. 12, 1924 and are living in Hampton, Va.  Virginia
Broaddus Gayle, born Dec. 14, 1895 and died August 15, 1898.  Helen Randolph
Gayle, born Feb. 8, 1898.  She married Thomas C. Williams, Oct. 28, 1922 and are
now living in Fayetteville, NC. and are the parents of the following chi1dren:
Helen Randolph Williams, born Nov. 11, 1923; Leonora Alice Williams born Sept.
15, 1925; Thomas C. Williams, Jr., born Oct. 20, 1928.  Alice Willson Gayle,
born Sept. 21, l900.  She married Kent Buell Johnson, June 11, 1925 and are now
living in Danville, Virginia.  James DeJarnette Gayle was born Jan.22, 1904 and
married Dorothy Askew Nov. 13, 1926 and they are now living in Albany, NY

Helen Randolph Wilison, forth child of Mary Elizabeth Donnan Willson, was born
in Richmond, Va. and married Preston LeRoy Roper, a successful exporter of
tobacco of Petersburg, Va. and they are the parents of three children, viz.:
Mary Roper who was born in Petersburg and who married Dr.  Frederick C.
Schreiber of Washington.  D.C. and who have one child, Mary Christian Schreiber.
Leonora Randolph Roper, who was born in Petersburg, Va. and married John Leonard
McIlwaine of Petersburg and they have two children, Helen Randolph McIlwaine and
Peston LeRoy McIlwaine.

Willson Bartlett Roper, the third child of Helen Randolph Willson Roper was born
in Petersburg, Va.  Jan 30, 1897 and married Hontas Strachan Walke on June 5,
1926.  They are parents of a son Willson Bartlett Roper Jr., born July 29, 1929
in Petersburg, Va.  He served in the World War of 1917 in the Merchants Marine
Transport Service of the United States between the U.S. and France.

Annie Willson, fifth child of Mary Elizabeth Donnan Willson, was born in
Richmond, Va. and married Capt.  George Mallison, U.S.Navy, Retired, of Newport
News, Va. and they are the parents of one child Mary Ann Mallison.

John Donnan Willson, sixth child of Mary Elizabeth Donnan Willson, was born in
Richmond, Va. and is now living there.  Nathaniel Willson, the third child of
Mary Elizabeth Donnan Willson was born in Richmond and died there, a bachelor.

Mary Elizabeth Donnan Willson died in Newport News, Va.  July 16, 1923 and was
buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.  The Bureau of Vital Statistics,
State Board of Health, Richmond, Va. gives her father's name as John Knox
Donnan.  This is an error; her father was John Donnan of Petersburg, Va.

JOHN KNOX DONNAN, the fourth child of John Donnan, was born in Petersburg, Va.
June 20, 1848 and married Miss Jennie Johnson of Austin, Texas and is at this
date living there and they were the parents of five children; viz.; Lilla
Johnson Donnan, Nellie W. Donnan Test, John Knox Donnan, Jr., who was born in
Austin, Texas Sept 30. 1893.  He was in the World War of 1917, enlisting in
Headquarters Co.  Capt.  Jack Finlater, 142nd NY Reg.  Col.  Bloor, 36th Div.
Lilla Johnson Donnan was married in Austin, Texas Nov. 1, 1913 to Herbert Hall
Shapard.  Helen C. Donnan who died in December 1899; Nannie Bell Donnan who died
April 1898.

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HELEN McGREGOR DONNAN;. the fifth child of John Donnan, was born in Petersburg
Virginia, Nov.25, 1849, never married and in 1iving in the family of her
deceased niece, Helen McG. Robinson Sinclair in Washington, D.C.

LENNOX DONNAN, the sixth child of John Donnan, was born in May 1851, dying the
same year.

MARION LOUISE DONNAN, the seventh child of John Donnan, was born April 9, 1852
and died September 6, 1852.

ANN WILLIAMS DONNAN, the eighth child of John Donnan, was born July 18, 1853 in
Petersburg, Va. and died in Petersburg, December 6, 1886 and is buried in
Blanford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va. as Nannie W. Robinson.  She married Dr.  C.
V. Robinson of Petersburg and Chesterfield County, Va. and they were the parents
of two children:  Helen McG. Robinson, who was born November 25, 1880 and died
in Washlngton D.C.  April 13, 1920 and was buried in Blandford Cemetery,
Petersburg.  She had married George A. Sinclair and by that marriage there were
four children, viz.:  V. R. Sinclair, born May 22, 1899 and now a Lieutenant in
the U. S. Navy.  He married Dorothea Stephens, a daughter of Francis H. Stephens
of Washingtcn, D.C. and have one son, Valvin R. Sinclair, Jr., born March 29,
1929 in Manilla, P.I., George Angus Sinclair, the second son of Helen McG.
Robinson Sinclair was born April 26 1901 and now a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.
He married Gladys Margaret Gunter June 1, 1929, a daughter of George Preston
Gunter of New York, NY.  Helen McGregor Sinclair, the third child of Helen McG.
Robinson Sinclair, was born October 2, 1903 and is now living in Washington.  A
fourth child was born to Helen McG. Robinson Sinclair in Asheville, NC but only
lived a few days.  The second child of Ann Williams Donnan Robinson, C. Valvin
Robinson, was born in Petersburg, Va.  October 5, 1882 and married Ellen Augusta
Owens, a daughter of Harry H. Owens of Richmond, Va., and they are the parents
of one child, a daughter Emiy Owens Robinson, born in Richmond, December 13,
1915.

CUSHING STETSON DONNAN, the ninth child of John Donnan was born in Petersburg.
Va.  October 9, 1855 and died in Bayonne, NJ. on August 25, 1891 and was buried
in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.  He married Albina Tay of Malden, Mass, a
daughter of Francis J. Tay, of Concord, N.H.  They were the parents of four
ohildren viz:  Gordon Stetson Donnan of Wollaston, Mass., who was born December
23, 1882 and who married Anne Allander of Boston, Mass. and she died in 1914,
leaving a son, Gordon Stewart Donnan, who was born Sepember 8, 1912.  Gordon
Stetson Donnan was married a second time to Christine A. Smith of Erving, Mass.,
but by this second marriage there have been no children.  The second child of
Cushing Stetson Donnan by his first marriage was Earl Stewart Donnan, born in
1884 and died a bachelor in 1902.  The third child of Cushing Stetson Donnan by
his first marriage was John K. Donnan who as born in 1886 and who died in 1892.
The fourth child of Cushing Stetson Donnan by his first marriage was born in
1886 and died in 1890.

ALICE MILLER DONNAN, the tenth child of John Donnan was born December 5, 1857
and died July 1, 1864.

The second marriage of John Donnan was to Miss Sallie Ward Branch in December
1861, a daughter of William B. Branch of Nashville, Tenn.  By this second
marriage there were three sons, DAVID HOWARD DONNAN, born in Petersburg, Va.
August 2, 1863 who married Miss Bessie Jackson, a daughter of George M. Jackson
of Nashville, Tenn.  They are living in New York, NY. and have no children.

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BURTON HARRISON DONNAN, the second child by the second marriage of John Donnan
was born in Petersburg, Va.  April 16, 1865.  He married Miss Maud Jackson
daughter of George M. Jackson, of Nashville, Tenn.  By this marriage there were
three chi1dren.  Burton Jackson Donnan, born August 17, 1896 in Nashville, Tenn.
and now living there.  In 1917 when the United States entered the World War he
was assigned to 302nd Engineers Corp., Capt.  W.M.Perry, 77th Division at Camp
Upton, NY.  He married Miss Helen Gertrude Sullivan, of Chicago, Ill., who died
July 20, 1925.  They were the parents of the following children.  June Rita
Donnan, born Feb. 23, 1920; Burton Richard Donnan, born Oct. 10, 1921.  The
second son of Burton Harrison Donnan, John Reeves Donnan, was born in Nashville,
Tenn., Oct. 6, 1898 and died in Nashville, August 2, 1914 a bachelor.  His third
son, George Howard Donnan, was born in Nashville, Tenn. on January 10, 1900 and
is now living in Nashville, Tenn., a bachelor.

MAXWELL KEVAN DONNAN, the third child of John Donnan by his second marriage was
born in Petersburg, Va., July 16, 1868, died in Petersburg, Sept. 3, 1926 and is
buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.  He married Miss Susie Tuggle of
Blackstone, Va.  By this marriage there was one child, a daughter, Sallie Branch
Donnan born in Petersburg, Va.  April 16, 1898.  He was a Christian gentleman,
an officer in Tabb St.  Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Va. and had the
confidence and affection of the whole community.

The subject of the foregoing story, John Donnan, was a man of about five feet
ten to eleven inches tall, weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds, broad
shoulders, splendid chest development and of really wonderful physical strength.
He had blue eyes, light brown hair, high forehead and regular features.  He was.
energetic and industrious to an extreme.  He began business on his own account
about 1840, the firm being David and John Donnan, doing a wholesale grocery
business in connection with a commission business in cotton and tobacco.  He
continued in business practically until his death, his last firm being Donnans
and Johnson, composed of himself, his brother, Samuel C. Donnan and Major J.
Arthur Johnson.  During the Civil War of 1861-1865, being beyond military age
for active service, he was a part of the Confederate Army as a Lieutenant in
Captain Wolff's Home Mlilitary Company, doing service on the military lines
around and in defense of Petersburg, Va.  From early manhood he was a member of
Tabb St.  Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Va. and for many years he was an
Elder in that church.  He was highly regarded, trusted and respected by all who
knew him in the city where he spent almost his entire life.  He was a Christian,
dying in the full faith of his Redeemer.

ALEXANDER DONNAN, Born, May 21, 1818 Wigtonshire, Scotland.  Died, March 14,
1892 in Petersburg, Va.  Buried:  Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their sixth child
and brought to Virginia by his parents with their other children from Scotland,
arriving in Virginia October 8, 1818.  He married Miss Anna Eliza Willson, a,
daughter of Daniel and Harriet Allan Wilson and a sister of William D. Willson a
druggist of Petersburg, Va.  She was born in 1827 and died Oct. 19, 1912.  By
this marriage there were nine children, three daughters and six sons, viz.:
Mary Stewart Donnan, their first child, born in Petersburg, Va.  Sept. 19, 1851
and died in Petersburg, April 10, 1877.  She had married Alexander Hamilton, a
very prominent lawyer of Petersburg and they were the parents of two children, a
daughter and a son, viz.:  Mary Stewart Hamilton who died in infancy, and
Alexander Donnan Hamilton

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who was born in Petersburg, Va.  April 9, 1877 and who graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute, then taking law, and is now a lawyer of the highest
standing in Petersburg, Va., prominent in Banking Financial circles and an Elder
in Tabb Sreet Presbyterian Church and who married Miss Cornelia Collins Cocke,
April 9, 1902, a daughter of John J. Cocke, a lawyer of Petersburg and Prince
George County, Va.  By their marriage there are five children, three daughters
and two sons viz.:  Sarah Atwater Hamilton, a twin, born June 28, 1904 and who
married James Dunn Mason Jr., April 9, 1924 and they are the parents of two
children, James Dunn Mason, Jr. born January 30, 1925 and Alexander Hamilton
Mason, born October 10, 1926.  The second child of Alexander Donnan Hamilton,
Mary Stewart Hamilton, a twin, born June 26, 1904 and who married Edward T.
Smith, of Petersburg, Va.  August 23, 1924 and they are the parents of two
children, Cornelia Cocke Smith, who was born March 25, 1926, and Claudia Tillar
Smith, who was born February 4. 1928.  Alexander Hamilton, the third child of
Alexander Donnan Hamilton, was born August 12, 1906 and was educated at the
University of Virginia and now a promising young lawyer of Petersburg, Va.
Virginia Willson Hamilton, the fourth child of Alexander Donnan Hamilton was
born October 16, 1912 in Petersburg, Va.  Herbert Cocke Hamilton, fifth child of
Alexander Donnan Hamilton, was born November 1, 1914 in Petersburg, Va.

Allan Edloe Donnan, the second child of Alexander Donnan, was born in
Petersburg, Va.  March 6, 1853 and died in Richmond, Va., August 21, 1923 and
was buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.  He had been married twice,
his first wife being Miss Nannie Pace, a daughter of James B. Pace of Richmond,
Va. and she died a few months after her marriage and was buried in Richmond,
Va., leaving no children.  His second marriage was to Miss Edith Elwood Talmage
on March 25, 1887, a daughter of the Rev.  Dr.  T. DeWitt Talmage of New York,
NY. and they are the parents of five children, two girls and three boys, viz.:
Allen Edloe Donnan, Jr. who was born Feb. 5, 1888 and who married Miss Nora
Douglas Randolph of Richmond, Va. and who are the parents of four children,
viz.:  Douglas, a twin, born Feb. 23, 1919; Edloe a twin, born Feb. 23, 1919;
Clealand, born May 5, 1922; Edith, born April 20, 1924.  Allan Edloe Donnan,
Jr., is a successful merchant of Richmond.  DeWitt Talmage Donnan the second
child of Allan Edloe Donnan was born Aug. 4, 1889 and is a bachelor living in
Richmond.  Edith Talmage Donnan the third child of Allan Edloe Donnan, was born
October 16, 1891 and she married Angus W. Clarke, of Utica, NY and they are the
parents of three children, Angus Clarke, Edith Donnan Clarke, Lucy Donnan
Clarke.

Alexander Donnan, the fourth child of Allan Edloe Donnan was born April 18, 1893
He served in the United States Army as a second lieutenant; of Field Artillery,
American Expeditionary Forces in France during the World War which commenced in
1917 and he is now connected with the Liberty National Bank and Trust Co., New
York, NY. and is a bachelor.  Virginia Willson Donnan, the fifth child of Allan
Edloe Donnan was born May 23, 1903 and was married Nov. 24, 1928 to James A.
Sloan of Richmond, Va.  Alexander Donnan, Jr. the third child of Alexander
Donnan was born May 12, 1855 in Petersburg, Va. and died in Petersburg, Va.  May
1, 1918, a bachelor.

William Wilison Donnan, the fourth child of Alexander Donnan was born March 6,
1857 in Petersburg, Va. and died in Petersburg, Va.  March 21, 1922 a bachelor.

Richard Thomas Donnan the fifth child of Alexander Donnan was born in
Petersburg, Va.  July 14, 1858 and diod in Petersburg, Va.  June 1, 1865.

Harris Tinker Donnan the sixth child of Alexander Donnan was born in Petersburg,
Va.  May 7, 1860 and died in Petersburg, Va.  July 21, 1925.  He had married
Miss Juliet Powers on November 23, 1892, a daughter of Robert W. Powers and
Juliet Carlton Powers, his wife, of Richmond, Va.  Harris Tinker Donnan and his
wife, were

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the parents of seven children, viz.:.  Juliet Carlton Donnan, a twin who was
born February 1, 1894; Anna E. Donnan, a twin, born February 1, 1894 and who
died in infancy:  Lena May Donnan, their third child was born July 3, 1895;
Roberta Powers Donnan, their fourth child was born October 16, 1897 and she
married Bernard Gould of Petersburg, Va. on November 17, 1926 and they have one
child, a daughter, Robert Donnan Gould who was born in Petersburg, Va.  August
29, 1928; Mary Stewart Donnan their fifth child, was born February 18, 1900;
Harris, their sixth child, was born June 12, 1904 and died June 24, 1905;
Pauline Powers Donnan, their seventh child was born July 25, 1905.

At the time of the death of Harris Tinker Donnan he was a Deacon in Tabb Street
Presbyterian Church and during his life had been prominent in Petersburg
business affairs and had served that city as a Councilman.

Etta Edloe Donnan, the seventh child of Alexander Donnan, was born in
Petersburg, Va.  October 30, 1861, and on October 30, 1885 she married Judge
William Hodges Mann of Nottaway Connty and Petersburg, Va. and he was Governor
of the State of Virginia from 1910 to 1914 and was an Elder in Tabb Street
Presbyterian Church.  He died December 12, 1927 and is buried in Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.  My limited space curtails a tribute I would pay Judge
William Hodges Mann but I will state he was a man of the highest character,
generous in thought and deed, of the purest Christian endeavor, and dying as he
had lived, in sublime faith in Jesus Christ.  They were the parents of two
children, boys, viz.:  Stewart Donnan Mann, born October 19, 1886 and died
October 17, 1889; William Hodges Mann, Jr., their second son, was born August
11, 1890 and married Miss Olive Wilkins, a daughter of John Wilkins of
Petersburg, Va. and is now a lawyer of Petersburg, Va. and a Deacon of Tabb
Street Presbyterian Church in that city.

David May Donnan, the eighth child of Alexander Donnan, was born July 18, l865
and died in Petersburg, Va.  July 17, 1866.

Lena May Donnan the ninth child of Alexander Donnan was born August 19, 1867 and
died in Petersburg, Va.  August 2, 1921.  She had married Patrick Hamilton of
Petersburg, Va. a younger brother of Alexander Hamilton, who had married her
sister Mary Stewart Donnan.  They had no children.

The subject of this story, Alexander Donnan, was a remarkable man in many
particulars.  He was probably the most sought after lawyer in Petersburg for
many years, those seeking his professional services not only having confidence
in his honesty, but in his wonderful perseverance, activity, and ability to
carry through all matters of a legal nature entrusted to him.  It was said of
him that during the active periods of his life, he handled more Estates than all
the other members of the legal bar combined.  He first read law under Mr. David
May, an eminent lawyer of Petersburg After a short course of law at the
University of Virginia, he began the practice of law in Petersburg, associating
himself as a partner with Judge William T. Joynes, a distinguished lawyer of
that city.  Subsequently he formed a partnership with his brother, James M.
Donnan and in 1874 the partnership of Donnan and Hamilton was formed, composed
of himself and his son in law, Alexander Hamilton, which partnership remained in
force to the date of his death, which occurred March 14, 1892.  He was the
active head and Vice President of the Petersburg Savings and Insurance Co., the
largest banking institution there at that time.  From early manhood he was a
member of Tabb Street Presbyterian Church and for many years an Elder of that
church.  He was an upright, intelligent, worthy man of whom any city would be
proud.

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SAMUEL CHRISTIAN DONNAN, Born, March 10, 1820 in Amelia County, Virginia Died,
August 19, 1905 in Petersburg; Va.  Buried Blandford cemetery, Petersburg, Va.

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their seventh
child.  He married on March 24, 1859, Miss Sarah Ann Quarles, the eldest
daughter of Colonel Henry W. Quarles and Susan Purdy Thompson, his wife, both of
Richmond, Va.  She was born in Richmond, Va.  March 8, 1840 and died in
Petersburg December 28, 1905.  They were the parents of five children, two boys
and three girls, viz.:

Henry Quarles Donnan, the first child of Samuel C. Donnan, was born February 9,
1861 in Richmond, Va. and is a Presbyterian by baptism and attendance, although
not an actual member of any particular church.  He is engaged at this writing in
the Investment Banking business in Norfolk, Va. and a bachelor.  (Note.  Died
January 15, 1933).

Jessie Knox Donnan, the second child of Samuel C. Donnan, was born in Richmond
February 9, 1863.  Died in Petersburg, Va.  September 9, 1929 and buried in
Blandford Cemetery.  From early girlhood a member of Tabb St.  Presbyterian
Church and of the Ladies Working Aid Society of that church.  She never married.

Lily Oakley Donnan, the third child of Samuel C. Donnan, was born in Richmond
Virginia August 29, 1866 end died in Petersburg April 27, 1926, buried in
Blandford Cemetery.  She married Robert M. Edwards of Southampton County, Va.
They had no children.  From girlhood she was a member of Tabb St.  Presbyterian
Church, a consistent member and worker in its ladies Aid society, and for years
a teacher in its Sunday School.  A tender, beautiful Christian character, living
in the simple faith of her forefathers, and loved and esteemed by her
associates, and dying in full confidence in the promise of imortality.

Samuel Christian Donnan, Jr., the fourth child of Samuel C. Donnan, was born
December 26, 1868 in Petersburg, Va. and at this writing living in Richmond,
Being Secretary-Treasurer of the W.S.Donnan Hardware Company, Inc., of that
city.  He is a member of the 2nd Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va. and is a
bachelor.

Susan Thompson Donnan, the fifth child of Samuel C. Donnan was born in
Petersburg, Va.  September 27, 1871 and died in Petersburg, Va.  September 27,
1902.  She married Henry Gaines Goodman of Richmond.  Va., and they had one
child, a daughter, who died an infant.  Both she and her child are buried in
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg.  From girlhood she was a memnber of the Tabb
Street Presbyterian Church and of its Ladies Aid Society.  A lovable,
affectionate girl who lived and died in the Christian faith.

The subject of this story, Samuel Christian Donnan, was a man of about 5 ft. 8
in. in height, weight. about 150 lbs., blue eyes, light wavy hair, straight
Grecian nose, high forehead and well proportionod.  He was a reader and lover of
literature, being particularly fond of ancient and modern history.  Of an
affectionate disposition, demonstrating this in his daily intercourse with his
wife and children.  I, his son, will state here that he was the purest man
mentally and the most moral man I have ever known.  He had lived in both
Petersburg and Richmond, Va., being engaged principally in the handling on his
own account and on commission, leaf tobacco, and associated for a time with his
brother, G.W.Donnan.  For some years he was a partner in the wholesale grocery
and commission house of Donnans and Johnston, Petersburg, Va., the firm being
composed of his brother John, Major J.


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Arthur Johnston and himself, He was a member of the Maritime Artillery Company
of the Confederate States Army, surrendering with that Company in Appomattox
County, Va. with General Robert E. Lee's Command on April 9, 1865.  Prior to the
Civil War, he was a Whig in politics but after that war he allied himself with
the Demooratic party.  He was a regular attendant at church services, being a
member of Tabb St.  Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Va.  He had full faith in
the Christian religion and died believing in the promise of salvation.

GE0RGE WALLACE DONNAN, Born, January 20, 1822 in Amelia County, Virginia Died,
December 8, 1861 in Richmond, Va.  Buried in Hollywood Cemetery.  Riohmond, Va.

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their eighth
child and was named for his father's half broher, George Wallace who drowned off
the coast of Scotland at the age of seventeen.  He married Miss Louise Pettyjohn
of Amherst County, Virginia on July 1854.  By this mrriage there were two
children, viz.:  Bettie Lee Donnan, their first child, was born April 28, l855,
and who married William T. Shields of Lexington, Va., on June 1, 1882 in
Richmond and is now living in Lexington, Va.  They are the parents of three
children, viz.:  E. Southard Shields, who was born February 20, l883 and who is
now president of the Planters Bank and Trust Company of Farmville, Va., and he
is also President of the Virginia Bankers Assn.  He married Miss Lucy Knight
Dunnington, a daughter of Walter Gray Dunnington, of Farmville, Va.  By this
marriage there are the following children, viz:  Bettie Donnan Shields, born
October 16, 1912, Lucie Knight Shields, born February 4, 1916; Walter Dunnington
Shields, born February 19, 1923.  The second child of Bettie Lee Donnan Shields
is William R. Shields who was born April 20, 1885 and is a literary writer
living in New York City, a bachelor.  He enlisted in the US National Army as a
private on August 9, 1917 and was assigned to Company L, Capt.  Gerald Egan,
319th infantry, 80th Division at Camp Lee, Va.  General Cronkite, Division
Commander.  Received a commission as Second Lieutenant in 1918 and ordered to
Camp Cody, NM. to help organize the 388th Infantry.  Was later transferred to
Camp Shelby, Miss, and received his discharge October 13, 1919 at Camp Dix, NJ.

Louise Donnan Shields, the third child of Bettie Lee Donnan Shields, was born
September 8, 1886, and married John Alexander Moore of Lexington, Va., and with
her husband is now living in Miami, Fla.  They have no children.

George Wallace Donnan, Jr, the second child of George Wallace Donnan, was born
February 13, 1861 in Richmond, Va. and died in Lexington, Va.  July 14, 1891 a
bachelor and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.

The subject of this story, George Wallace Donnan, entered business on his own
account prior to 1844, under the frm name of Hall, Donnan & Co., in Petersburg.
Subsequently, he joined his brother, Samuel C. Donnan in a business in Richmond
and in 1849 the firm of W. S. & G. W. Donnan was formed in Richmond, Va., which
partnership continued until his death in 1861.  He was a man of quiet, sedate
and dignified manner.  Of the purest Christian character.  For many years he was
a member of the Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.

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JAMES MONROE DONNAN, Born, May 6, 1824 in Amelia Co., Virginia.  Died, January
l4, 1893 in Richmond, Va.  Buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their ninth
child.  He was married three times, his third wife being Miss Annie Thompson,
whom he married in Scotland about 1879.  There were no children by this
marriage.  After his death she returned to Scotland and is now dead.  His second
marriage was to Miss Mary H. Williams of Petersburg, Va.  By this, his second
marriage there were no children.  His first wife was Miss Virginia Trueall
Hubbard of Prince George County, Virginia.  By this, his first marriage there
were six children, two girls and four boys.  The two girls, Mary Lucretia and
Ida Virginia, both died in early childhood.  Of the boys, Samuel Christian
Donnan also died in early childhood.  Three of his boys lived to manhood.  Of
these James M. Donnan, Jr., died a bachelor on September 8, 1895, at the age of
39.  Charles Sewart Donnan the second son to live to maturity, a doctor by
profession, died at the age of 25.  His third son to live to maturity, Edwin
Rutherford Donnan, was born in Petersburg, Va.  December 1, 1867.  He married
Miss Irene J. Smith of Richinond, Va, and are the parents of one child, Samuel
Rutherford Donnan, and are living in Metuchen, N.J.

Edwin Rutherford Donnan, participated in the Spanish American War of 1898 as
Quartermaster Sergennt of Company H (formerly Richmond Blues), 4th Regiment,
Virginia Infantry Volunteers, under Command of Col.  George W. Taylor and were
brigaded with the 49th Iowa and the 6th Missouri.  His son, Samuel Rutherford
Donnan, was born in Hampton, Va., June 6, 1899 and is now living in Elizabeth,
N.J. and married Miss Eleanor Hamor, of Pittsfield, Mass., and are the parents
of four children, three daughters and one son, viz.:  Elizabeth Royal Donnan,
born November 25, 1924; Virginia Jane Donnan, born November 24, 1925; Margaret
Donnan, born January 11, 1927; Robert Rutherford Donnan, born February 16, 1928.
Samuel Rutherford Donnan participated in the World War in numerous engagements,
being in the 104th Field Artillry (Supply Company) of New York, 27th Division,
under General John F. O'Ryan.

The subject of this story, James Munroe Donnan was a prominent lawyer of
Petersburg, Va. practicing law with his brother, Alexander Donnan under the firm
name of Alexander & James M. Donnan.  He served in the Mexican War of 1846,
being a volunteer in Captain F. H. Archer's Company of the Virginia Regiment
commanded by Colonel Hamtranck.  He was also a volunteer in the Confederate
Army, being a member of Martin's Artillery Co. of Virginia.  He was appointed
from the United States to be US Consul to Belfast, Ireland, serving there from
1873 to 1880 when he returned to Virginia.  Prior to the Civil War he was a Whig
in his political affiliations, whose bitterest political foes were the
Democrats, so after the war he would have nothing to do with the Democratic
Party and allied himself strongly with the Republican Party.  He was an
exceptionally upright man, strong in his convictions, unflinching in his
position, and noted for his courage and firmness of character.

R0BERT CUMMINGS DONNAN, Born, September 19, 1826. in Petersburg, Virginia Died,
March 12, l892 in Petersburg, Virginia.  Buried in Blandford Cemetery,
Petersburg, Virginia

He was a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their tenth
child.  He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Mary Martin, formerly of

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Kentucky. a niece of Reuben Ragland of Petersburg, Va,.  By this marriage there
were five children, one girl who died at the age of 18 months; a son who lived
only a few days; a son who died at the age of 14 years and two sons, Reuben and
Walter, both dying at thu age of 45 years, both being bachelors.

His second wife was Miss Hattie Bishop of Prince George County, Virginia.  By
this marriage there was one child, a daughter, Mary Martin Donnan, who was born
in Petersburg, Va.  August 18, 1875 and who married Robert Church Hill Hughes
who was born in Florence, SC, September 2, 1873 and they are the parents of two
children, daughters, viz.:  Ellen Barham Hughes, who was born in Petersburg, Va.
November 19, 1898 and who married Lewis Franklin Baxter who was born in Prince
George County, Virginia and who have three children, viz; Lewis Franklin Baxter
Jr. born in Petersburg, Va.  March 16. 1919; Robert Donnan Baxter who was born
in Petersburg, Va.  July 1, 1921; Mary Ellen Baxter who was born in Petersburg,
Va.  February 28, 1926.  The second daughter of Mary Martin Donnan Hughes is
Hattie Donnan Hughes born in Petersburg, Va., April 13, 1900 and who married
Pierce Donald Kelly of Asheville, NC. and who are the parents of one son, Pierce
Donald Kelly, Jr. who was born in Petersburg, Va.  July 4, 1922.

The subject of this story, Robert Cunmings Donnan was for years a merchant of
Petersburg, Va., having engaged in business on his own account under the firm
name of Muir & Donnan, distributors of hardware.  When the United States engaged
in war with Mexico in 1846, he, with Captain Robert G. Scott, Lieutenant August
and John J. Fry organized in Richmond, Va. a company of troops of which he was
also a Lieut. and they were attached to as part of the Virginia regiment under
Colonel Hamtranck and were sent to Mexico.  Upon his return from Mexico he
organized a military company in Petersburg, Va. and was made their captain.  For
several years he was Captain of Police of Petersburg, Va.  He was a man of
stalwart figure, fearless, headstrong and reckless of his personal safety, but
had the respect of those of the commmunity with whom he was brought in contact.
He lived and died in the full faith of Jesus Christ.


PETER DONNAN, Born, October 10, 1829 in Petersburg, Virginia.  Died April 29,
1896 in Petersburg, Virginia.  Buried, Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia

He was a twin of Andrew Donnan, a son of David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his
wife, being their eleventh child.  He married Miss Bettie Venable (about 1861),
a daughter of Joseph Venable of Petersburg, Va.  They had one child a daughter
who only lived five months, his wife dying a few months later.  He was for many
years in the drygoods business on his own account under the firm name of White,
McKenney & Co.  He was a man of independent thought and clear views.  Before the
Civil War he was politically a Whig and after that war was more or less
independent in his political views, leaning more particularly to the Republican
Party.  After the loss of his wife and child he seems to have felt that he had
no special ambition for business success, living quietly with his sisters on
Adams Street in the residence formerly owned by his brother David.  He was a
member of the Petersburg City Council for several terms.  Although never a
member of any church, he was a regular attendant at Tabb Street Presbyterian
Church.

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ANDREW DONNAN, Born, October 10, 1829 in Petersburg, Va.  Died, April 7, 1830 in
Petersburg, Va.  Buried, Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.

He was a twin brother of Peter Donnan whose history precedes.  He was a son of
David Donnan and Mary Stewart, his wife, being their twelfth child.



Below is a list of David Donnan's living descendants on January 1, 1930.  They
ore separated to show from which of his sons or daughters they are descended.

ANN DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:  None

JANE DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS None

DAVID D0NNAN, JR'S.  DESCENDANTS'.  None

WILLIAM STEWART DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
William Stewart Donnan, Richmond, Va.
Mary Currie Battle, Richmond, Va.
Virginia Guild Battle, Richnmond, Va.
Ann Melville Conner, R.F.D. 3, Richmond, Va.
Annie M. Conner, R.F.D. 3, Richmond,Va.
Elizabeth Stewart Conner, R.F.D. 3, Richmond, Va.
Frank Maxwell Conner, R.F.D 3, Richmond, Va
Kathryn Stewart Conner, R.F.D. 3, Richmond, Va.
Frank Maxwell Conner, Jr., R.F.D. 3, Richmond, Va.
Williain Stewart Conner, R. F.D.3, Richmond, Va.
John Donnan, Richmond, Va.

JOHN D0NNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
Dorothea Worthington Donnan Dusinberre, Washington, D.C.
Peter DeKay Dusinberre, Jr., Washington, D. C.
John Worthington Dusinberre, Washington, D. C.
Helen Katharine Donnan Nolan, Colton, Cal.
William John Nolan, Jr., Colton, Cal.
Harriette Stuart Donnan Jefferds, Brownsville, TX
Elizabeth Worthington Donnan Browne, New York, NY
Dorothy Elizabeth Browne, New York, NY
Jeanne Stuart Browne, New York, NY
Andrew Stuart Donnan, Washington, D.C.
Alice Donnan Willson Gayle, Warwick County, Va.
Mordecai Waller Gayle, Hilton Village, Warrick Co.,Va.
Mordecai Waller Gayle,Jr, Hilton Village, Warrick Co.  Va.
Mary Donnan Gayle Monroe, Hampton, Va.
Alice Gale Monroe, Hampton, Va.
Jane Rust Monroe, Hampton, Va.
Helen Randolph Gayle Williams,Fayetteville, NC
Helen Randolph Williams, Fayetteville, NC
Leonora Alice Williams, Fayetteville, NC
Thomas C. Williams Jr., Fayetteville, NC
Alice Wilson Gayle Johnson, Danville, Va.
James DeJarnette Gayle, Albany, NY
Mary Friend Willson Taylor, Amelia County, Va.
James Aubyn Taylor, Amelia County, Va.
Helen Randolph Willson Roper, Petersburg, Va.
Mary Rober Schreiber, Washington, D.C.

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Mary Christian Schreiber, Waahingon, D.C.
Leonora Roper McIlwaine, Petersburg, Va.
Helen Randolph Roper McIlwaine, Petersburg, Va.
Preston Roper McIlwaine, Petersburg, Va.
Willson B. Roper, Petersburg, Va.
Willson B. Roper, Jr , Petersburg, Va.
Annie Wilison Mallison, Newport News, Va.
Mary Ann Mallison, Newport News, Va.
John Donnan Willson, Riohmond, Va.
John Knox Donnan, Austin, Texas
Lilla Johnson Donnan, Austin, Texas
Nellie W. Donnan Test, New York, NY
John Knox Donnan, Jr., New York, NY
Helen McGregor Donnan, Washington, D.C.
C. Valvin Robinson, Richmond, Va.
Emily Owens Robinson, Richmond, Va.
V.R.Sinclair, Lieutenant, US.Navy
V.R.  Sinclair, Jr.
G. Angus Sinclair, Lieutenant U.S.  Navy
Helen McGregor Sinclair, Washington, D.C.
Gordon Stetson Donnnn, Wollaston, MA.
Gordon Stuart Donnan, Wollaston, MA
David Howard Donnan, New York, NY.
Burton Harrison Donnan, Nashville, Tenn.
Burton Jackson Donnan, Nashville, Tenn.
June Rita Donnan, Nashville, Tenn
Burton Richard Donnan, Nashville,
Tenn.  George Howard Donnan, Nashville, Tenn.
Sallie Branch Donnan, Petersburg, Virginia

ALEXANDER DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
Alexander Donnan Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.
Sarah Atwater Hamilton Mason, Petersburg, Va.
James Dunn Mason, Jr.  Petersburg, Va.
Aexander Hamilton Mason, Petersburg, Va.
Mary Stewart Hamilton Smith, Petersburg, Va.
Cornelia Cooke Smith, Petersburg, Va.
Claudia Tillar Smith, Petersburg, Va.
Alexander Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.
Virginia Willson Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.
Herbert Cocke Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.
Allan Edloe Donnan, Richmond, Va.
Douglas Donnan, Richmond, Va..
Clealand Donnan Richmond, Richmond, Va..
Edloe Donnan, Richmond, Va.
Edith Donnan, Richmond, Va.
DeWitt Talmage Donnan, Richmond, Va.
Edith Talmage Donnan Clarke, Utica, NY
Angus Clarke, Utica, NY
Edith Donnan Clarke, Utica, NY
Lucy Lay Donnan Clarke, Utica, NY
Virginia Willson Donnan Sloan, Richmond, Va.
Etta Edloe Donnan Mann, Petersburg, Va.
William Hodges Mann, Petersburg, Va.
Huliet Carlton Donnan, Petersburg, Va.
Lena May Donnan, Petersburg.  Va.

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Mary Stewart Donnan, Petersburg, Va.
Roberta Donnan Gould, Petersburg, Va.
Roberta Donnan Gould, Jr., Petersburg, Va.
Pauline Donnan,.  Petersburg, Va.

SAMUEL C. DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
Henry Quarles Donnan, Norfolk, Va.
Samuel Christian Donnan, Riobmond, Va.

GEORGE WALLACE DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS::
Bettie Lee Donnan Shields, Lexington.  Va.
E. Southard Shields, Farmville, Va.
Bettie Donnan Shields, Farmville, Va.
Lucie Knight Shields, Farmville, Va.
Walter Dunnington Shields, Farmville, Va.
William R. Shields, New York, NY (Brooklyn)
Louise Donnan Shields Moore, Miami, Fla.

JAMES MONROE DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
Edward Rutherford Donnan, Metuchen, NJ
Samuel Rutherford Donnan, Elizabeth, N.J
Elizabeth Royal Donnan, Elizabeth, N.J
Virginia Jane Donnan, Elizabeth, NJ
Margaret Donnan, Elizabeth, NJ
Robert Rutherford Donnan, Elizabeth, NJ

ROBERT CUMMNGS DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:
Mary Donnan Hughes, Petersburg, Va.
Ellen Barham Hughes Baxter, Petersburg, Va.
Lewis F. Baxter, Jr, Petersburg, Va.
Mary Ellen Baxter, Petersburg, Va.
Robert Donnan Baxter, Petersburg, Va.
Hattie Donnan Hughes Kelly, Richmond, Va.
Pierce Donald Kelly, Jr.  Richmond, Va.

PETER DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS..  None

ANDREW DONNAN'S DESCENDANTS:  None


F I N I S

And now my story ends.  It has told of men of a sturdy race of Scotland.  It is
a human tale of those who lived and loved and worked and passed on to that
"bourne from which no traveler returns."  They were men of integrity, Christian
men, dying in the full faith of their Redeemer.  And so I say to you who have
the blood of those men in your viens, that they have left you a legacy of
substantiality, of character and of industry, which you should not only try to
emulate, but build on the foundation which they laid for you.  It is a great
satisfaction to know that our forefathers were men who were esteemed, but it is
your duty, individually to aspire to greatest excellence and nobleness of
purpose, for it is a poor character, indeed, who is satisfied to rest on the
accomplishments of those who preceded.

HENRY QUARLES DONNAN, December 31, 1929.

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I have copied that which follows from dairy kept by Mary M. W. Donnnan, the
second wife of James M. Donnan and was written by her while on a trip to
Scotland from Belfast, Ireland in August, 1874, where Mr. Donnan was US Consul.

The Rutherford mentioned is a son of James M. Donnan by his first wife.

"On Saturday, August 8, 1874, Mr. Donnan, Rutherford and myself, left Belfast,
Ireland for Larne, by the four o'clock train.  Upon our arrival at Larne, we
found a very nice side-wheel steamer, the "Princess Louise", waiting to convey
us to Stranraer, Scotland.  Accordingly we went on board, and after a short time
got under way.  The passage was quite a rough one, as the wind was dead against
us but after sailing about two hours, we came to the Carsewill Lighthouse, which
is at the entrance into Loch Ryan, upon which Stranraer is situated.  After we
entered the Loch, we found the sailing very smooth.  We ran alongside the pier
at Stranraer about half-past eight o'clock, found our aunt waiting for us, and
we immediately drove out in her gig to her residence, Culhorn Parks, about two
miles from the town.

"August 9th '74.  Today being Sunday, we drove out to a most picturesque little
church, which goes by the name of Loch Inch; heard a most excellent sermon from
the text, 'And needed not that any should testify of man, for He knew what was
in man:  - St.  John, chapter II, verse 25.  We saw Loch Inch Castle, a very
splendid residence, belonging to the Right Honourable the Earl Stair, who owns
all the land hereabouts.  He has built this fine castle for himself, just
opposite the church.  He is a most just and liberal landlord, and is much
esteemed by his tenants.  In the afternoon we walked over to Deer Park to see a
Mr. Dorman who lives there.  Drove home, had supper, and so ended Sunday.

"Monday, August 10th.  After breakfast we started out to visit some of the old
places associated with the Donnan family in this county.  First of all we came
to the little village of Stoney Kirk, and to Stoney Kirk itself.  This Stoney
Kirk is the ohurch in which my husband's father and mother worshipped prior to
their emigration to America in 1818.  This church has remained unaltered all
these many years.  We all sat down in the very same pew in which the family were
wont to sit so many years ago.  Some of the tombstones in the churchyard seemed
very curious to me, and I copied the following one:  "Erected by Alexander
M'Cullouch, to the memory of his father, Andred M'Cullouch, died 15th August
1826, aged 72 years; also his mother, Agnes M'Cullouch, died 4th May 1835 aged
58 years; likewise his brother and four sisters, viz:  Mary died June 1 1827,
aged 8 years; Janet, died 5th June, 1832 aged 16 years; Helen, died March 23rd,
1833 aged 32 years; Andrew died July 4, 1837, aged 28 years; Margaret, March 24,
1836 aged 32 years."  This tombstone was in common for the whole family and
although a singular way of arranging such a testimonial, one could not help
being touched as they read this record, and saw how unremittingly death had
snatched them, one by one, away.  The next inscription we copied because, we
fancy, that the Margaret Donnan spoken of was a sister of Mr. Donnan's father;
and, of course, Dr.  D's. aunt.  This also rather a singular inscription "Omnes
Eoden Cogimus.  Here lies the corpse of John M'Taggart, son of Patrick M'Taggart
and Margaret Donnan, late tenant in Main of Ardara, who departed this life the
7th of November, 1837, aged 21 years.

"'After leaving the old church, we drove away up a very nice road to Three Mark
Farm, the house to which my husband's father brought home his bride and in which
six of his twelve children were born.  This is an old fashioned farm house,
although in its day it was considered the grand house of the neighborhood, and
its occupant was considered the great catch of the country side.  This was no
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a person than Mr. David Donnan, my husband's father.  The house remains
unaltered - just as it was more than sixty years ago.  Of course it is old and
weather beaten, but it is the same, down to the very door step, which though of
stone, has been almost worn away by the many footsteps which have passed over
it; and yet it is the very door step which was pressed by the feet of the
bridegroom and young and gentle bride; the very door stone over which sad and
reluctant feet passed an August 8, 1818, when the father and mother, with their
helpless babes, left their home and friends to seek in a far off land, an
honourable and independent life, which they could not obtain in this country.
Three Marks is beautifully situated.  The house is built on a gentle slope,
fronting the beautiful Bay of Luce, which lies about a mile away.  Just a few
miles to the left is Burrow Head, the most southern point in Scotland.  A little
to the back of it lies Fort Wlliam, while on the left the bay stretches away as
far as eye can reach.  This farm is at present rented by a family named Milroy,
consisting of a widow, her son, and daughter.  They work the farm, and have a
dairy, and make butter and cheese.  They received us most hospitably, showed us
the room in which the Donnan children were born, and gave us lunch in the very
drawing room in which, no doubt, the Donnans had often entertained their
friends.  We spent a few hours looking about the old place, and then went back
to Stranraer.  Having reached the town, we went to pay a visit to some cousins
Mr. George Donnan, and two maiden sisters.  We had a very pleasant call, were
kindly received, and after having spent some little time with them we turned our
faces homeward.  Tonight we will rest ard totorrow we go to Kirwaugh.

"Kirwaugh, Tuesday, August 11th.  We left Stranraer this morning on the 10:40
train for Newtonstewart, passing through Castle Kennedy, Dunragit and Kirk Cowan
on our way.  We reached Newtonstewart about 12 o'clock and there procured a
wagonette to take us to Wigton.  We reached Wigton about 10 o'clock after a
lovely drive, part of which was alongside the Cree Water.  Wigton lies on Wigton
Bay, and is a rambling, scrambling kind of a town.  There is an old ruined
church, and around it a graveyard, just on a little promintory overlooking the
bay.  In this churchyard are many tomb stones, some with very curious
inscriptions.  Here, too, are buried the martyrs who suffered for their faith
nearly two hundred years ago.  The grave of Margaret Wilson is covered with a
flat stone, about eight feet long and bears the following inscription:

'Here lyes Margaret Wilson, daughter of Gilbert Wilson, in Glenvernoch, who was
drowned, Anno. 1685.  Aged 18.

Let earth ard stone still witness bare There lye a virgin Martyr here, Murther'd
for owning Christ Supreame Head of his Church, and no more crime But not
abjuring Presbytery, And her not owning prelacy, They her condemned by unjust
law.  Of heaven nor hell they stood no aw.  Within the sea, ty'd to a stake, She
suffered for Christ Jesus' sake.  The actors of this cruel crime Was Laggs,
Strachame, Winram, Grahame.  Neither young years, nor yet old age Could stop the
fury of their rage.'

"Just to the left of Margaret Wilson's tomb, stand two upright slabs of marble
with the following inscriptions:  1st, "Here lyes William Jonstone, John Milroy,
George Walker, who was without sentence of law hanged by Major Winram for their
adherence to Scotland's Reformation Covenant National Solam League.' 2nd.  Here
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Margaret Lachlane, who was by unjust law sentenced to die by Laggs, Strachan,
Winram and Graham, and tyed to a stake within the flood'.

"A very curious inscription on an upright slab of marble was as follows:  'Here
lies the corpse of Andrew Cowan of Croft Hugry, who died December 6, 1776 aged
70 years.  And his son Andrew lies beside him, who died February the 1st, aged
17 years

And his son John of honest fame, Of statue small and a leg lame Content he was
with portion small, Keeped shop in Wigton, and that's all.

Who died August 21, 1779, aged 32 years.  Mary Kenard, spouse of Andrew Cowan,
April 22nd, 1797, aged 26".  We found two tomb stones erected to the memory of
members of the Donnan family.  The first was.

"To the Memory of the Rev.  Andrew Donnan, Minister of the Parish, who died on
the 25th of June, 1798 in the 14th year of his ministry.  From a true sense of
his worth, his widow hath erected this humble monument, to mark the spot where
reposeth his dust, waiting the morning of better life, through the grace and
power of the Redeemer, in whose service he lived and died.

Where dwells the wish most ardent of the mind Too dark the sun to see it,
highest stars Too low to reach it; Death, great Death alone O'er stars and sun
triumphant, lands us there.'

"The second was as follows:  'Erected by Sarah Cowan in Memory of her Husband,
James Donnan, Banker, Wigton, who died 24th June, 1839, aged 59 years.  Sarah
Cowan, wife of James Donnan, died 5th August, 1852, aged 56 years.  Jean Donnan,
their daughter, died 18th December 1856, aged 42 years; and David Broadfoot,
Surgeon, Wigton, her husband, died 29th July, 1857 aged 46 years.'

After leaving the church yard we walked away up to Wigton Hill, from the top of
which we got a fine view down Wigton Bay and up to the Solway Firth.  Just
opposite to Wigton is a point called Raven's Hall, and at the foot of it is the
Smuggler's Cave mentioned in Guy Mannering.  It goes by the name of Meg
Merrilies Cave.  It is a very bold headland and one could well imagine how
smugglers would take advantage of the fine shelter afforded by it, and make it a
hiding place for their stolen treasures.  The towns people of Wigton have
erected a very handsome monument on the top of this hill in memory of those who
suffered during the time of the persecution of the Covenanters.  It is called
the Martyr's Monument.  It is a very neat obelisk of polished granite, resting
on a carved base, and surrounded by a graceful urn.  The monument is very tall
and can be seen for a good distance.  It is surrounded by a neat iron railing
and on the side of the hill overlooking the town some four or five iron seats
have been placed.  Here one can sit and enjoy a most splendid view way down the
bay, until it meets the Solway Firth.  Opposite is Meg Merrilles' Cave, at one's
feet the little village of Wigton, with its old ruined church and its quaint
little houses.

"After enjoying this view for some time, we descended the hill and went to the
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refreshment and then Uncle John Stewart, who met us there, took us all in his
wagonette and drove out to his house known as Kirwauch, about three miles from
Wigton.  Here we were most hospitably received by his wife and three children,
Agnes William and Lizzie.  We had dinner immediately and after an early tea we
set out in the wagonnette for Forest Moor, where lives Mrs. Anderson and her
widowed daughter, Mrs. Wallis.  Mrs. Anderson was an own cousin of Mr. Donnan's
mother, and recollected her perfectly.  She seemed so glad to see us and set out
the ineviteble Scotch whiskey, with cake, a thing they never fail to do, even in
the humblest cot in Scotland.

"Forest Moor is a wild place, distant from any neighbor, but the little court
yard in front of the house was all ablaze with flowers, and some of the largest
tree fuschias I ever saw.  Everything in the house was as neat as hands could
make it, and the drawing room most tastily furnished.  One is so struck with the
refinement of taste and the fondness for pretty things to be found in these out
of the way places.  After staying more than an hour, we got away with great
difficulty, as the old lady was very reluctant to see us leave; but night was
coming on fast and so we took our leave.  Uncle John has a very fast horse and
he let me drive all the way home, so we were not very long in getting there.  A
cheerful fire greeted us on our return and tired and cold, we warmed ourselves
by the clear steady blaze of the glowing peats and after supper we were glad to
get into our comfortable beds.  Kirwaugh is away up among the hills, but the
view from it makes one think of Sir Walter Scott's lines:

'O Calendonia, stern and wild, Meet muse for a poetic Child.

and no doubt but that the Scots get much of their sternness and fixedness of
purpose from the way in which from earliest childhood they have to pursue the
ordinary occupations of life, surrounded by the rugged grandeur of these moors
and hills.  And one feature is so worthy not only of notice but of imitation.  I
refer to the contented spirit with which the most of them accept their lot.  No
matter how stony the soil from which they have to raise their crops - no matter
how humble the roof that shelters them - contentment with their lot is the
universal feature.  Indeed they never seem to think or care about the big,
bustling world outside, but just go on as if there were no other spot in the
world except the one which they call home.

"Culhorn Parks, August 12th.  This morning we intended going from Kirwaugh to
visit a farm called The Borland, the old family residence of the Stewarts, But
the day was so threatening that I did not go; but Mr. Donnan, Uncle John.  Aunt
Hanna and Charley went.  The farm is at present tenanted by a Mr. M'Connell.
The old family house is still standing, but is not occupied.  Another house is
used as a dwelling by the family, although the old house is not suffered to go
to decay.  We left Kirwaugh at three o'clock and drove over to Kirkcowan, and
from thence took the train for Stranraer, at whioh place we arrived about five
o'clock and walked from the station to the residence of Mr. George Donnan, in
George Street, to take tea.  The family consists of Mr. Donnan, who is a
bachelor, and his two maiden Sisters and a niece.  The niece is shortly to be
married to a Captain Douglas and will remove to Dublin to live.  The Donnans are
second cousins to Mr. Donnan.  We spent a few hours very pleasantly there and
then walked home.  The sunset view on the Loch this evening was well worth
seeing; every little headland along its shores was clothed in warm hues of
purpose and gold while the loch itself was so calm and peaceful that its waves
looked like molten fire that had suddenly been cooled and remained spread out
like a great sheet of silver striped with flame.  We lingered till the last
bright ray of light had faded and the waves took a gray tint, and then we went
home, and after a quiet peaceful evening, sought our beds, well pleased with our
day's work."

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This obtained by Mr. and Mrs. John Donnan, Richmond, Va. on a trip to Scotland.

EILAN DONAN CASTLE (Eilean Donan means, The isle of Donan)

Eilean Donan Castle stands on small rocky isle situated in Loch Duich (on the
west coast of Ross-shire) near the point where the western sea divides itself
into two branches, forming Loch Duich and Loch Long.  The magnificance of the
Castle itself, now a roofless ruin, covered with ivy, the beauty of the bay and
the variety of hills and valleys that surround it and particularly the fine
range of hills between which lie the pastures of Glenshiel with the lofty summit
of Skroorooran overtopping the rest (4000 ft.high), and forming a grand
background to the picture, all contribute to make this a piece of very romantic
Highland scenry.

The Castle is the manor place of the estate of Kintail, which is denominated the
Barony of Eilean Donan.  The vast estates adjoining were formerly the property
of the famous Earle of Seaforth.  The castle and estates descended to them
through a long line of famous ancestors, having been originally conferred on
them by the Kings of Scotland for gallant services in war.  One of them
distinguished himself by his skill and bravery at the battle of Largs in 1263,
in which the invading army of Haco, King of Norway, was defeated.  An ancestor
of this last mentioned Seaforth is said to have rescued Alexander III, King of
Scotland, from an infuriated stag which he had wounded.  The story is that when
the stag sprang on the King, Seaforth, with a cry of "Cuidichun Rhee" leaped in
front of it and stabbed it to death.  The King was so grateful to Seaforth he
bestowed upon him the lands of Kintail and the Castle and barony of Eilean
Donan.  As a further reward he instructed him to take as his armorial bearing a
stag's head with the motto "Cuidichun Rhee" meaning "Help the King".  The
translation of this motto is often given wrongly as "Health to the King" which
is absurd and meaningless.

The armorial bearings mentioned are those of the Clan MacKenzie today and also
the badge of the gallant Seaforth Highlanders, the famous regiment.  Eilean
Donan is said to mean "Donan Isle" from the following tradition:

St.  Columba, who settled on the island of Iona for the purpose of
Christianizing Scotland had there built a college and schools.  In these he
educated young men and trained them for missionaries They were then sent all
over the country to preach the gospel to the rude and ignorant people.  One of
them landed on the above mentioned isle, and there labored to convert the
barbarous heathen occupying the surrounding districts.  He was by name Donan.
Hence the isle came to be known as Eileen Donan or Donan's Isle.

The Castle was destroyed and reduced to its present ruinous state during the
Jacobite wars.  A fleet of Dutch ships is said to have sailed up there after the
battle of Glenshiel and reduced it to ruin with cannons.  This was after the
defeat of the first rising in 1715 and before the ill fated expedition of Bonnie
Prince Charlie in 1745 when the hapless Stuart line was crushed forever, the
gallant and noble clansmen slain and the Highland devastated by murderous
soldiery of that prince of butchers, the Duke of Cumberland.

It was the beginning of tho end of the tradition as well as the buildings
cherished by the Highlanders through generations.  Donan's Isle is one of the
pathetic reminders of former grandour now lost forever and of that chivalrous
and noble race of people, the Highlanders of Scotland.

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The above article was sent to me by Mr. John Donnan, Monroe Terrace, Richmond,
Virginia.  An extract from his letter is as follows:

"Some years ago Mrs. Donnan and myself were taking a trip to the Highlands of
Scotland.  On this trip we went through the Caledonian Canal to Iverness and on
the steamer found a book 'Summer Tours in the Western Highland and Islands of
Scotland', gotten out by David McBrayne Ltd., 119 Hope St., Glasgow, Scotland.
On pages 90 and 91 we find a picture of Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich.

"Some years after I met in New York a young Scotchman. We became friends and
during one of our conversations I told him about this picture. He said, 'Mr. Donnan
that was the home of my boyhood. My father lives there and if you wish I
will get him to give you the history of it. In a few months he sent it to me,
and I enclose herewith a copy of what I received, and feel sure you will be glad
to have the information received."

The following reference is from Ward and Lock's "Complete Guide to Scotland"
p.15 of Section XVIII.

Loch Alsh extends inland for about 5 miles and then sends out two forks, Loch
Long, to the northeast and Loch Duich to the southeast. On an islet at their
junction, is the shell of Eilean Donan Castle, a fortress of considerable strength
which figures on the page of history from the reign of Alexander III.