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John Thomas McDannald I

July 21, 1785 (Virginia) - July 26, 1848 (Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Illinois)

  Lydia Lorena------ |       | John McDannald I
     1876-1923 |   | John McDannald II ----------------|    1785-1848
  Rita Beryl------- |   |    1817-1890 | Margaret McMickell
     1878-1966 | David W McDannald ------------|   |    1788-1857
  John S.----------- |    1851-1926 |   | John Henry Cull
     1880-1966 | | | Margaret Cull ----------------|    1794-1821
  Eugene------------ | |      1817-1887 | Mary Ann McDannald
     1884-? |-------- -------------|          1783-1834
  Mary Malinda------ | |     | Thomas C Reeves
     1887-1985 | | | Samuel Reeves ----------------|    1808-c.1880
  Rex R.------------ | | |    1827-1899 | Mary Ann McDannald
     1890-1953 | Lucetta Reeves ------------|        1783-1834
  Gladys Lucetta |    1859-1931 |   | John Cleminson
     1892-1967 |   | Lydia Cleminson ----------------|    1799-1879
  Lynn-------------- |        1836-1925 | Lydia Lightner
     1893-1986 |            1800-1873







John Thomas McDannald I was born July 21, 1785 in Virginia. His father was George Warren McDannald and his mother was Mary Murdock. John was the third child in the family and first born son.

According to the Nicholas County, Kentucky Marriage Book A, page 4, "John McDanald and Peggy McMickill were united in marriage on the 23rd day of February, 1809, by B.W. Stone". John was 24, Margaret was 21.
This information is also entered in Nicholas County Vital Records Vol 2 pg 46, although there it is documented that they were married by Hervey Lester, J.P.

Around 1830, the family moved from Kentucky to Brown County, Illinois.


There were 14 children in this marriage:

George Washington McDannald
Born: 1810, Nicholas County, Kentucky, USA

Nehemiah R Mcdannald
Born: 1811, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1874, Sullivan, Missouri, USA

Mahala McDannald
Born: 3 Apr 1813, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
Died: 10 Apr 1859, Buckhorn, Brown county, Illinois, USA

Theresa Ann McDannald
Born: 1815, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 22 Apr 1846, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA

John Thomas McDannald II
Born: 21 Feb 1817, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 15 Jan 1890, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA

Margaret McDannald
Born: 26 Jan 1819, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 11 Feb 1869, Union, Union County, Oregon, USA

William Henry McDannald
Born: 1820, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1868, Pollock, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA

Mary Jane McDannald
Born: 1823, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 16 Nov 1846, Texas, USA

Daniel Webster McDannald
Born: 3 Apr 1825, , Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 29 Oct 1906, Prairie, Lewis County, Washington, USA

Lewis McDannald
Born: 1827, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1868, Pollock, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA

Nealey Robert McDannald
Born: 1829, Nicholas, Kentucky, USA Died: 1888 , Brown, Illinois, USA

James Monroe McDannald
Born: 1831, Brown, Illinois, USA
Died: 1836, Brown, Illinois, USA

Hannah McDannald
Born: 1833, Brown, Illinois, USA


Nancy McDannald
Born: 1835, Brown, Illinois, USA
Died: , , Kentucky, USA



John Thomas McDannald I died on July 26, 1848, at the age of 63, in Mt. Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. He was buried in Tucker Cem., Elkhorn Township, Brown County.

Margaret "Peggy" McDannald died on April 2, 1857, at the age of 69, in Mt. Sterling. She is buried in Tucker Cem.






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