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     Jessie was born on 20 January 1887. She was the daughter of Thomas Peter Donaldson and Eliza Cathryn Poole. Jessie died on 5 September 1888 at age 1.

     Jessie was born on 15 July 1843 at Hacoda, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was the son of Joseph S. Donaldson and Nancy K. Beard. He married Catherine Pollard, , on 14 January 1895.¹ Jessie died circa 1868 at Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama.
     
Biography of Jessie R. Donaldson:

"Jessie Donaldson died after he was discharged from the Army some where in Alabama ( According to Alvin Latner, Jessie R. died in Montgomery) (Pvt. Co. A. 33rd. Ala. Inf. Reg. Widow Catherine (Ala. St. Arch. & Hist.)" [1971 Notes on the DONALDSON Family by Thomas L. Donaldson, Montgomery, Alabama with notes in ( ) by Betty Donaldson Reed]

Muster Roll records of Company A, 33rd Alabama Infantry indicate, Jesse Donaldson continued to serve in Company A following his brother Aldophus’s death, until his capture 22 July 1864 near Atlanta by Union soldiers, and imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was paroled from Camp Chase 2 March 1865 at the end of the war.

     John was born on 14 January 1853 at Hacoda, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was the son of Joseph S. Donaldson and Nancy K. Beard. He married Mattie Deal, .¹ John died on 7 March 1937 at Alabama at age 84. His body was buried at Cool Springs Cem., Opp, Covington Co., Alabama.
     
Biography of John H. Donaldson:

"John H. Donaldson- married (Mattie Deal) and lived with
his wife for several years and finally separated.. They had no
children of their own but he raised a nephew of his, Elzie Donaldson
(the oldest son of Sallie Donaldson) who was a retired railroad
engineer when he died. John H. Donaldson went to Texas and stayed fifteen years and farmed. He returned to Alabama in 1912 after the
boll weevil cleaned his cotton crop out. In his last years he had no one to stay with and no home of his own so he lived with Thomas P. Donaldson, and died there in 1936, and was buried at Cool Springs grave yard at Opp., Alabama." [1971 Notes on the DONALDSON Family by Thomas L. Donaldson, Montgomery, Alabama with notes in ( ) by Betty Donaldson Reed]

     John R. Donaldson Jr. was born on 7 January 1914.¹ He married Mary Rebecca Rogers, daughter of Robert James Rogers Jr. and Ida Elizabeth Townsend.¹

     Joseph Donaldson was the son of James D. Donaldson and Dicie Ficklin.

     Joseph was born circa 1890 at Alabama. He was the son of Sarah Sallie Donaldson. Joseph died circa 1917. His body was buried circa 1917.

     Joseph was born on 24 October 1820 at Alabama.¹ He married Nancy K. Beard, , on 25 March 1841. Joseph died on 16 March 1891 at age 70. His body was buried at Cool Springs Cem., Opp, Covington Co., Alabama.
     
Biography of Joseph S. Donaldson:

"Joseph S. Donaldson was only about five years old when his family moved from Fairmount (Robeson County) North Carolina, to Alabama and settled in Coffee County, close to where Elba is now. And they took up land and married and went their separate ways leaving a lot of Donaldson's all over the State. His father was a preacher and used to preach at a place (a church) in Coffee County called Possum Trot." [1971 Notes on the DONALDSON Family by Thomas L. Donaldson, Montgomery, Alabama with notes in ( ) by Betty Donaldson Reed]

     Joseph was born on 16 April 1847 at Hacoda, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was the son of Joseph S. Donaldson and Nancy K. Beard. He married Arametta Darby, .¹ Joseph died on 24 December 1889 at age 42.
     
Biography of Joseph William Donaldson:

"Joseph William (Billie).Donaldson - died in Alabama, close to Opp, Alabama around 1891 or maybe later. His children were
Jessie Donaldson
Wilton 'Donaldson
Furman Donaldson
Willie Donaldson ( a daughter and at present the only member
of that family living. ( Billie married Arametta Darby, they lost their first three children. He was a ____ by trade, and served as Justice of the Peace)" [1971 Notes on the DONALDSON Family by Thomas L. Donaldson, Montgomery, Alabama with notes in ( ) by Betty Donaldson Reed].

     Lester was born on 4 January 1895. He was the son of Thomas Peter Donaldson and Eliza Cathryn Poole. Lester died in March 1963 at age 68.