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     Thomas was born on 20 December 1890. He was the son of Thomas Peter Donaldson and Eliza Cathryn Poole.

     Thomas was born on 27 June 1857 at Hacoda, Coffee Co., Alabama. He was the son of Joseph S. Donaldson and Nancy K. Beard. He married Eliza Cathryn Poole, daughter of William Poole, circa 1884. Thomas died on 5 January 1938 at age 80.
     
Biography of Thomas Peter Donaldson:

"Thomas Peter Donaldson married Eliza Cathryn Poole,
around 1884, for my father was their first born, and he was born
February 7, 1885. Eliza Poole was the daughter of William Poole,
and was born in Salem, Alabama in Lee County. Her father was a member of the Confederate Army and was killed at the battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia. The Union Army couldn't break through the defense that the Confederate Army had thrown up, so a Union Officer from Pennsylvania who was in command. of an outfit made up of Pennsylvania Coal miners. They dug a tunnel underneath the barricade, and put several tons of black powder and set it off. When it blew the Union sent an outfit of Negro soldiers through the hole to trap the Confederates. When they got inside the Crater, it was too deep for them to get out and the Confederates held the high ground. A lot of close hand to hand fighting took place and William Poole was stuck in the back with a bayonette or a sword and wounded. Gangrene set in the wound and he died. A fellow Alabaman, by the name of Green Fowler, wrapped him in a quilt and buried him, so that he wouldn't be just thrown in a pit with several others, which was the policy at that time. Dave Poole, who was Williams brother had William Pooles children, and it was said that he wasn't good to them, William Pooles wife, had a brother by the name of John Bishop living in Coffee County and after his sister died, he went and got the children and raised them along with his own. All together he raised five girls, orphaned by the war, as well as his own. Thomas Peter Donaldson and ELiza Poole had nine children. (Note Pearlie Mae Donaldson Ramsey, states ten )." [1971 Notes on the DONALDSON Family by Thomas L. Donaldson, Montgomery, Alabama with notes in ( ) by Betty Donaldson Reed]

     Virtuous was born circa 1807 at North Carolina.¹ She married Elisha H. Smith, son of Alexander Smith, on 1 April 1824 at Jasper Co., Georgia.²

     William Donaldson was the son of Robert Donaldson and Peggy Irwin.
     
Biography of William Donaldson:

Unmarried.

     He married Elizabeth Tompkins, daughter of John Tompkins and Mary Parsons, on 26 March 1835 at Jefferson Co., Georgia.¹

     William was born on 7 February 1885. He was the son of Thomas Peter Donaldson and Eliza Cathryn Poole. William died on 8 June 1970 at age 85.

     Willie was born in August 1886. She was the daughter of Joseph William Donaldson and Arametta Darby. She married William J. Stanley, .¹

     Wilton Donaldson was the son of Joseph William Donaldson and Arametta Darby.

     David was born circa 1839 at Washington Co., Georgia.¹ He was the son of William Doolittle and Polly Tompkins.