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Jarel “Giles” McDonald
1817 - 1889 (72 years)-
Name Jarel “Giles” McDonald [1, 2, 3] Born 1817 Missouri 
[4, 5, 6, 7, 8] - some say 1819, KY
Gender Male Died 16 Apr 1889 San Antonio, Texas - Murdered in robbery
Person ID I83 Strange Genealogy Last Modified 12 May 2017
Father Joseph Hiram McDaniel McDonnell McDonald, b. 1762, North Carolina, New York , d. Aft 1850, Polk County, Missouri (Age > 89 years) Mother Nancy Willingham, b. Bef 1797, Henderson County, Kentucky , d. 1845, Audrain County, Missouri (Age > 48 years) Married 22 Feb 1813 Henderson County, Kentucky [9, 10] Family ID F55 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Polly Davis, b. 27 Feb 1818, Kentucky , d. 15 Mar 1913, Mcdonald Cemetery, Bowie, Texas (Age 95 years) Married 10 Jul 1839 Audrain County, Missouri [11] - 1-13-1870?
Children 1. Cash Cassius McDonald, b. 7 Feb 1849, Polk County, Missouri , d. 8 Feb 1945, Montague County, Texas (Age 96 years)2. Martha Jane McDonald, b. 1840, Montague County, Texas , d. 1 Apr 1864, New Orleans, Louisianna (Age 24 years)3. Julia “Judy” McDonald, b. 1844, Montague County, Texas 4. Jarel Dean McDonald, b. 13 Feb 1853, Lawrence County, MO , d. 17 Oct 1914, Montague County, TX (Age 61 years)5. Clark H. McDonald, b. 27 Mar 1855, Mercer, Missouri , d. 4 Aug 1934, Montague County, TX (Age 79 years)6. Charles McDonald, b. 1857, montague County, Texas , d. 1877 (Age 20 years)7. Mary M. “Mollie” McDonald, b. 1860, Montague County, Texas , d. 1923 (Age 63 years)8. Amanda McDonald, b. 1842 9. Dicey McDonald, b. 1843 10. India, b. 1844 11. Barrett McDonald, b. 1846 Last Modified 2 Dec 2012 Family ID F54 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah, b. 1839, Arkansas Last Modified 23 Jul 2018 Family ID F379 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - 1850 census has McDaniel as last name.
Joined wagon train leaving [Lawrence County] Missouri in 1850’s going to Texas. Went by way of the “Texas Road” an Indian Trail. It crossed the Canadian River at Gaines Creek, going south to a place called Geary’s, then Boggy Depot then south to Colbert and across Red RIver at Colberts Ferry a few miles north of Denison, Texas. Coberts Ferry was operated by Benjamin Franklin Colbert a Chickasaw Indian, and run across the river by slaves.
Wagon stopped in Grayson County, Texas;
then went on to Montague County in 1857. Two hills in Bowie: Queen’s Peak & Brushy Mound. They chose Queen’s Peak. Beads & arrowheads can still be found at Brushy Mound.
They lived on the Denton Creek on the east side for 2 years.
First school on Denton Creek in 1860 in a private home later known as Dace McDOnald home.
A little later a 2 room log cabin built on Cash’s farm used for school & church.
1859 moved from Denton Creek to Queen’s Peak. First called Victoria’s Peak.
1860 opened up the General Merchandise store (rock building across from present courthouse) at Montague, the county seat. THis is where Mary was born.
THen moved to Whitesboro, Texas 1872, to work in the Genreal Merchandise & Pool Hall with THomas Wade (son-in-law).
Murdered in robbery in San Antonio April 1889.
By 1880 he and family had acquired 960 acres of land known as the William Carlton & Patrick Curling Surveys.
- 1850 census has McDaniel as last name.
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