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  Rufus H Donald            DOB: ~1820                DOD: After 1880

Interred:  Probably Antioch Cemetery, Carthage Texas

Born: 1880 per Census & Death Certificate of John B Donald Jr says Mississippi, 1860 Census says Florida, 1850 Census says Alabama

Father: Elijah Donald Spouse: Sarah Ables DOB: ~1827 DOD: ?
Mother: Malinda Jones Deals Married: 02/05/1855 Attala County, Mississippi

Sarah Ables– Spouse    Born: Alabama
Malinda - Daughter  Born: Alabama
Arrena (Rena)- Daughter  DOB: ~January 1850 Mississippi
John B - Son DOB: 01/13/1857 Mississippi
Stephen - Son Born: Mississippi
Mary Ann - Daughter   Born: Alabama
Frank - Son    Born: Alabama
Frances - Daughter DOB: ~January 1875 Louisiana

Rufus appears as a Farmer in Henry County Mississippi in 1850 with 20 Improved Acres of Land and $100 value in personal property. In 1860 he appears in Canton in Madison County, Mississippi and  is the owner of one 38 year old female and one 18 year old male slave and has a personal property value that has increased to $3900 with Real Estate worth $1700. Some of this value is likely a result of inheritance from his father and mother’s estate as the sale of his interest in the estate of mother Malinda Deal to his brother Thomas J Donald is recorded in Attala County on 01/31/1859. His interest was valued at $1200 at that time.

Rufus did serve in the civil war as a Confederate Soldier in the 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry and the 40th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry.  Details of the record of these units are included on the documentation link at the bottom of this page.

After the war Rufus appears on the 1880 Census in Little River, Arkansas listed as a Farmer at age 60. There is a marker that is possibly a memorial stone for Rufus in the Antioch Cemetery in Panola County, Texas. We do not know at this time if he died in Texas or perhaps passed away and was buried in Arkansas before John B Donald Sr came to Texas . We do know for certain that there is a marker for him in Antioch Cemetery in Panola County, Texas.

Documentation

Civil War Service Record

Daughters of the Confederacy Documentation


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