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McDonald, Samuel

American, 1849 - 1877

Biography

Samuel W. MacDonald was the son of William McDonald, a wealthy citizen of Baltimore, and the grandson of William C. MacDonald of Baltimore, a merchant and member of the Maryland militia during the Revolutionary War. At the age of 21, in 1870, Samuel McDonald came into possession of an estate of a half a million dollars, from his father. He purchased a hunting lodge in Terre Haute, IN, to which he made frequent excursions. Samuel McDonald died 7 years later in Indiana.

Bibliography

1877
"Golden Opportunities Lost. A Fortune Wasted and a Life Thrown Away - Death of Samuel McDonald in Indiana." The New York Times. 24 August 1877: 3

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