Edward O'Donnell and Josephine Holton

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Husband Edward O'Donnell ¹

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           Born: 27 Nov 1843 - Rochester, Monroe Co, NY 1
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         Father: Patrick O'Donnell (      -Abt 1844) 1
         Mother: Eliza Brady (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1860 2

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Wife Josephine Holton ²

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           Born: Aug 1842 - Rochester, Monroe Co, NY 2
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         Father: Jacob Holton (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Anna Green (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Edward O'Donnell ²

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           Born: 1861 2
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Alice O'Donnell ³

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           Born: 1871 2
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         Spouse: Dr. John C. Russell (1859-      ) 4 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - Edward O'Donnell

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He was reared and edu­cated in his native city, Rochester, New York. Being in­tensely patriotic, he enlisted his services in behalf of the Union cause during the Civil War, entering the ranks of Company D, Thirty-third New York Volunteers, August 27, 1862, for a period of two years, but at the ex­piration of the first year he discovered that his term of service was for three years. His company was consolidated with the Forty-ninth New York Regiment; after serving his full term he was honorably discharged and mustered out of service, June 27, 1865. Dur­ing the second battle of Fredericksburg he was severely wounded, a ball passing through his left leg, which entailed upon him considerable suffering.
After the war Mr. O'Donnell located in Pit Hole City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a driller. Later he engaged in business there on his own account, conducting a wholesale liquor store up to the year 1867, when he disposed of it and returned to Rochester, embarking in the grocery busi­ness and continuing the same until 1870, when he disposed of the store and again returned to the oil fields, locating at Pleasantville, Penn­sylvania, where he was engaged in construct­ing and drilling wells until 1874, when he re­moved to Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsyl­vania, and installed a water works, of which he was the owner. He also purchased a hotel and conducted the same successfully for ten years. He then took up his residence in Clar­endon, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he conducted the Henry House until the year 1886, when he engaged in the oil producing business, removing to Warren, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1897, when he re­moved to Sheffield, Pennsylvania, and pur­chased the Lee House, which, under his effi­cient management, gained a repu­tation second to none in western Pennsylvania, it being patronized by the best class of people. Mr. O'Donnell was hospitable and generous, with a ready sympathy for those in affliction or need. He was a Democrat in politics, and served as a member of the city council in War­ren, Clarendon and Petrolia, his services in that body being notable for ability and thorough­ness.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 608.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 609.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 609, 908.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1144.

5 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 468.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 908.