J. Sharp McDonald and [Unk] Colville

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Husband J. Sharp McDonald ¹

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         Father: Capt. John McDonald (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rachel Oliver (      -      ) 1 2

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Wife [Unk] Colville

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         Father: William Colville (      -      ) 1
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General Notes: Husband - J. Sharp McDonald

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At the age of seventeen years he engaged in the coal business, and during the Civil War furnished coal to the government at New Orleans, Vicksburg and other points. He also was one of the contractors who furnished the stones for the jetties. He became interested in the railroad business, but was later engaged in the production of natural gas.

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General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Colville

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She was one of the most noted singers in the state of Pennsylvania, her style of music being oratorical and dramatic. She was identified with every good cause in Pittsburgh and vicinity, and aided by the music of her voice and talent many churches, the poor and many benevolent societies. She was a great favorite with the G. A. R. all over the country, the G. A. R. Post No. 3, of Pittsburgh, in recognition of her many kind acts, having elected her unanimously, and made her by a special act of the commander a member of the post, August 29, 1881, and presented her with a gold badge, being the only one in existence in the United States.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 327.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1045.