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Class of 1870

Vol. III
p164 2364

(Born O.)

Isaiah H. McDonald

(Ap'd O.)

Born Urbana, OH.a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1865, to June 15, 1870, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 15, 1870.

Served: conducting Recruits to Regiment, Nov. 14, 1870, to May 4, 1871, — Ft. Quitman, Tex., May, 1871, — Ft. Davis, Tex., to Dec. 19, 1871, — Ft. Quitman, Tex., to Jan. 12, 1872, — and Ft. Davis, Tex., to Jan., 1873; and on leave of absence, to July 1, 1873.

Resigned, July 1, 1873.

Civil History. — Second Examiner of Electrical Instruments in U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C., 1873‑78. Engineer, under the U. S. War Department, of National Cemeteries, since 1878. Patent Law Attorney, since 1878. Residence, Washington, D. C.

Vol. IV
p204 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Civil History. — Unknown.

Vol. V
p176 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Civil History. — Unknown. — Residence, Washington, D. C.

Vol. VI
p156 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Isaiah Heylin McDonald, Born July 10, 1846.)

Military History. —

Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 15, 1870.

Resigned, July 1, 1873.

Civil History. — In U. S. Patent Office, Second Examiner of Electrical Instruments, 1873‑78; Civil Engineer of National Cemeteries under the War Department; Examiner in Pension Department to 1916.

Died, Aug. 15, 1916, at Urbana, Ohio: Aged 70.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1917.

Buried, Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana, OH.

Thayer's Note:

a Lt. McDonald's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.

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