Wiley Family History


Daniel Washington Donnell
(1843-1928)

         DANIEL WASHINGTON "WASH" DONNELL, son of Reuben Donnell and Mariah Ann Hill, was born 09 January 1843 in McNairy County, Tennessee, and died 31 May 1928 in St. Jo, Montague County, Texas. He grew up in McNairy County and moved with his parents to Mississippi in the 1860s. Wash enlisted in the Confederate Army on August 1, 1862 in Ripley, Mississippi and served as a Private in Company A, 9th Mississippi Cavalry under Col. W. C. Falkner. He married JANE CATHERINE "CASS" GRISSOM, daughter of EDWARD GRISSOM and MARGARET KINNEY, January 1868 in Tippah County, Mississippi . Cass was born 06 June 1850 in Tippah County, Mississippi and died 05 July 1920 in St. Jo, Montague County, Texas. Wash and Cass moved to north Texas in the 1870s and settled in Cooke County and later Montague County, Texas.

Children of DANIEL DONNELL and JANE GRISSOM are

i. RUFUS J.DONNELL, b. 19 October 1868, Mississippi; d. 16 July 1945.

ii. JOHN DONNELL, b. 06 February 1871, Mississippi; d. 1959.

iii. ISAAC DONNELL, b. 19 March 1873, Mississippi; d. 11 March 1946, Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas.

iv. FRANCES DONNELL, b. 08 April 1878, Montague County, Texas; d. 15 October 1963, Wichita Falls, Texas; m. THOMAS NEWTON FIELD; b. 20 April 1863; d. 22 April 1960, Wichita Falls, Texas.

v. HOMER DONNELL, b. 06 June 1881, Texas; d. 18 March 1959, Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas.

vi. OLA MAE DONNELL, b. 05 December 1885, Montague County, Texas; d. 10 May 1958, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas married Doddridge Walter Wiley, August 18, 1904, Cooke County, Texas..
 
 


Sources:

1. Census of 1850, McNairy County, TN, Pub. No. M-432, Reel No. 888

2. Census of 1860, McNairy County, TN, Pub. No. M-653, Reel No. 1262

3. Tippah County, MS Marriages 1858-1899, USGENWEB, Tippah County, Mississippi

4. Marriage License for D.W. Donnell and C.J. Grissom, 9 January 1868, Tippah County Courthouse, Ripley, Mississippi

5. Census of 1870, Tippah County, MS, Pub. No. M-593, Reel No. 750

6. Donnell Family Bible, transcribed in letter from Doddridge Walter Wiley, Jr. (deceased), Wichita Falls, TX, to compiler, undated

7. Census of 1880, Cooke Co., TX, Pub. No. T-9, Reel No. 1298.

8. Census of 1900, Montague Co., TX, Pub. No. T623, Reel No. 1659

9. Gravestone of G. W. Donnell, Mountain Park Cemetery, Saint Jo, Texas

10. Gravestone of J. C. Donnell, Mountain Park Cemetery, Saint Jo, Texas

11. Marriage license for D. W. Wiley and Ola M. Donnell, Vol. 10, Page 124, Cooke County, Texas Courthouse

12. Death Certificate for Daniel Washington Donnell, #13075, Texas Dept. of Health, Austin, Texas

13. Confederate Military Records File for D. W. Donnell, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Daniel Washington Donnell's
Descendants and Pedigree Chart

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