My grandfather, Dr. Jeremiah D. Donovan, was born in small village of Cornishville, KY Dec. 7, 1836. He died in Lovington, IL Dec. 6, 1920. He graduated from med school at University of Louisville (KY) School of Medi- cine in 1868 and after practicing medicine in KY for a time he moved to IL settling in Lovington where he practiced until shortly before his death. He had seven sons that were medical doctors. One graduated from the U of L in KY - the others graduated from med school in St. Louis, MO. They all practiced medicine in the state of IL at the same time. There was one son, Z.A. Donovan that was an attorney in Chicago, one, Lloyd Donovan, was a tailor and my grandfather, James Perry Donovan, was a farmer and owned a sawmill here in KY before moving to IN where he lived until his death. My gr.grandfather's father was a James Donovan, b. 1814 and his (James's) father was another Jeremiah Donovan b. 1799, VA, d.1853 unknown where. I would also appreciate any information that anyone would have about the family of Donovan's. There are so many families of this name and especially with the same given names that it is very difficult to trace them back on the correct family line. Hope this does help someone....