I have a Thomas M. Donovan who was born circa 1785 and married Catherine Stout in 1805. The only child that I have for them is Alfred S. Donovan, born 1811 in Mason Co. Alfred was not married and moved to Texas to fight in the Texas War of Independence circa 1836-38. He was paid in land grants and stayed in Texas to do more buying, selling, and development of land. In 1841 he again joined an ill-fated Texas military venture known as the "Santa Fe Expedition". A couple of months into the expedition, they ended up getting lost and wandering around the West Texas High Plains. They were attacked by Indians. Alfred was killed and his body never recovered, although his father eventually recovered his back pay from the Texas government. Your John Frank Donovan was born too late to be Thomas's son, and I don't personally know of the other Donovans in the area. Doug Gordon > I have posted before, but since this board seems to > be so active this month, > I am trying again. The 1880 census shows my > gggrandfather, John Frank Donovan, > was born in 1826 in Mason Co., KY. I can find > absolutely nothing more in KY > about him. If anyone has anything about Donovans in > KY, I surely would > appreciate the info. > Thanks, Jeannie >

Tom Donovan was the name of the patriarch of the prominent Irish Catholic family with the extensive commercial property holdings in downtown maysville, but he was born about 1890-1900 or so. Interestingly, his wife's name was Catherine (nee Geiger). --- Doug Gordon <doug@wdgordon.com> wrote: > I have a Thomas M. Donovan who was born circa 1785 > and married Catherine > Stout in 1805. The only child that I have for them > is Alfred S. Donovan, > born 1811 in Mason Co. Alfred was not married and > moved to Texas to fight in > the Texas War of Independence circa 1836-38. He was > paid in land grants and > stayed in Texas to do more buying, selling, and > development of land. In 1841 > he again joined an ill-fated Texas military venture > known as the "Santa Fe > Expedition". A couple of months into the expedition, > they ended up getting > lost and wandering around the West Texas High > Plains. They were attacked by > Indians. Alfred was killed and his body never > recovered, although his father > eventually recovered his back pay from the Texas > government. > > Your John Frank Donovan was born too late to be > Thomas's son, and I don't > personally know of the other Donovans in the area. > > Doug Gordon > > > > I have posted before, but since this board seems > to > > be so active this month, > > I am trying again. The 1880 census shows my > > gggrandfather, John Frank Donovan, > > was born in 1826 in Mason Co., KY. I can find > > absolutely nothing more in KY > > about him. If anyone has anything about Donovans > in > > KY, I surely would > > appreciate the info. > > Thanks, Jeannie > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to KYMASON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited