Researching Audrain, Callaway and Boone Counties for McDonnell, Creasey/Creasy, Vier, Bugg & Chapman families. James McDonnell b. Ireland came to the area about 1836 d. 1855. Children were: Judith Ann McDonnell Bugg Joseph Asa McDonnell m. 1. Catherine Cox 2.Nancy Ellen Starnes Mary Willie McDonnell m. Vier William McDonnell m. Amanda Chapman Thomas Henry McDonnell m. Elizabeth Love James Renfro McDonnell m. Mary Robertson Robert McDonnell - Sarah Ann Elizabeth McDonnell m. John Creasy Grace McDonnell Wisdom