Angus McDonald

Angus McDonald (December 30, 1769 – October 14, 1814) was an American military officer, landowner, and planter in the U.S. state of Virginia. McDonald served as a military officer during the War of 1812 following his appointment by United States President James Madison. McDonald was the son of Virginia military officer and frontiersman Colonel Angus McDonald and the father of Colonel Angus William McDonald, a commander in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Angus McDonald was born on December 30, 1769, at "Glengarry" near Winchester, Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia. He was the third child and second-eldest son of prominent Virginia militiaman, frontiersman, and landowner Angus McDonald and his wife, Anna Thompson McDonald. McDonald was of Scottish descent through his father, and of English and Dutch descent through his mother. McDonald was raised on his father's plantation, "Glengarry," and upon reaching adulthood, he resided on his own farm which was in close proximity to "Glengarry." Even though McDonald was primarily a farmer, he engaged in a number of other business and leisure pursuits. Following his father's sudden death in 1778, McDonald received "Glengarry" which consisted of in addition to two houses and lots in Winchester. McDonald and his brother John also received in Kentucky to be divided between them. Marriage and children McDonald married Mary McGuire (died 1809), daughter of Edward McGuire and his wife Millicent D'Obee, on January 11, 1798. Mary McGuire's maternal grandfather was French architect Samuel D'Obee, charged by Thomas Jefferson with supervising the construction of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. McDonald and his wife had three children, two sons and one daughter: Angus William McDonald (February 14, 1799, Winchester, Virginia – December 1, 1864, Richmond, Virginia), married first to Leacy Anne Naylor on January 11, 1827, second to Cornelia Peake on May 27, 1847 Millicent McDonald, married first to William Sherrard, second to Richard Holliday Edward Charles McDonald (July 26, 1803 – 1862), married first to Frances Elizabeth Singleton in 1833, second to Susan Peake in 1842