Robert Henderson Donald

Robert Henderson Donald was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on August 7, 1821.[1] He relocated to Alabama in 1836, where on December 22, 1842 he married Sarah F. Rowe, and by her had four sons and six daughters.[1] In 1852 he moved his family to Texas, living initially in Smith County, before settling in Denton County, where Donald ran a homestead which grew to 1,200 acres (486 ha) of land.[1] At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Donald enlisted in the Confederate cause, joining Colonel James G. Bourland's "Border Regiment" of cavalry as sergeant.[1] After the war, he became a Texas state representative.[2] He died at Lewisville, Texas in 1890.[3]

• Fourteenth Texas Legislature

• Miller, Aragorn Storm (November 19, 2014). "Donald, Robert H. (1821–1890)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Asssociation. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
• "Robert Henderson Donald". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

Attribution:

• "Hon. Robert H. Donald". Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families. Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey & Company. 1889. p. 254. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Paddock, B. B., ed. (1922). History of Texas: Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Vol. 3. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 203.
• Paddock, B. B., ed. (1922). History of Texas: Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Vol. 4. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 419.
• "Resolutions of Condolence: Upon the Death of Robert H. Donald at Lewisville – A Band Benefit". Fort Worth Daily Gazette. April 12, 1890. p. 9.

• "Flower Mound & Area". Denton County Historical Markers. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
• Matthews, Thomas, Flower Mound Cemetery (PDF), Historic Texas Cemetery THC, pp. 1–6, retrieved June 8, 2023