Robert Henderson Donald

Robert Henderson Donald
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 21st district
In office January 13, 1874 – April 18, 1876
Personal details
Born	August 7, 1821 Rhea County, Tennessee, US
Died	1890 (aged 68–69) Lewisville, Texas, US
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States
Branch	Confederate States Army
Rank	Sergeant
Wars	American Civil War

Robert Henderson Donald (1821–1890) was a Confederate soldier, serving in Colonel James G. Bourland's "Border Regiment" during the American Civil War. After the war he became a Texas state representative.

Life

Robert Henderson Donald was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on August 7, 1821. 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. 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. 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. After the war, he became a Texas state representative. He died at Lewisville, Texas in 1890.

See also

• Fourteenth Texas Legislature

Sources

• 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.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• "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