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History of Cass County, Iowa
Springfield, ILL.:
Continental Historical Company, 1884

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        SAMUEL DONNEL resides on the northwest quarter of section 4, where
     he settled in the fall of 1870.  He was born in Seneca county, Ohio,
     in February, 1828. He remained in his native county until nineteen
     years of age, then removed with his parents to Marion county, Iowa. In
     1849, he went, overland, to California and there engaged in mining and
     farming until 1865. He was married in that State, to MARIA HONEYWELL,
     who was born in Massachusetts and went to California with her parents.
     She died in Sacramento City.  Mr. DONNEL was again married to Mrs.
     TAMSY E. FLORA, a sister of JOHN C. CANNON, an early settler of this
     town. She was born in Indiana, in April, 1823, and came early to this
     county.  Mr. and Mrs. Donnel have one adopted son — EDWIN COLLINS
     DONNEL.

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