John Donohoue

    John Donohoue, farmer and small stock-dealer, is a son of Laurence and Ellen Donohoue, and a native of Ireland, who came to America when twenty-five years of age. His parents were also natives of Ireland, emigrated to our country and died in Ohio. John Donohoue was wedded in the State of Ohio to Miss Bridget Gaynor, daughter of Matthew Gaynor and a native of Ireland. Mr. Donohoue moved to Indiana in 1861, and purchased fifty acres near Raub Station, in this county (Benton); this he sold and purchased and moved to his present residence, then 137, now 280 acres, all gained by honest toil and earnest industry, and making a valuable farm.

    Mr. and Mrs. Donohoue have nine children -Catherine, Laurence, Ellen, Michael, John, Rosie, Mary, Matthew and Annie.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.