 |
� 2008, Mount Mora Burial Records |
| Record Last Updated On:
12/4/2016 |
| Name: JOHN JR DONOVAN |
| Death Date: NOV/18/1913 |
Interment Date:
NOV/20/1913 |
Birth Date: JUN/28/1854 |
| Age at Death: 59y3m21d |
Cause of Death:
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE,APOPLEXY |
| Location at Death:
SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI |
| Physical Location at Death:
508 N 5TH |
| Sex: M |
Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: WHITE |
| Occupation:President St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Co. |
| Military Branch:Saxton Rifles, Co A |
Military Rank:major of the battalion |
War Service:Civil War |
| Other Special Distinctions/Memberships: |
| Child of: Col. John Donovan Sr. & Evelina M. Robinson |
| Spouse of: Emma Patee |
| Mother of: |
| Father of: Emma R. Donovan McCaskey |
| Other Known Relatives: son-n-law Douglas McCaskey, grandchildren John Douglas McCaskey & William Spencer McCaskey |
| Brief Biography: Missouri History Encyclopedia, 1901
pages 303-304
Donovan, John, Jr., general manager of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company, and a man to whom is give a great share of the credit for the prosperity of th enew and greater St. Joseph, was born July 28, 1855, at Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, son of John and Evelina M. (Robinson) Donovan. He was educated in the common schools of the Maryland town where he spent his boyhood days, and the grammar school at Baltimore, Maryland. He entered upon his active business career, which has been so fruitful and marked by repeated successes, in the winter or 1868, when he secured employment as an errand boy in the shoe store of W.T. Stone, St. Joseph, Missouri, his parents having removed to that city in the meantime. Later he worked for Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company as a clerk, and then entered the employ of the contracting firm of Hastings & Saxton, buying ties and equipment for the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, now the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad. His next position was with the Northern Kansas Land and Town Company, his duties being such as arose in the company's work of laying out towns along the route of the present St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad. In the Spring of 1871, Mr. Donovan began buying cattle in northwest Missouri and drove the animals to Maryville and vicinity, selling then to farmers....He entered the State National Bank of St. Joseph, Missouri, in the capacity of messenger. He left in May, 1881. He gave up his place in the bank in order that he might take the management of the Hemphill County Cattle Company....Mr. Donovan then purchased the land on which the St. Joseph Stock Yards now stand. ...Mr. Donovan reclaimed from the swamp and soggy marsh there now stand the most modern packing houses and the handsomest live stock exchange building in the world....
Mr. Donovan was the founder of the German-American Bank of St. Joseph.
He assisted in the organization of the Saxton Rifles of St. Joseph, being elected first lieutenant. Afterward a battalion was formed under the same name and he was elected captain of Company . Later he was promoted to position of major, commanding the battalion, but resigned his commission when he went to Texas.
He was one of the first police commissioners appointed by Governor Marmaduke....treasurere of the board of police commissioners.
He held to the Democratic faith.
the members of his family are identified with the Episcopal Church, and Mr. Donovan is a pew-holder in Christ Church, St. Joseph. He was married October 5, 1875, to Emma C. Patee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Patee, of St. Joseph, and has one daughter named Emma Donovan. the father of Mrs. Donovan ws the son of John Patee, one of the very first residents of St. Joseph. |
| Epithet: |
| Tombstone Material: N/A |
Tombstone Shape: N/A |
Tombstone Condition: N/A |
| Vault Type: |
Burial Number: 7407 |
|
| Mausoleum: |
Ashes: |
|
| Other Relatives in Plot: parents Col. John Donovan Sr. and Evelina Robinson Donovan |
| Lot Owner: JDONOVAN |
| Lot Location: 3 |
| Block Location: 16 |
| Section/Range Location: B |
| GPS Coordinates: |
| Funeral Home: Heaton- BeGole Undertaking |
| Funeral Home City/State: St. Joseph, MO |
| Cost of Interment: $7.00 |
Date Paid: 12/31/13 |
| |
| Photo(s): |
John Donovan Jr
Courtesy Of:Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, Vol 2 Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri
John Donovan Jr.
Courtesy Of:St. Joseph News-Press September 10, 2000
|
| |
| Photo(s) of Tombstone: |
|
|
| |
| Other Photo(s): |
None
|
|
|
