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Jackson “Jack” Donason

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Birth	:	1857 Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	25 Jan 1913 Mills, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3608017, -100.3071976
Description	:	COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA, page 741: JACK DONASON. Jack Donason, who for the past score of years has been one of the foremost residents of Keya Paha county, Nebraska, owns a valuable estate in section 31, township 35, range 18. He is one of the leading old settlers in this locality, and has always given his best aid in looking to the interests of the county, and still does his full share in developing its resources and making it a success. Mr. Donason was born in Knox county, Illinois, in 1857, and when he was but... Read More	COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA, page 741: JACK DONASON. Jack Donason, who for the past score of years has been one of the foremost residents of Keya Paha county, Nebraska, owns a valuable estate in section 31, township 35, range 18. He is one of the leading old settlers in this locality, and has always given his best aid in looking to the interests of the county, and still does his full share in developing its resources and making it a success. Mr. Donason was born in Knox county, Illinois, in 1857, and when he was but nine years of age began heavy farm work at the handles of a plow, and still well remembers the team he drove. His father, Alex. Donason, was of Scotch-Irish descent, while the mother, Ann Barbow, was of German-American blood, both being reared in this country; our subject, the second child in a family of seven, started for himself at the age of twenty-two years, following farm work on the home place. In 1882 he came to Hamilton county, Nebraska, where he spent a winter, then to Keya Paha county, taking a pre-emption south of the river April 2d. He proved up on it, then during the hard times of the dry years, mortgaged the place and lost it. After a time he again purchased the place, paying six hundred and fifty dollars, having first bought it for nine hundred and fifty dollars, three hundred dollars more than the sale price thirteen years later, to such an extent had land values depreciated during the drouth period. He endured hard times here during the dry years, but managed to get along without assistance from any one, and gradually improved his place. When a strip of the reservation north of the Keya Paha river was opened for settlement Mr. Donason took a homestead on section 31, township 35, range 18, and this is the site of his present home. He was thrifty, bought more land, now owning over one thousand four hundred acres, all lying along the Keya Paha river, with four hundred acres under cultivation; about one hundred and twenty-five acres are seeded to alfalfa which is growing thriftily. He runs two hundred and sixty cattle, and keeps about seventy-five horses and mules; he also deals in hogs, raising about two hundred annually. He has a fine orchard of fruit trees in bearing, and everything about his farm presents the best possible appearance, showing taste and good management in its operation. He has good buildings of all kinds, and the place is all fenced. A view of the fine large dwelling and surrounding buildings, with their rugged background of lofty hills, is to be seen elsewhere in this work. Mr. Donason was married July 15, 1885, to Miss Minnie Sylvester, whose people were early settlers in Hamilton and Keya Paha counties. To Mr. and Mrs. Donason have been born the following children: Kate, now Mrs. Roy Buckles, of Washington; Alex, Roy, Glen, Frank and Clair, all living at home except the first mentioned. Mr. Donason has been a Democrat most of his life, having only occasionally wavered in his allegiance to the old party.

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Jackson “Jack” Donason's memorial is located at: Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, USA.
When did Jackson “Jack” Donason death?
Jackson “Jack” Donason death on 25 Jan 1913 in Mills, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 44.3608017
Longitude: -100.3071976

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Minnie Elizabeth Sylvester Donason

(1862 - 1926)

Siblings

Children

Katherine Mae “Kate” Donason Buckles

(1886 - 1970)

Alex Albert Donason

(1888 - 1974)

Roy Donason

(1890 - 1984)

Frank Donason

(1896 - 1958)

Infant Daughter Donason

(1899 - 1899)

Clair Donason

(1902 - 1961)

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