McDonogh School - Dragon Yearbook (Owings Mills, MD)

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tunate Braddock Expedition and accompanied him in the retreat after Brad- a'oelchs death. In the periaa'fottowing the war, McDonogh returned to spend some years in his native county. He later married and moved to Philadelphia, where his jirst child was horn in 1759. He soon returned to York, however, and eoatinaea' to reside there until ahoat 1774. It was in this period that he lost his wife and, prohahty, the children of this marriage. I n 1768 he married Eliza- heth Wilkins, andjive years later moved to Baltimore. Twelve children, six sons and six daughters, were the fr'ait of this union, of which ?ohn ZVIeDonogh, the philanthropist, was the sixth child and eldest son. The plans of the elder 707m MeDoaogh were rudely interrupted by the out.- hreale cyf the Revolutioaary W ar. Belonging to a race notedfor its resistance to oppression, and himself a soldier, it can readily he understaaa' that he was not long in jaining the ranks of the rehels. He servedfor the greater part of the war under Washiizgtmz, in whom hefoand ah unfailingfriehd; infaet, Washington never visited Baltimore without stopping at the 1WeD0720gh home. dfter the war Mr. MeDonogh devoted himsetf t0 the support amt training 0f hisfamity. 1ft the time afyoahg yohnhs hirth in 1779, he was a man of considerable property and a respected citizen of Baltimore, in which city there was a proverh, Wis honest as old ?ohn MeDonogh. SCENE ON OLD FREDERICK ROAD, WEST BALTIMORE, ABOUT 1800

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The Board of Trustees J. ARTHUR NELSON EDWIN G BAETJER THOMAS H. FITCHETT DR. J. M. T.F1NNEY Chairman A. H- 5- POST DR. THOMAS R. BOGGS JUDGE W. C. COLEMAN