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REV. GEORGE M. DONAHOE
The subject of this sketch, the son of Reuben and Martha
Donahoe, was born near Bowling Green September 20, 1848.
His Sunday school teacher, Judge E. C. Moncure, taught him to
read and beyond this he was self-educated. At the age of seventeen
he united with Antioch church under the preaching of one
Rev. Mr. Arnold, of Kentucky and shortly thereafter decided to
enter the ministry. He then united with the Methodist church
and was licensed to preach by the Bowling Green Quarterly
Conference. After six or seven years service as an "exhorter"
he united with the Baptist church and was ordained to the
ministry by the Rev. Messrs. Broaddus, Cruikshank and Eubank.
Following this ordination he served Mt. Horeb, Mt. Hermon and
Providence churches for about three years. He also served
Providence and Traveler's Rest churches in Spotsylvania county.
There are several chapels standing in neglected communities as
monuments to his faithfulness.
Mr. Donahoe married Maria L. Weedon, of King George
county in 1872 and had issue four children: Lillian M., Mary L.,
Frederick T., and Rosie M. The daughters are all married.
The son died in his twenty-fourth year.
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