BIO: William Harrison McDONALD, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 304.
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  WILLIAM HARRISON MCDONALD, was born in Orbisonia, Huntingdon county, 
Pa., April 24, 1831. He is a son of John and Nancy M. (Barkley) 
McDonald. John McDonald was born January 16, 1794; he was a miller. His 
children were: Mary K.; John B., deceased; Charles; Drusilla M., 
married to Thomas Mylon, who is deceased; Annie E.; William Harrison; 
James, married to Margaret Snyder, of Orbisonia; and Clementina, 
deceased. The father and mother both died in 1868; Mr. McDonald on 
March 17, and his wife May 10.
  William H. McDonald received a common school education. He began 
business life as a traveling agent for certain publishing and dry-goods 
houses, visiting different parts of the world in the prosecution of 
this work. On April 1, 1896, he purchased a farm, and devoted himself 
to his present occupation. He is a staunch Republican.
  William Harrison McDonald was married in Altoona, Pa., February 11, 
1863, to A. M. D. Wolverton, of Huntingdon county, daughter of Isaac 
and Eliza Jane Wolverton. Two of their children died in infancy. The 
others are: Eliza Gertrude; F. William; Grace M., married to C. T. 
Carpenter, freight brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, resides in 
Huntingdon. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Lutheran church.