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Daughter of Jacob LaRue (I) and Mary Frost LaRue. Was the wife of John McDonald. The name was often called McDaniel. Mary LaRue MaDonald and her husband lived on a farm on the north fork of Nolynn, two miles north of Hodgenville, on the place now know as the Goodin farm. He died about the year 1820.
Children of Mary LaRue (I.E) and John McDonald (List Probably Incomplete)
I.E.a. James McDonald: Married, in 1810,
Theodosia Dodge, daughter of the pioneer
Baptist minister, Josiah Dodge.I.E.b Nancy McDonald: Married, in 1826, to Jacob Buzan (I.B. f) I.E.c. John McDonald, Jr. Married
Maria Waide, in 1823I.E.d Deidamia McDonald Married, in 1824,
to James Hodgen (VI. L.)I.E.e Mary McDonald Married, March 7, 1822,
to William Brooks LaRue I.D.
a (who died in 1824).
Second marriage, May 29, 1827,
to John Shehi.I.E.f Jacob McDonald I.E.g Louisa McDonald I.E.h Frances McDonald Married, in December, 1813,
to Jacob Rust (I.C.a).I.E.i Hugh McDonald Most of the children of Mary LaRue (I.E.) and John McDonald moved to the West at an early day. Their son James McDonald (I.E.a) remained on the home farm in LaRue County until his death, about the year 1850. He left a large family of children, most of whom were married in Kentucky, and later went to the West. It is believed that many of this family located in Iowa.
I. Jacob LaRue
| Children of Isaac | Will of Isaac LaRue, Sr. | Descendants
I. Jacob LaRue
| I. E. Mary LaRue McDonald
| I.F.William LaRue
| I.F.c. Elizabeth LaRue
| I.F.c.2. John J. Allen
| I.F.c.2.d. Horace Allen
Poems by I.F.c.5 Eliza Allen | Nolynn Churchyard Tombstones