Sunday, September 6, 2015

Daniel G. Donohue Answered the Final Summons
















Daniel G. Donohue was born in Oswego, New York in 1858. He moved to Sandusky, Ohio about 1882, after having worked in Elyria in the railway department of the U.S. Postal Service. After moving to Sandusky, Mr. Donohue was self-employed as a book salesman. Daniel G. Donohue was known for his unfailing good humor, as evidenced by this headline which appeared in the January 10, 1908 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal.






















Mr. Donohue was well known in political circles, and he worked for a time as a guard at the Ohio Penitentiary. Daniel G. Donohue died on January 9, 1908, on his fiftieth birthday. Mr. Donohue was survived by his wife and three children. He was a faithful member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Daniel G. Donohue was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.

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