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George P. Donehoo
Dr. George Patterson Donehoo (December 21, 1862 - January 11, 1934) was a former minister and well-known author of several histories of Pennsylvania and its Native Americans.
Born in Connellsville...view moreDr. George Patterson Donehoo (December 21, 1862 - January 11, 1934) was a former minister and well-known author of several histories of Pennsylvania and its Native Americans.
Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania in 1862, the son of Rev. Elijah Ramsey and Georgianna Maria Jones Patterson, Dr. Donehoo was a former State Librarian and Secretary of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, a Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and many other historical and scientific societies.
Dr. Donehoo was a Pastor of Sharon Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania until 1903, when he left his church to pursue a full-time career in writing historical books and articles. His published titles include: The Changing of Historic Place Names (1921); Harrisburg and Dauphin County: A Sketch of the History for the Past Twenty-Five Years, 1900-1925 (1925); Pennsylvania: A History (1926-1931); Harrisburg, The City Beautiful, Romantic and Historic (1927); A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania (1928); and A History of the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania (1930).
He was married to Virginia Buttermore (1871-1953), who practised medicine in Kentucky prior to their marriage in 1909, and the couple had one son, George Smith Donehoo.
Dr. Donehoo passed away in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1934, aged 71, and was laid to rest at Hill Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Connellsville, Pennsylvania.view less