Now carrying on the banking business at Forest
City as a member of the firm of FRAZER and McDONALD, has been
a county resident since 1873. He was born in St. Joseph, Mo. in
March, 1844. His father, Dr. Silas McDONALD, emigrated from Kentucky
to Missouri in 1836, first settled in Howard County, and moved to
Buchanan County in 1838 thus becoming one of the earliest residents
of the Platte Purchase. An early resident of St. Joseph, he practiced
medicine there many years.
Daniel McDONALD was raised in St. Joseph
and educated in the private schools of that city. In 1862 he joined
a drug store in St. Joseph and began his medical studies. He attended
the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and, in the spring
of 1865, graduated from the Long Island Medical College at Brooklyn,
N. Y. He returned to St. Joseph and, in 1866, undertook the drug
business with his father, in which he continued until May, 1869.
At that date he accepted a position as book-keeper and teller
in the State National Bank, now State Savings Bank, of St. Joseph.
He remained connected with this bank for over three years, thoroughly
learning the banking business at one of the best institutions
of its kind in the state. He formed a partnership with Mr. B.
B. FRAZER and came to Forest City in 1873 to establish the banking
firm, FRAZER and McDONALD. The firm transacts a general banking
business for which they have unsurpassed facilities. There is
only one other bank in the county. He was married Sept. 1, 1869
to Miss LANDIS of St. Joseph.
Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Holt County, MO.
Published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1877
Provided by Dave Roberts of Lyon County, Kentucky,
a former Holt County resident.
