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 DONOHOE. DONOVAN. 181 seeing the Legislature give further effect to the law, by authorizing the erection of a hospital for those coming under the pro- visions of the act, and the appointing of a board of trustees for the management of the hospital. DONOHOE, MICHAEL T., the son of Owen M. and Mary (Cassidy) Donohoe, was born at Lowell, Middlesex county, November 22, 1S38. His paternal ances- tors came originally from County Cavan, Ireland, his father being one of the earli- est settlers in Lowell. Michael T. Donohoe was educated at the public and high schools of Lowell and at Holy Cross College, Worcester. Upon leaving college in 1855 he took a situation in the Merrimack Mills, where he remained until 1859, when he went to Manchester, N. H., to enter a clothing store. Upon the breaking out of the war in 1S61, he enlisted in a company which afterwards became company C, 3d New MICHAEL T. DONOHOE. Hampshire regiment, of which he was elected captain. He took part in Sher- man's expedition to South Carolina, in which he was honorably mentioned in general orders. On June 16, 1862, he returned home to New Hampshire, and with the aid of other officers succeeded in raising a regiment for the service (10th regiment N. H. vol- unteers), of which he was appointed colonel, and with the regiment left the state for the seat of war, September 22, 1862. They joined the 9th corps and served until March, 1S63, participating in the battle of Fredericksburg. They were sent to the 18th corps, and while at Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864, Colonel Donohoe had a horse shot from under him, and later on the same day received a severe gunshot wound in the right hip, and was specially mentioned in general orders for gallant conduct in the field. Colonel Donohoe subsequently served in General Devens's division of the 24th corps, and during the last year of the war was brev- etted brigadier-general for gallant conduct in the field. At the close of the war General Dono- hoe entered the railroad service of the Concord and Boston &: Lowell Railroads, subsequently changing to the Lake Shore & Bee Lines, after which he was appointed inspector of the post-office department, which post he held until appointed clerk of commissioners of public institutions at Boston, a position he still most acceptably fills. General Donohoe resides at Dorchester. He was married August 21, 1862, to Eliza- beth E., the daughter of John and Isabella (McCaffrey) McAnulty. Mr. McAnulty was also one of the-earliest settlers of the town of Lowell. General Donohoe has five chil- dren : Francis E., Maybelle, Adelaide, George J., and Ellie Donohoe. DONOVAN, JOHN J., son of Jeremiah and Catharine (Lawler) Donovan, was born July 28, 1843, in Yonkers, Westchester county, N. Y. The public schools of Lowell, where his family settled in 1846, gave him his early educational training. He was graduated from the Lowell high school at fifteen years of age. He was also graduated from the Farnsworth Mercantile Academy. Upon leaving school he entered the em- ploy of David Gove, Lowell, and was admitted as a partner upon reaching his majority. For a number of years he was interested in the manufacture of Manila paper. He constructed all the lines of the Atlan- tic Telegraph Company east of Boston, doing business in connection with the Bal- timore & Ohio Telegraph Company. He was the promoter of this company, and is at present its treasurer. Mr. Donovan was married in Lowell, May 6, 1869, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter