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John Donahoo

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308: 25: 141:, for much of his career; he was an election judge and town commissioner, and served on the school board. He was also an active businessman, with concerns in fishing and real estate. As a builder, Donahoo attracted the attention of 149:
and overseer of lighthouse construction for the government; Donahoo's prices were low and the quality of his work was good. Consequently, he was awarded the contracts for a dozen lighthouses in Maryland and
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Little is known of Donahoo's life, but he appears to have been an active citizen in
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Donahoo died in 1858, and was buried in Havre de Grace's
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for much of the first half of the nineteenth century.
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