Joseph B. Donaldson is one of the representative business men of Canonsburg. He was born December 15, 1846, in Canonsburg, forty-six years ago, and has been behind the counter for over thirty years, twenty-four of which he has been in the drug business. In 1876 he opened a drug store in Canonsburg, and has the largest and most varied stock of drugs and fancy goods in the city. He has been the architect of his own fortunes. Beginning with a small stock, his business has rapidly increased, his fine store now being crowded with novelties and the usual paraphernalia of a drug store doing a good business. On October 30, 1872, Mr. Donaldson was married to Miss Maria M. Adams, of Canonsburg, and they are the parents of the following children: Louis, Mary, Susie and Lawrence. In his political preferences Mr. Donaldson is a Democrat, and in religion he is a Presbyterian.

Text taken from page 923 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Karen Souhrada of Pittsford, NY as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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