Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson

Much research has been and is being done on John Wesley Donaldson, arguably the best pitcher that played the game of baseball.  The John Donaldson Network issued their first newsletter of the new year.  That caused me to take a poke around my recent haunt, the Library of Congress's Chronicling America.

The Kansas City Sun - October 20, 1917

The Kansas City Sun used this photo of Donaldson several times over the next few years, at least until October of 1920.

The Kansas City Sun - November 10, 1917

The Kansas City Sun - November 10, 1917

Miss Eleanor Watson was the daughter of Arthur and Charlotte Watson, of North Carolina.  According to the 1910 US Census Arthur was a gardener for a truck garden.  Ella, as she is listed in the census records, was a servant that did housework.

Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.