- FRANK E. DONALDSON, M. D., physician and surgeon in active and successful practice at Kaukauna, Wisconsin, making a specialty of surgery, was born in 1876, at Waupaca, Wisconsin, a son of Dr. E. S. and Anna C. (Coon) Donaldson. The father of Dr. Donaldson was born at Oconto, Wisconsin, a son of Rev. J. W. Donaldson, who came from New York to Wisconsin as a pioneer minister of the Congregational Church. He married Harriet Smith. The parents of Dr. Donaldson moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, among the earliest pioneers in that section. The father served in the Civil War and was assistant surgeon under Dr. Ball at Paducah, Kentucky, enlisting at Green Bay, December 2, 1863, and continuing in the service until the close of the war. He then located at Oconto, Wisconsin, but later moved to Waupaca, where he engaged in medical practice until his death, September 7, 1893. His widow survives and lives at Whitefish Bay. They had four children, the two who reached maturity being Frank E. and Jessie Ann, the. latter of whom is the wife of Walter D. Corrigan, of Milwaukee. Frank E. Donaldson attended the common and High school at Waupaca, where he graduated in 1894. He then entered Hahnemann College the fall of 1895, his father's alma mater, where he obtained the first two years of his medical training, the last two years being spent in a Chicago medical college, where he graduated in 1899. For six years he engaged in practice at Butte, Montana, but since 1905 has been established at Kaukauna, for one year being associated with Dr. Tanner, who is now retired. Dr. Donaldson is surgeon for the C. & N. W. R. R. Company, and has held this position for the past four years. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the county and state medical societies. He is identified with both the Masons and the Elks. Dr. Donaldson was married April 19, 1899, at Butte, Montana, to Miss Rosalind Main, who was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and they have two children: Elizabeth and Rosemary. Dr. and Mrs. Donaldson are members of the Episcopal Church.
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Abt 1876 - 1939 (~ 63 years)
1910 Census
