Individual Details

Robert Clark DONEHAY

(19 Feb 1855 - 23 Oct 1902)

Robert C. Donehay was sentenced to two years in the State Penitentiary on 12 November 1881 for forging pension papers. He was married to Mary Jane Repplogel, a daughter of Daniel Repplogel and Mary Helman. His mother-in-law, Mary Repplogel, received a widow's pension since her first husband, Daniel Repplogel, died in 1864 during the Civil War. She married Irwin Cooper Brady on 4 July 1879. She denied receiving any pension vouchers after her marriage to Brady and said Robert C. Donehay, her son-in-law, intercepted the vouchers and forged her signature..

Events

Birth19 Feb 1855Indiana County, Pennsylvania
MarriageAbt 1876Mary Jane REPPLOGEL
Miscellaneous12 Nov 1881was in the Western Penitentiary for two years beginning - Piitsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Marriage26 Jul 1892Tanoma, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Mary Amelia HUFFMAN
Death23 Oct 1902
Probate13 Apr 1904Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Alt nameRobert Clark DONAHUE

Families

SpouseMary Jane REPPLOGEL (1857 - 1891)
SpouseMary Amelia HUFFMAN (1870 - 1900)

Endnotes

1. "Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 July 2017), Robert Clark Donehay and Mary Amelia Huffman, 26 July 1892; Number 343; FHL microfilm 1,288,580.

2. "Pennsylvania, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2017), Robert C. Donehay; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Prisoner number 6906.

3. "LOCAL ITEMS-Robert C. Donohey," Court Item, Indiana Weekly Messenger, 16 November 1881, "Robert C. Donohey, of Rayne township, convicted in the U.S. Court of forging pension papers, was called up for sentencing on Saturday last...; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2017).

4. "Pennsylvania, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2017), Robert C. Donehay; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Prisoner number 6906.

5. "Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 July 2017), Robert Clark Donehay and Mary Amelia Huffman, 26 July 1892; Number 343; FHL microfilm 1,288,580.

6. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Will Book, 10: 521, Robert C. Donehay; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

7. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Will Book, 10: 521, Robert C. Donehay; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.