Leonard Clinton Donegan

1897 - 1963  (65 years)

• Name	Leonard Clinton Donegan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	7 Oct 1897	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  	Civil District 1
  Census	1910	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [13]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Military Draft Registration	1917	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	Draft Registration - WWI
  Census	1920	Williamson County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	Civil District 1
  Census	1930	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [9]
  	District 1
  Census	1940	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [14]
  Census	1950	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [11, 16]
  	Head; Age: 52; Sharecropper, Farm
  Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Tennessee, USA
  	411-24-6210
  Obituary	Sep 1963	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [15]
  	Obituary of LC Donegan • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30
  		Obituary-DONEGAN LC OBITUARY OF LEONARD CLINTON DONEGAN • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30
  FSID	LWS9-TWY
  Death	24 Sep 1963	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [2, 10, 12, 15]
  Burial	Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [12, 15]
  		Willow Mount Cemetery (Also known as Willowmount Cemetery) Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee Find a Grave: #1989964
  Person ID	I25620	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Simeon M 'Sim' Donegan,   b. 25 May 1878, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Oct 1954, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Arizona Ann 'Zonie' Fielder,   b. 9 Mar 1879, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Sep 1946, Old Hickory, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Dec 1896	Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 17]
  Family ID	F11674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace Berril Lankford,   b. 27 Oct 1900, Tennessee, USA d. 31 Mar 1961, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1916	Williamson County, Tennessee, USA   [5, 18]
  Children	1. Mary Donegan,   b. 20 May 1920, Tennessee, USA d. Abt 1922 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Terry Marvin Donegan,   b. 3 Feb 1936, Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Apr 2022, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ruth Donegan,   b. 20 May 1920, Tennessee, USA d. 24 Dec 2010, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Edith Estelle Donegan,   b. 21 Mar 1928, Tennessee, USA bur. Smith Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Moore County, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jewel Ethelene Donegan,   b. 3 Feb 1918, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Oct 2010, Heritage Medical Center, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Myles Wilson Donegan,   b. 12 Jul 1930, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Mar 1978, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Living   8. Leamon Donegan,   b. 12 Aug 1925, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Oct 1994, Readyville, Cannon, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Johnnie Clinton 'JC' Donegan,   b. 5 May 1923, Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Apr 1987, Bedford County Hospital, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Oct 1897 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Civil District 1 - 1900 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1910 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 18 Apr 1916 - Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Census - Civil District 1 - 1920 - Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Census - District 1 - 1930 - Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Census - 1940 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Census - Head; Age: 52; Sharecropper, Farm - 1950 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA Social Security Number - 411-24-6210 - Bef 1951 - Tennessee, USA Obituary - Obituary of LC Donegan • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30 - Sep 1963 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - 24 Sep 1963 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Census

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Obituaries

  Obituary-DONEGAN LC OBITUARY OF LEONARD CLINTON DONEGAN • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30

  
  

  People

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

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Marriage date: 18 Apr 1916 Marriage place: Williamson, Tennessee Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration Location: Dickson County, Tennessee; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 7 Oct 1897 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Dickson, Tennessee U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Registration Location: Dickson County, Tennessee; Roll: ; Draft Board: . [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 1, Williamson, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1769; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 94. Birth date: abt 1898 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Civil District 1, Williamson, Tennessee 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 1, Williamson, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1769; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 94. [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1567; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; FHL microfilm: 1241567. Birth date: Oct 1898 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Civil District 1, Dickson, Tennessee 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1567; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; FHL microfilm: 1241567. [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 2245; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 227.0; FHL microfilm: 2341979. Birth date: abt 1898 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1930 Residence place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 2245; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 227.0; FHL microfilm: 2341979. [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 411-24-6210; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951. Birth date: 7 Oct 1897 Birth place: Death date: Sep 1963 Death place: [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee;. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bedford, Tennessee; [S8192] Find a Grave: DONEGAN Leonard C 1897-1963, Leonard Clinton Donegan. [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1498; Page: 6a; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1375511. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 1, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1498; Page: 6a; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 1375511 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. Birth date: abt 1892 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Bedford, Tennessee, United States 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15. [S4169] Newspapers.com: Obituary of LC Donegan • Nashville Banner - Sep 1963, (Name: Nashville Banner; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 27 Sep 1963;), Leonard Clinton "LC" Donegan Obituary. Funeral services for L C Donegan, 65, were to be held today at Gowen-Smith Chapel with burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr Donegan, a retired Fly Manufacturing Co employe, died Wednesday in Bedford County General Hospital. He was a native of Dickson County and a Methodist. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Ethelene Clark and Mrs Ruth Baker, Shelbyville, and Mrs Edith Bateman, Lynchburg; five sons, Leamon, Woodbury, J C Wilson and Terry, Shelbyville, and Airman 2c Leonard C Donegan Jr, Robins Air Force Base GA; two brothers Marshall, Dickson, and Malloy Donegan, Madison Heights MI; seven sisters, Mrs Lola Lovell and Mrs Elberta Reynolds, Nashville, Mrs Naomi Jones, Old Hickory, Mrs Iva Nowlin, Tullahoma, Mrs Alma Byrd, Troy MI, Mrs Geneva I Dowden, Muskegon MI, and Mrs Valley Fielder, Dickson; 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. https://www.newspapers.com/image/603308175/?article=40af7b28-882e-41fa-a92c-fdb6d2603ee4&focus=0.39087325,0.67067534,0.51262015,0.8268083&xid=3355 Obituary-DONEGAN LC OBITUARY OF LEONARD CLINTON DONEGAN • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), 1950 Census - Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee (District 2-26). -- Leonard C Donegan; Head; Age: 52; Sharecropper, Farm -- Grace Donegan; Wife; Age: 49; Painting Machine Operator, Pencil Mill -- Wilson Donegan; Son; Age 19; Never Married; Bundling Boy, Pants Manufacturing Co -- Terry Donegan; Son; Age 14; Never Married -- Leonard C Donegan Jr; Son; Age: 6; Never Married https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308?search=edwin+shapard%2C+Shelbyville%2C+Bedford%2C+Tennessee%2C+USA&selection=-86.4399015%2C35.498555 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S7308] Find a Grave: FIELDER Arizona Donegan 1879-1946, Arizona Ann "Zonie" Fielder Donegan. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16925688/arizona-ann-donegan [S8193] Find a Grave: LANKFORD Grace Donegan 1900-1961, Grace Berril Lankford Donegan.