MCDONALD, HENRY. - With the exception of two years, the entire career of Henry McDonald, cashier of the Centennial National Bank of Virginia, has been passed in this city, where he has been not only identified with banking but also with journalistic enterprises, as well as with the city government. He was born at Virginia, December 18, 1869, and is a son of William J. and Mary (Mahoney) McDonald, natives of Ireland, the former of the city of Belfast and the latter of County Cork. They came to the United States as young married people. The father conducted a tin shop and stove store at Virginia for many years and here died in 1875, when his son Henry was six years old.

The education of Henry McDonald was secured in the public schools of Virginia, after leaving which he became a printer's "devil" in the office of the Virginia Gazette. He spent a number of years with this publication, of which he eventually became manager and then publisher, and continued as such until taking the position of cashier of the Centennial National Bank, which he now occupies. He has been identified with a number of prosperous business enterprises, being at this time secretary of the Virginia Building and Savings Association and the proprietor of a flourishing insurance agency, and in addition to his residence owns other valuable Virginia property. He bears an excellent reputation in business circles, always having exercised the strictest integrity in his dealings, and the success which has come to him has been fairly and honorably earned. At various times in his career Mr. McDonald has been called upon to act in positions in the public service, and has served one term as city treasurer of Virginia, several terms as city clerk, and a number of years as a member of the school board, of which he has also been clerk. He has always been a Democrat in his political views.

Mr. McDonald was married to Miss Nettie White, who was born in Cass County, a daughter of Joseph L. White. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McDonald: Pearl, the wife of Walter H. Widmayer, who has two sons, Herman and Jack; and Freda and Edwin, both of whom reside with their parents.