Loren B. Macdonald

Biography

Loren B. Macdonald, who lived through the transformative decades of the late nineteenth century, is recorded among Sleepy Hollow's residents though details of his professional life remain modest in the public record. His lifetime spanned times of civil and industrial change, and his steady presence within the community suggests a life of quiet service and commitment to those around him.

He rests now in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where the memory of citizens like him is cherished for providing the ordinary steadiness upon which St. Louis communities were built; his story reminds us that every life has value even when it leaves few documents behind.