John Matthews McDonald
Full Name: John Matthews McDonald
Birth date: 1827
Death date: April 14, 1883
Birth date: 1827
Death date: April 14, 1883
Terms of Service
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House,
13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. John M. McDonald, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. John McDonald, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Confederate States Army, Company G, 3rd State Troops, Texas Infantry. John Matthew McDonald, death date 4/14/1883; widow Mary E. McDonald, marriage date 11/17/1858 in Cherokee County. Pension File No. 45726 (Mary E. McDonald), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Pension file includes appointment as "Provost Marshal" for Henderson County written 6/24/1862, furlough written 1864. Ancestry.com .
- "Honoring Athens First Mayor," by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, U.S. House of Representatives, 4/6/2006. John Matthews McDonald was "first known Mayor of Athens, Texas." Volume 152, Number 44, Friday, 4/7/2006, p. E565. Congressional Record .
- John Matthews McDonald, birth 1827 in Moore County, North Carolina; death date 4/14/1883 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas. Member of 13th Texas Legislature. Descendants of James Mor Macdonald, IX: James McDonald Family of Moore County, North Carolina 2007.
- J.M. McDonald, Athens, Henderson County, born in North Carolina, lawyer, age 45. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
- John M. McDonald (1827-1883), burial in Athens Cemetery, Henderson County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
- MCDONALD, JOHN MATTHEW (1827-1883). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Historical marker, John Matthews McDonald, Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County. "He held the offices of justice of the peace, county judge and state representative." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
- Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .