LOST ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS - MCDONALD ALBUM 4 - ALEXANDER AND JOHN MCDONALD - TWO OF THE SONS OF ALEXANDER MCDONALD AND MARY JANE WULFJEN MCDONALD + DIGITAL PHOTO RESTORATIONS
4/10/2022 04:04:00 PMI seek to digitally preserve historical photos for others that might be looking for them. When possible I reunite the original copies with descendants, free of charge. Here are more photos in my ever growing collection.
If any of these are your ancestors please contact me.
This is the fourth of several posts listing each photo in the same precious family album. See the first post HERE, second HERE, and the third HERE.
Malcolm Alexander McDONALD Jr., and John McDONALD were the sons of Alexander McDONALD and Mary Jane WULFJEN. Both of them died untimely deaths under very unfortunate circumstances. Alexander was mugged and left with brain injuries which culminated in his death in an insane asylum a few weeks later at the age of 55. John fell under the wheels of a freight train and passed away at age 35.
ALEXANDER McDONALD
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Little Kent and Zelle
This is Zelle FUTRELL McDONALD,
Alexander McDONALD Jr.'s wife. and their son.
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Zelle FUTRELL McDONALD and little Kent.
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"TO INVESTIGATE DEATH IN JAIL
The death of M. A. McDonald, 5927 Vanderbilt street, traveling man, who died Wednesday afternoon in the Dallas County jail while relatives were searching for him, is under investigation. Ben Thorp, brother-in-law of McDonald, said Friday.
"McDonald, home owner, prominent in church circles and Southwestern representative for a well known glove house, went to West Texas four weeks ago on one of his business circles," Mr. Thorp said Friday evening. "He went by Wichita Falls, Amarillo and was last hear from at Amarillo, Sept. 17. On the 18th he was found in a dazed condition at the Union Terminal in Dallas and was taken by police to the City Hall. He was able to tell them his name. He went on his trip with money and some jewelry, both of which were missing upon his return there. Mr. McDonald was taken to the Dallas County jail Sept. 19, still in a dazed condition, and put in an insane ward. We understand he was tried on a charge of insanity and committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at Terrell and that when officials went to get him later he was found too sick to be moved. Meanwhile, Mrs. McDonald and other relatives were instituting a search for him. Mrs. Thorp and myself were in Kansas City at the time attending an insurance convention. The first Mrs. McDonald knew of her husband's presence in Dallas, of his illness or treatment and of his death was when she read of his death in local newspapers."
The body was found to be without bruises in an examination conducted over the body at the George A. Brewer Undertaking Company parlors, 2303 Ross avenue, Mr. Thorp added. This examination was completed late Friday afternoon. The investigation will be continued farther, it was indicated.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the chapel of the George A. Brewer Undertaking Company. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be J. W. Trevette, W. N. Riley, E. V. Thorp. C. J. Futrell, E. J. Olive and Garrett Glenn.
Mr. McDonald had represented the glove house fifteen years and had lived for the same period of time at 4927 Crutcher street. He owned both the houses on Crutcher and on Vanderbilt streets, having moved to Vanderbilt street address about a month ago." -Dallas Morning News, 3 Oct. 1925
JOHN McDONALD
John McDONALD, 1875
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John McDONALD, 1875
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“John McDonald, a brakeman on the main line of I. & G. N. R. R., lost his footing on a freight car between Round Rock and McNeil last Thursday morning and, falling under the wheels, had his left leg smashed to a pulp. Notwithstanding his terrible plight, he had presence of mind enough to pick up a stone and throw it at the caboose, attracting the attention of the crew and causing him to be taken on board. He was carried to the hospital in Austin and his leg amputated about halfway up the thigh. At first it was thought he might rally and pull through, but the shock and loss of blood were too great and he died Saturday. His funeral occurred from his mothers home at Round Rock Sunday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. Swenson of the C.P. Church assisted by Rev. Shutt of the Methodist church. The pallbearers were selected from the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers. Mr. McDonald, who was about 31 years old and unmarried, was a nephew of Messrs. D.H. and J.W. Snyder of Georgetown. A singular coincidence is that his father, Dr. McDonald, was run over and killed by a train at Hutto on the same line some years ago.” - Williamson County Sun, 8 Apr 1900
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