Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....McDonald, Thomas S. April 10 1836 - February 4 1884
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    THOMAS S. MCDONALD (deceased) was of Scotch origin, and a son of Dr. John S.
and Elizabeth McDonald. He was born in Rockford, the county seat of Coosa
county, Ala., April 10, 1836, and was there reared amid the privations of
pioneer life, and there also acquired the rudiments of an English education in
the imperfect schools of the time. At the outbreak of the late Civil war he
entered the Confederate army, and valiantly served until the end. Returning to
Rockford, he entered into mercantile business, and, although a comparatively
poor man, soon made his way to the front, and at the time of his death, which
occurred February 4, 1884, was the most prominent figure in the business circle
of his section. He was a man of large heart and generous impulses, which many a
poor family in his neighborhood has good reason to acknowledge. He was a
consistent member of the Baptist church, was upright and conscientious, a kind
and loving husband and father, and his loss was deeply mourned by the entire
community in which he had lived. His marriage took place in Coosa county,
November 15, 1866, to Miss Julia A., daughter of William H. and Carrie E.
(Huffman) Spigener, the happy union resulting in the birth of six children, who
were named as follows: Carrie, who became the wife of Evanda Jones, a lawyer of
note at Rockford; Mattie, married to Julius Jones, a brother of Evanda Jones,
and a rising physician of the same place: George, Thomas S., Belle, and Huffman.
The father of Mrs. Julia A. McDonald, William Spigener, was born in Orangeburg
district, S. C., and when a young man migrated to Montgomery county, Ala. Soon
after coming to this state he married in Elmore county, and passed the greater
part of his lifetime there and near Buyckville, Elmore county, as a merchant and
farmer. He reared a family of six children, who were named as follows: Mattie
A., deceased; William H., Jr., of Rockford; George M., deceased; Julia A., widow
of Mr. M. McDonald; Jacob H., of Montgomery, and Warren D. of Good Water, Ala.
Mrs. McDonald is a lady of refinement and fine social qualities, and is highly
respected by her neighbors and associates. Mr. McDonald was a descendant of the
famous Scotch family of his name, who were prominent in the wars of Scotland.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 731-732



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