Crenshaw County AlArchives Biographies.....McDonald, Frederick C. 1829 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   FREDERICK C. MCDONALD, of the firm of F. C. McDonald & Co., general merchants
and one of the leading firms of Luverne, was born in Washington county, Ga., in
1829. He is a son of Edward and Mary (Trot-man) McDonald, the former a native of
Edgefield district, S. C., and the latter of Washington county, Ga. Mr. McDonald
came to Washington county, Ga., a young man, married there and lived there until
1838, when he and his wife removed to Stewart county, Mr. McDonald dying soon
after their arrival. Mrs. McDonald spent the last years of her life in Alabama,
dying in Rutledge about 1882, aged seventy-nine years. Mrs. McDonald was a
devout Methodist for many years. Mr. McDonald was a prosperous farmer. His
father was probably a native of Scotland, but he died in South Carolina and his
wife died in Georgia. Grandfather Trotman died in Georgia when Mrs. McDonald was
but a little girl. Frederick C. McDonald was the second in a family of two sons
and three daughters, viz.: Elizabeth, died young; Frederick C.; Celia A., widow
of G. B. Stinson of Pike county; Narcissa, died young, and William died young.
The subject was reared on a farm, with but limited opportunities for securing an
education, having to assume principal charge of the family upon the death of his
father. Notwithstanding he had many obstacles to overcome he struggled manfully,
and in time was prepared to do battle for himself. He was married in 1854 to
Esther Flinn, a native of Georgia, and a daughter of John Flinn, also a native
of Georgia, but who removed to Barbour county, Ala., where he died before the
war at an advanced age. Mrs. McDonald died in 1870, the mother of five children,
viz.: John F. of Texas; Jane, died when a child; Georgiana Steward, wife of W.
C. Cameron; Kate, wife of P. J. Thrower; Mattie, wife of J. M. Cody. In 1872 Mr.
McDonald married Mrs. Emma Osborne, nee Howard, who was born at Tuskegee, Ala.
In 1858 Mr. McDonald removed to Barbour county, where he farmed until 1866, when
he came to Crenshaw county and settled where Rutledge now is, where he followed
farming with marked success until 1888. Then, on the location of Luverne, he
removed to that place, where he has since resided, engaged in merchandising with
gratifying success. He is the owner of 600 acres of land, which is one of the
best farms in the state. In September, 1862, he joined company C, Twenty-ninth
Alabama infantry, and spent over one year at Mobile, and in the spring of 1864
joined the Tennessee army at Resaca, served in the campaign down to Atlanta, and
back with Hood to Tennessee, and was taken prisoner at Nashville. From December
20, to June 23, was in prison at Camp Douglas. He was a private soldier all
through his service, but was never wounded. After the war he resumed farming,
and followed that occupation as related above until he became engaged in
merchandising. He has never neglected his domestic or business affairs for
politics, and has never aspired to public honors, yet he is an earnest supporter
of his party. He has been a Presbyterian for a good many years, as also was his
first wife. His present wife is a Methodist, and both she and her husband are
prominent and much respected members of society.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 784-785
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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