Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....McDonald, Jas. R. 1890
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The Charlotte News
12 June 1890

An Old Veteran Dead - The Death Last Night of Mr. Jas. R. McDonald

Mr. Jas. R. McDonald, one of Mecklenburg's best known men, died at his home in 
Paw Creek township last night after a brief illness. Mr. McDonald was in his 
79th year and leaves a wife and two children. He had been a sufferer for 
sometime past with the grip, but a few weeks ago he was seized with a 
complication of diseases under which he could not rally.

Mr. McDonald was a native Scotchman. He was born in Argyleshire and came to 
this country in 1848. He was married to a daughter of Mr. James Elwood. Mr. 
McDonald was a loyal son of his adopted State and when the war broke out, he 
took the field in the Fifth North Carolina Cavalry, in Capt. John R. Erwin's 
company. He proved a brave and fearless soldier and an undaunted fighter. His 
courage was never found wanting and he was never known to shirk a duty. 

An incident that occurred just after the close of the war will illustrate the 
character of his grit. Mr. McDonald had arrived home from Appomattox and was 
footing it from town to his house. Just as he reached Irwin's Creek, he saw a 
squad of Federals coming. They were leading a horse which he recognized as his 
own. It instantly occurred to him that they had passed by his house and had 
stolen his horse and stopping them in the middle of the raod, he charged them 
with the theft and demanded his horse. They laughed at him and started to ride 
over him. It happened to be a rocky place and picking up rock after rock, Jim 
commenced bombarding the crowd. They fired at him and a bullet took off one of 
his fingers, but he sent the rocks so thick and fast and hot that the crowd 
stampeded and left his horse in the road. He mounted his animal and rode it 
back home in triumph.

Mr. McDonald's body was interred today at 1 o'clock at Trinity Church.


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