Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: McDonald, John N., May 1892

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May 28, 1892   McDonald PA Outlook

A very nice drawing of Mr. McDonald is included with the article.

Hon. John N. MCDONALD will always be remembered by the people of 
the town that was named after him.  He died May 23d, 1889, at the 
homestead where he was born, where he had always lived, and where 
his father had been born and lived and died.  It is not our purpose 
here to write of him, but simply to place before our readers the 
strong, but kindly face that all remember so well.  His life and 
character have often been described in the public prints and they 
are indelibly written in the hearts of ten thousand people.

 The Outlook of May __, 1889, contained the following:  Thursday 
morning going to their accustomed places of business, people were 
shocked by the sad news that Hon. John N. MCDONALD had died at 
6 a.m.  He had been seriously ill for about two months, enduring 
with remarkable patience and resignation all his suffering and 
weakness.  The grief of the people of McDonald at the death of 
this universally respected and kind hearted man of means, influence 
and ability and readiness to do good whenever an opportunity offered, 
will be deep and lasting.  Many a family will remember his cheering 
and helpful visits to them when in need and distress, and will most 
sincerely mourn his departure.  His place in society, in the church 
and among those who help forward the cause of humanity can not be 
filled, and more time is needed than is at present at the disposal of 
any of us to properly describe and record his many good traits of head 
and heart.

 John N. MCDONALD was born at the homestead where he died, Feb. 10th, 
1820.  Of his early life we can not now speak.  It will be recalled as 
a model one by many of his early friends in this vicinity who survive 
him.  He was married Oct. 29, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Mary LEE, 
daughter of Major William LEE, of Cross Creek, this county.  He served 
in the legislatures of 1853 and 1858 as a representative of Washington 
County.  He was also a delegate to the Union State Convention in 1856, 
a representative delegate in the convention of 1868, a senatorial 
delegate in 1876, and again a representative delegate in the conventions 
of 1880 and 1884.

 For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of 
Washington and Jefferson College; and of his efficiency as a school 
director in this district, of the work he has done for the Presbyterian 
Church of this place, and his interest in the cause of education and 
religion generally, all are aware.  It would require a volume to record 
all that he has done in these directions.