Bexar Co., TX - Harry Arthur McArdie Obituary
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18 February 1908  Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 2 

San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 17 - Harry Arthur McArdie, widely
known in Texas as a painter of historic pictures relating
to early times in Texas, died at his home in this city
Sunday night. His most famous pictures are "The Battle of
San Jacinto" and "The Dawn of the Alamo." Two others of his
paintings hang in the Senate chamber at Austin alongside of
the two first mentioned. They are "Stephen F. Austin's
Colony" and "The Log Cabin." His first famous painting was
"Lee in the Wilderness," which was destroyed when the old
Texas Capitol burned several years ago. 

Mr. McArdie was 72 years of age at the time of his death. He
was born in Ireland. He came to the United States when a boy.
In 1860 he entered the Confederate army, but saw little actual
service, being employed in designing boats for the navy.
Mr. McArdie came to Texas forty years ago and settled at
Independence, Washington County. It was then he took up the
work of painting historic Texas pictures. 

He is survived by five children. They are W. A., P. H., Miss
Marie, P. M. and Fuskin McArdie.  P. H. McArdie resides in
Houston and Fuskin McArdie is in Washington, where he is a
private secretary to Congressman Burleson.