Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Elbert Monroe McDonald ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** ELBERT MONROE MCDONALD The following account of the last illness and death of Mr. E. M. McDonald is taken from last week's issue of "The Leonard Graphic." Mr. McDonald was a citizen of this section before going to live. . . The death of Mr. E. M. McDonald occurred at his home at an early hour on Monday morning, following a few day's illness as a result of a broken leg sustained in a fall, notice of which was given in "The Graphic" two weeks ago. Mr. McDonald was born and reared at Birmingham, Alabama, the date of his birth having been September 20, 1840. He served with distinction as a soldier in the Confederate Army, ranking as lieutenant. He came to Texas in 1869, locating first in Hunt County. In 1872, he was married to Jo Francis Slater and eleven children were born to them, six of whom are living. His wife died in 1897, and in 1898, he was married to Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Roberts and to this union three children were born, all of whom together with their mother survive. Mr. McDonald became a Christian and joined the Baptist church at the age of fourteen, and was a splendid type of Christian gentleman. He had been a Mason for fifty-seven years, and had been a member of the local organization, Grove Hill Lodge, for nearly fifty years. He also was a member of the Royal Arch rank of the order. Burial was under the auspice of the local Masonic Lodge. Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. F. V. Roach, Celeste; T. R. McDonald, Cooper; W. E. McDonald, Muskogee, Oklahoma; E. E. McDonald, Sulphur, Oklahoma; R. R. McDonald, Greenville; Wallace McDonald, Leonard; and Virgil (Tom) McDonald, Mitchell McDonald, and Miss Edna McDonald, Leonard. Four step-children also survive. The funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Leonard on Tuesday afternoon, August 25, 1925. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Money of Bonham, a former pastor, and was assisted by the Rev. Cornelius, the pastor. Many friends of this community as well as many from Hunt County, some of whom had known him for half a century or more, came to pay homage at his bier and offer words of condolence to the bereaved family. Mr. McDonald was born in 1840 and joined the Confederate Army under Joseph E. Johnson in 1861, and received a wound in the arm during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was in the famous battle of Lookout Mountain and other engagements. (Undated clipping, 1925, Tom McDonald, Austin, Texas) Monroe McDonald taught school in Hunt County for a period of time (between 1869 and 1872???).