CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: J. W. McDOUGAL - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson


J. W. McDOUGAL.

John W. McDougal, born in Lauderdale county, Ala., in 1833, and removed to 
Texas with his father's family, Joseph McDougal in 1846. He married Miss 
Mary H. Starr. Her father was the Rev. Henry Starr, an early settler in East 
Texas and a prominent Methodist minister. In 1862 he joined the company of 
Capt. R. B. Long, making a faithful soldier during the lifetime of the 
Confederate States.  Was detailed part of the time to make salt for the 
government, then an important duty for him to do.  He died in Smith county 
near his home, the 15th of September 1873, by a fall from his horse.  A 
Christian gentlemen and a loyal man to his section and country.