William Thomas "Tom" McDonald

1824 - 1890  (66 years)

• Name	William Thomas "Tom" McDonald
  Nickname	Tom
  Born	25 Feb 1824	Robbins, Moore County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Sep 1890	Elmo, Kaufman County, TX
  Buried	Elmo Cemetery, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX
  Person ID	I54	Jacob Bonnett Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Archibald McDonald,   b. 1801, More County, NC ,   d. 1881, Killen, Lauderdale County, AL  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Margaret "Peggy" Duncan,   b. 1798,   d. 1853  (Age 55 years)
  Married	1818	NC
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Rhea Beavers,   b. 3 Jul 1820, Giles County, TN ,   d. 13 Feb 1893, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. James Henry McDonald,   b. 23 Jan 1843, Lauderdale, AL ,   d. 21 May 1914, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX  (Age 71 years) + 2. Sarah Catherine McDonald,   b. 8 Nov 1845, Lauderdale County, AL ,   d. 27 Jul 1887, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 41 years)   3. Mary Ann Mandana McDonald,   b. 20 Jan 1842, Lauderdale, AL ,   d. 16 Oct 1932, Terrell, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 90 years)   4. William Thomas McDonald, Jr.,   b. 22 Aug 1852, Guntown, Lee County, MS ,   d. 1914, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 61 years)   5. Susan Artamisia Margaret McDonald,   b. 21 Jul 1854, Guntown, Lee County, MS ,   d. 26 Jan 1892, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Thomas "Tom" McDonald was the son of Archibald "Archy" McDonald (1802-1881), a gunsmith for the Kennedy Gun Factory in Robbins, Moore, North Carolina, and Margaret "Peggy" Duncan (1798-1853). Both Tom and Peggy descended from the Scottish settlers who came to North Carolina just before the American Revolution. When the Kennedy Gun Factory moved to Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, the McDonald family moved there as well. Tom had three sisters and five brothers: Susan McDonald Stutts (1824-1883) John Calvin McDonald (1825-1898), Amos McDonald (1829-1905), Henry McDonald (1830-1912), James McDonald (1838-1882), Lydia McDonald (1832-1905), Willis "Billie" McDonald (1837-1910), and Mary Ann McDonald Thomas (1841-1900). Tom married Mary Rhea Beavers of Giles County, Tennessee, in Lauderdale County, Alabama, on 27 March 1843. Their union was blessed with seven children: James Henry McDonald (1843-1914), Sarah "Sallie" Catherine McDonald Bonnett (1845-1887), Mary "Mollie" Ann McDonald Rice (1848-1932), John McDonald (1848-?), Araminta Elizabeth McDonald Jackson (1850-1929) Susan Artemisia Margaret "Missy" McDonald (1854-1892), and William Thomas McDonald, Jr. (1852-1915). Before the American Civil War, Tom was a farmer, gunsmith, and general store owner in Guntown, Mississippi. In 1869, the McDonald family moved to Elmo, Kaufman County, Texas.