Mary Rhea Beavers

1820 - 1893  (72 years)

• Name	Mary Rhea Beavers
  Born	3 Jul 1820	Giles County, TN
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Feb 1893	Elmo, Kaufman County, TX
  Buried	Elmo Cemetery, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX
  Person ID	I55	Jacob Bonnett Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	William Thomas "Tom" McDonald,   b. 25 Feb 1824, Robbins, Moore County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Sep 1890, Elmo, Kaufman County, TX  (Age 66 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

  A native of Giles County, Tennessee, Mary Rhea Beavers was the daughter of Josiah Allen Beavers, Sr. (1786-1871), a native of Virginia, and Elizabeth Braden (1790-1835) 0f Wilkes County, Georgia. She married William Thomas "Tom" McDonald (1824-1890), who was born in Robbins, Moore, North Carolina, but who moved to Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, as a young child on March 27, 1843, in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tom was a farmer and gunsmith who also owned a general store in Guntown, Mississippi. In 1869, when several McDonald brothers moved to Elmo, Texas, he again opened a general store. Mary and Tom McDonald were the parents of three sons and four daughters: James Henry McDonald (1843-1914) Sarah "Sallie" Catherine McDonald Bonnett (1845-1887) Mary "Mollie" Ann McDonald Rice (1848-1932) John McDonald (1848-)--John was most probably killed in the American Civil War, but several Confederate soldiers named John McDonald were. Araminta Elizabeth McDonald Jackson (1850-1929) Susan Artemisia Margaret "Missy" McDonald (1854-1892) William Thomas McDonald, Jr. (1852-1915)