MacDonald, Alexander, of Huntsville, Tex.
Alexander MacDonald was born in Canada in 1820. He married Margaret S. Roberts in 1842 and settled in Huntsville, Texas. They had two sons, James Latham MacDonald, born in 1845, and Randal MacDonald, born in 1847. Census records list Alexander as a farmer. He died in 1850, possibly from yellow fever.
James Latham was killed in Arkansas in 1862, fighting in the American Civil War. Randal married in 1876. Margaret died in 1892 and was buried in Trinity County, Texas.
From the guide to the MacDonald Family Papers MS 361., 1834-1953, (Rice University, )
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| creatorOf | MacDonald, Alexander, of Huntsville, Tex. Alexander MacDonald family papers, 1824-1953. | Rice University, Fondren Library | |
| creatorOf | Macdonald family. Macdonald family papers, [1848-1917 ca.]. | UC Berkeley Libraries |
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