Southern Graves

"The great and the good fall frequently around us. We are also mortal. Let us, therefore, learn the lesson proper for all men -- in life, prepare for death." [ Macon Telegraph  (Georgia), 13 Feb. 1861, on the death of Hon. Charles J. McDonald, d. 1860] Daily Constitutionalist  (Augusta, Georgia) Friday, 21 December 1860 DEATH OF HON. CHARLES J. MCDONALD. One of Georgia's distinguished citizens has fallen. The Hon. CHARLES J. MCDONALD, died at Marietta, Ga., on Monday last, December 17, aged about sixty-eight years. He was a native of South Carolina; but in his early infancy his parents removed to Georgia, and settled in Hancock county. Here, his early education was entrusted to Rev. NATHAN S. BEMAN, who was a well known and popular teacher at that day; and after completing his academic studies, Mr. McDonald entered the South Carolina College, where he subsequently graduated. He then entered the law office of Major JOEL CRAWFORD, and in 1817 was admitted to the bar -- en...

Mrs. L. J. McDonald (whose gravesite is pictured in the foreground of the image here) was a noble Christian lady, and a true, kind, and affectionate wife.  She was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina 11 December 1825.  When she died on the 4th of May, in the year 1895, the Vienna Progress of Dooly County, Georgia gave the news: DEATH OF MRS. MCDONALD One of the most estimable and widely admired women of our county, wife of Rev. Middleton McDonald, died at their home near Pateville Saturday night, and was buried, amid the family that have "gone before," at Mt. Olive church 9 miles above here Sunday afternoon. Both husband and wife were very aged and were standing near the Jordan waiting for the summons to "come over," for which they have been ready these many years. Mrs. McDonald has been in bad health for many years and it was a relief to her to lay aside the ills and cares of humanity, wrap the mantle of her couch [sic] about her and pass into immortality o...

In Loving Memory Thomas Biar McDonald "Tommy" Aug 31, 1971 - Sept 22, 1998 East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia Photo © 2010/1 S. Lincecum