Obituary for Thomas Beecham McDonald (1838-1906)
No. 81 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.


Thomas Beecham MCDONALD was born in Howard county, Mo., August 25, 1838, and died near Auburn, Feb. 26, 1906, after an illness of six months.

He was the son of Hiram and Nancy MCDONALD; his father died Oct. 27, 1882; his mother is now in her 88th year ­ a worthy Christian mother in Israel. In his father's family there were five boys and three girls; two boys and two girls are yet living. He was married to Miss Mary A. STONE, June 28, 1860, by Rev. Jesse SITTON. To this union there were born four girls and one boy; Alexander Hiram, Mrs. Emma GIBSON, Mrs. Vallie ACHOR, Miss Lizzie; Mrs. Olivia WATTS died eight years ago. He had lived in the Auburn neighborhood since he was six weeks old. He was a splendid citizen, honest, industrious, economical. His voice and example were always for temperance and every interest protecting the morals of the community.

He professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church in Auburn thirty or forty years ago and was elected a ruling elder in the church twenty-six years ago. He has lived a useful Christian life; ___ an elder he was a wise counselor and a faithful, consecrated worker; he loved to meet in presbytery with his brethren and was a liberal supporter of his church in all of her benevolences. He was indeed a pillar in the Auburn church. He was a good man and true, faithful in every relationship, in the family, in the church and in the community. His loss will be felt in the church as well as in the home.

His funeral was preached in the Auburn church to a large con____ of his neighbors and friends, after which his remains were laid to rest in the Auburn cemetery. "And ___ heard a voice from Heaven saying write blessed are the dead who died in the Lord from henceforth; yea sayeth the spirit, they do rest from their labour and their works do fo__ them."

--E.D. PEARSON, his pa_____ 


Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection":  Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.  She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records. 


Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of  LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 20 August 1998. 

NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.   These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed county coordinator with proof of this consent.



Return to Alphabetical Index of Neva's Collection
Return to Numerical Index of Neva's Collection
Return to Lincoln County Heritage Page
Return to Lincoln County MOGenWeb Main Page