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John Matthews McDonald Full Name: John Matthews McDonald Date of birth: 1827 Date of death: April 14, 1883 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 4 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Athens / Henderson   Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches MCDONALD, JOHN MATTHEW (1827-1883). Handbook of Texas Online. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Company G (Captain Tandy Howeth's Company), 3rd Regular Infantry, Texas State Troops. John Matthew McDonald, death date 4/14/1883; widow Mary E. McDonald, marriage date 11/17/1858 in Cherokee County. Pension File No. 45726 (Mary E. McDonald), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Pension file includes appointment as "Provost Marshal" for Henderson County written 6/24/1862, furlough written 1864. Ancestry.com. Other Resources "Honoring Athens' first mayor," by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, U.S. House of Representatives, 4/6/2006. John Matthews McDonald was "first known Mayor of Athens, Texas." Volume 152, Number 44, Friday, 4/7/2006. Congressional Record. John Matthews McDonald, birth 1827 in Moore County, NC, death date 4/14/1883 in Athens, Henderson County. Member of 13th Texas Legislature. Descendants of James Mor Macdonald, IX: James McDonald Family of Moore County, North Carolina, 2007. J.M. McDonald, Athens, Henderson County, born in NC, lawyer, age 45. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873. John Matthews McDonald (1827-1883), historical marker, burial in Athens Cemetery, Henderson County. State representative. Find a Grave. Texas Historical Sites Atlas Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. TXGenWeb Project. Photographs Photograph. John M. McDonald, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. John McDonald, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Apportionment   Claims and Accounts   Immigration   Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court   Judiciary No. 2   Lampasas County Disturbance   Military Affairs   Redistricting

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