Union County Obituaries McDONALD

Copyright 1999 Janine M. Bork

These are obituaries that I and many others have donated. Mine were transcribed from old newspapers. I got the microfilms through interlibrary loan from the University of Oregon. There are also many others who have donated. If there is no contributor on it, it is something I have transcribed. If there is no link on the contributor's name, they have no further information about that person. It is someone extra on a copy of their families information.

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Hector McDONALD

John McDONALD Sr.


Hector McDonald

Wallowa, Nov. 12---Hector McDonald, aged 52, and one of the larger landholders of the valley, died last evening, following several months' illness at this home on Diamond Prairie, a few miles west of Wallowa.

1920 newspaper item

This information donated by Larry Rader

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Death of Another Pioneer
John McDonald Sr.

John McDonald, Sr., of the Sandridge was found dead in his barn last Thursday. The cause of his death was heart failure.

Deceased was 82 years of age. He came to Union county in 1863 and had always been quite prominent in the affairs of the county, having at one time held the office of county commissioner.

Deceased was interred in the Summerville cemetery Saturday. He leaves a wife and seven children to mourn his loss, among them being John and Hector, two prominent citizens of Wallowa county.

Elgin Recorder Friday November 27, 1903

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