Her obituary was published on 16 August 1911 in the Evening Times newspaper, Cumberland, Maryland.
Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, wife of the late Angus McDonald, died at the home of her son, William McDonald, at Cumberland, Md., Tuesday, August 8,1911. She was born at Magnolia, W.Va., February 14, 1832, and was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Biggerstaff, and old and respected family of that vicinity. She was the eldest of eight daughters and was married December 24, 1850 to Angus McDonald. She is survived by six children, twenty grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Mary [Biggerstaff]McDonald of Martinsburg, W. Va. The funeral took place from St. Charles Catholic Church at Paw Paw on Thursday. Those who attended included William Wiley, N. P. Weimer [William Riley L. Wenner] and sons, Mrs. Edmiston and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Giles, all of Cumberland; Mr. Ward McDonald and wife, of Williamsport; Miss Nan Bevans, of Mt. Savage; Mrs. S. D. Blair [Mary (Wenner) Blair] and Miss Elizabeth Weimer [Wenner], of Keyser; Angus McDonald, wife and son, of North Mountain; E. G. McDonald, of Duffield; Mrs. Mary McDonald, Messrs. G. A. McDonald, J. J. McDonald and daughter, of Martinsburg. [page 9]
Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, wife of the late Angus McDonald, died at the home of her son, William McDonald, at Cumberland, Md., Tuesday, August 8,1911. She was born at Magnolia, W.Va., February 14, 1832, and was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Biggerstaff, and old and respected family of that vicinity. She was the eldest of eight daughters and was married December 24, 1850 to Angus McDonald. She is survived by six children, twenty grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Mary [Biggerstaff]McDonald of Martinsburg, W. Va. The funeral took place from St. Charles Catholic Church at Paw Paw on Thursday. Those who attended included William Wiley, N. P. Weimer [William Riley L. Wenner] and sons, Mrs. Edmiston and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Giles, all of Cumberland; Mr. Ward McDonald and wife, of Williamsport; Miss Nan Bevans, of Mt. Savage; Mrs. S. D. Blair [Mary (Wenner) Blair] and Miss Elizabeth Weimer [Wenner], of Keyser; Angus McDonald, wife and son, of North Mountain; E. G. McDonald, of Duffield; Mrs. Mary McDonald, Messrs. G. A. McDonald, J. J. McDonald and daughter, of Martinsburg. [page 9]
Her obituary was published on 16 August 1911 in the Evening Times newspaper, Cumberland, Maryland.
Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, wife of the late Angus McDonald, died at the home of her son, William McDonald, at Cumberland, Md., Tuesday, August 8,1911. She was born at Magnolia, W.Va., February 14, 1832, and was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Biggerstaff, and old and respected family of that vicinity. She was the eldest of eight daughters and was married December 24, 1850 to Angus McDonald. She is survived by six children, twenty grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Mary [Biggerstaff]McDonald of Martinsburg, W. Va. The funeral took place from St. Charles Catholic Church at Paw Paw on Thursday. Those who attended included William Wiley, N. P. Weimer [William Riley L. Wenner] and sons, Mrs. Edmiston and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Giles, all of Cumberland; Mr. Ward McDonald and wife, of Williamsport; Miss Nan Bevans, of Mt. Savage; Mrs. S. D. Blair [Mary (Wenner) Blair] and Miss Elizabeth Weimer [Wenner], of Keyser; Angus McDonald, wife and son, of North Mountain; E. G. McDonald, of Duffield; Mrs. Mary McDonald, Messrs. G. A. McDonald, J. J. McDonald and daughter, of Martinsburg. [page 9]
Mrs. Rebecca McDonald, wife of the late Angus McDonald, died at the home of her son, William McDonald, at Cumberland, Md., Tuesday, August 8,1911. She was born at Magnolia, W.Va., February 14, 1832, and was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Biggerstaff, and old and respected family of that vicinity. She was the eldest of eight daughters and was married December 24, 1850 to Angus McDonald. She is survived by six children, twenty grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Mary [Biggerstaff]McDonald of Martinsburg, W. Va. The funeral took place from St. Charles Catholic Church at Paw Paw on Thursday. Those who attended included William Wiley, N. P. Weimer [William Riley L. Wenner] and sons, Mrs. Edmiston and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Giles, all of Cumberland; Mr. Ward McDonald and wife, of Williamsport; Miss Nan Bevans, of Mt. Savage; Mrs. S. D. Blair [Mary (Wenner) Blair] and Miss Elizabeth Weimer [Wenner], of Keyser; Angus McDonald, wife and son, of North Mountain; E. G. McDonald, of Duffield; Mrs. Mary McDonald, Messrs. G. A. McDonald, J. J. McDonald and daughter, of Martinsburg. [page 9]
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