Colonel W.A. McDonald is quite ill .
The Herald regrets to learn of the serious illness of the Colonel is at his home in the upper part of the County .
He has been confined to his bed and his friends fear that he is critically ill.
Colonel McDonald is one of the most highly respected citizen of Ware County and the Herald hopes to learn of his speedy recovery .
Colonel William Angus McDonald had passed Thursday evening at his home ..

Colonel William Angus McDonald
MARRIED
(1st) 7-15-1841 Ware County to Tobitha Sweat ,
(2nd) 2-9-1860 Ware County to Mary Ann Deen ,
(3rd) 6-24-1873 Ware County to Rebecca Thompson ....
with Tobitha (10 children),
with Mary Ann (7 children),
with Rebecca (5 children)....

William was a small boy when his parents removed from Bullock County to Waresboro in Ware County..
After he began his independent career he purchased large tracts of land near Waresboro where he started his farming with great success.. Indians were numerous and during those days the early settlers were in constant warfare..
William enlisted in the State Militia and served four years in the Indian Wars..
He represented his County six terms in the Legislature and served in the State Senate and House for over 40 years...

When the Secession Convention convened in Milledgeville, Wednesday, January 16th of 1861 thru March 23 of 1861 , Colonel McDonald and Colonel Cary W Styles represented Ware at this convention and when the counties were called upon the presentation of their certificates of election, they were duly enrolled as members of the Convention and they had the honor of signing the Ordinance of Secession...
William attained great success as a business man, politician and Minister of the Gospel....(question about if the little village of McDonald (now Axson, Ga.)was named after William or his son Dr. James Martin McDonald whom lived there and is buried in the McDonald cemetery (now called Axson Cemt. EST in 1881)...

'Upon the breaking out of War Between the States, William McDonald enlisted in the Confederate Service and was commissioned Captain of Company 'H' of the 26th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers , which was organized with Cary W. Styles as Colonel and William A. Lane as Lieutenant Colonel.. This Regiment was for a time on the Georgia Coast under Lawton and Captain McDonald accompanied that officer to Richmond, Virginia in time to share in seven battles; thence forward serving in the Army of Northern Virginia until reaching Appomattox, where in the Division commanded by General Clement A. Evans and the Corps of John B. Gordon, it served in the last charge of that illustrious Army.
During this long an honorable service Edmund Nathan Atkinson succeeded Colonel Cary W. Styles in command of the Regiment and William A. McDonald was a brave and able successor of Lieutenant Colonel Lane..
Colonel William Angus McDonald remained in the service until the close of the war.... His slaves were faithful and cultivated his land until he returned from the war ..
His estate was about three miles from Waresboro and stayed there until he passed away... The Colonel left his descendants the record of a brave soldier, a loyal son of the South and a Citizen of worth, integrity and unbounded respect... He certainly was one whom nature framed to bear " The grand old name of Gentleman. "

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Bio from d powell and