The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
MEMORIAL.

george ID. McDohald, son oil Nm'
w. and Isabella Mcdonald was
born in Republic County Kansas,
Oct. 25th. 1878. and died in Logan,
Hooking Co., Ohio, October 3rd.
1898. at the age of "a years, IL mo.
and Sdays. As boy George was of
a kind and obedlent disposition, and
the ruling mission of his young life
seemed to be, to shed rays of sun
shine and love in the circle in which
he moved, and to obey the COM
mandment of the Lord, "Honor thy
father and thy mother. His boy
hood days were spent with his parents
working upon the farm in the sum-
mer, and attending the district
school In the winter. As school
boy George learned very rapidly,
almost always was found at the head
Of his classes, and seldom ever gave
his teacher any trouble. He was
granted a teachers certificate, and
began teaching school in Hooking
County in his eighteenth year, and
followed the profession for two years.
While going home from school one
evening he slipped upon the ice and
fell, striking his head against tree
with such force as to render him un-
conscious for some time. This blow
resulted in later years in a mental
trouble, which was especially notice
adle to his parents, and he gave up
teaching. Four years ago, he entered
Otterbein University, but on account
of sickness he was compelled to re
turn home again before the years
work was completed. During that
winter he was converted and Joined
the United Brethren church at West
erville. He took great interest in
church work, and on returning home
in May of that year, he took a class
of boys in the sunday school and
taught it very successfully, and was
very punctual in his attendance at all |
of the church services. In a conver
satioD with his pastor he spoke of |
preparing himself for a medical
missionary, and seemed to be intense
ly interested in this work. But dur
ing the fall he became Respondent,
and reluctantly entered Otterbein at
the beginning of the winter term,
and becaming worse, in short time,
he returned home. During the fol-
lowing summer he enlisted in the re-
gular army at Columbus, but In the
fall he was discharged because of
mental disability. On the 10th. of
last January he was admitted into
the Athens Hospital, and remained
there till the 18th. day of April
when he was allowed to return home
on visit. About the middle of June
he went to Tampa Florida with a
car load of government horses, and
and on his way back from a second
trip, he stopped off at Chickamauga,
and engaged with the 9th. Penn.
Regt. as a teamster. He took sick of
typhoid fever on Aug. 10TH, and
on becoming convalescent he was re-
moved with the regiment to Camp
Hamilton at Lexington KY, and
here his father visited him, and
brought him home on Sept. 10th.
A relapse set in, and after three
weeks of suffering, in spite Of the
loving ministrations of a devoted
mother and father and of other
friends, he was called, surrounded
by all the members of the family, to
cross the dark river of death, to land,
as we believe, on the pearly white
shore where he shall su fer never
more. He leaves a father, mother
two brothers and other relatives and
friends to mourn his early departure
Funeral was conducted at the resi-
lence by Rev. w. III. Wright on
Tuesday evening, and interment in
.he New Lexington cemetery on