Jessie Ann Scott and Malcolm Andrew McDonald

MALCOLM ANDREW MCDONALD, son of NANCY RUTH BUELL and JOSEPH EWING MCDONALD, was born April 28, 1848 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana,^{14, 4931} and died January 28, 1919 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.^{14, 4931} He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{14, 1239}

He married JESSIE ANN SCOTT on March 31, 1874 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska,³⁰ daughter of MARIA FRANCES CRAWFORD and WILLIAM CLEMENT SCOTT SR. She was born July 13, 1850 in Pearl Street, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, and died January 6, 1879 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.¹⁸¹ She is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{14, 1239}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • Francis Stuart Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • James Crawford Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)
  • Timothy Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie A. Scott)

Children of JESSIE ANN SCOTT and MALCOLM ANDREW MCDONALD:

1. MALCOLM SCOTT MCDONALD, b. February 12, 1875, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana;¹⁸² m. HANNAH CHRISTY BELL on January 2, 1901 in St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana^{1675, 5097}; d. December 24, 1925, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia.¹⁸²
2. FRANK WATTS MCDONALD, b. November 28, 1876, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana;^{14, 182} d. October 1, 1935, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia.¹⁸²

• Jessie Ann Scott was baptized on March 21, 1861 at First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana by Rev. Wm. H. VanDoran.¹¹⁶
  

Evening News, April 4, 1874⁴³⁹⁹

Mr. Malcolm A. McDonald, better known as "Mack," has favored his friends with cards conveying the surprising information that he was married Tuesday to Miss Jessie A. Scott, at Ashland, Nebraska. They arrived here this morning.

Jasper Weekly Courier, May 17, 1889³⁸²⁷

Malcolm A. McDonald, son of Senator Joseph McDonald, of Indiana, and General Manager of the Cairo and Vincinnes railroad, has left Danville, Ill., and accepted the position of General Manager of the Pittsburg and Western railway, at a salary of $12,000 per year.

Logansport Pharos-Tribune, September 20, 1895³⁸¹⁴

LOWER COURT IS SUSTAINED

DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE McDONALD WILL CASE.

CONTESTANTS WIN THEIR CASE

THE WILL OF SENATOR McDONALD FINALLY DECLARED A FORGERY.

Special to the Journal.

Indianapolis, Sept. 19.—The Supreme court today, in an opinion written by Judge Jordan, affirmed the decision of the Hamilton Circuit court in the case of Josephine F. McDonald against Malcolm A. McDonald and others. The case is what is known as the McDonald will case. The action was begun by Malcolm S. McDonald, Joseph E. McDonald and Jessie c. McDonald, and was against Josephine F. McDonald and THeodore P. Haughey, executors, to set aside what was alledged to be a will of the late Joseph E. McDonald, ex-United States senator. The trial, which lasted for many weeks, resulted in the jury finding in favor of the contestants, and over a motion for a new trial the court rendered a judgment setting aside the will in contest.

Joseph E. McDonald died June 21, 1891, and left surviving him Malcolm A. McDonald, his only living son, and Joseph E. and Jessie C., his grandchildren, the children of Ezekiel McDonald. Josephine F. McDonald, the surviving widow, was his second childless wife. The original complain alleges that in the year 1891 a certain paper in writing, purporting to be the last will of Joseph E. McDonald, and purporting to have been signed by hi and attested by ALpheus H. Snow and Park Daniels, August 26, 1890, was admitted to probate in the Marion county circuit court, and that letters testamentary were issued to Theodore P. Haughey, who was named in the will as executor. THat in his pretended will certain described real estate in Marion county, known as the "Washington street property," was purported to be devised to Josephine F. McDonald, who accepted the provisions of the will, and that she asserted and maintained that the will was the true and only last will of her husband.

HISTORY OF THE CASE

The trial of the McDonald will case, which was taken to Noblesville, on a change of venue from this county, was one of the most remarkable in the list of will cases by reson of the numerous points involved that required expert testimony. The range of expert testimony embodied type-writing, different colored inks, wirtten signatures, varying qualities of paper, etc.

The disputed will was type-written, and the stenographer who had been employed in the law office of McDonald & Butler, and who, it was alleged, had written the will which bore the disputed signature of Joseph E. McDonald, had some time ago become a hopeless lunatic. No stenographic notes of the will could be found, and the expert evidence as to whether the signature was or was not that of Mr. McDonald was apparently as strong upon one side as upon the other, though a preponderance of the testimony given by those familiar with the signature of Mr. McDonald discredited the signature.

The best witness for the contestants of the will was John M. Butler (who has recently died), a lifelong and intimate friend of Mr. McDonald, his partner in business for many years, who related conversations held with the testator while the latter was upon his death-bed, these conversations showing that Mr. McDonald had no intention of cutting off his children and his children's heirs in the manner shown by the disputed will.

The Hamilton county jury was remarked upon at the time of the trial as being one of good intelligence, composed of the best farmers and business men of the county.

Indianapolis News, January 6, 1916⁴⁶⁹⁸

SUPPORTED BY PETERSON?

Indianapolis friends of Malcolm McDonald of Williamsport, son of Joseph E. McDonald, former United States senator, now dead, have received word that Mr. McDonald has become a candidate for the much mooted Democratic district chairmanship of the Tenth district, lately left vacant by the automatic remove of Charles J. Murphy, of the public service commission, under the provisions of the primary law.

John B. Peterson, of Crown Point, formerly representative in the congress, refused to accept the place, although he had been appointed by Bernard Korbly, state chairman.

McDonald's friends say that John B. Peterson originally had recommended that McDonald have the place, and that the Peterson resignation was based, in great part, on the fact that Peterson had promised to support McDonald. The latter now says, according to his friends, that he will get into the race before the voters of the distract at the primary election, and that he believes he will defeat other candidates that may be put up against him.

Indianapolis News, January 7, 1879¹⁸¹

McDONALD — At 6 o'clock a.m., January 6, Jessie A., wife of M.A. McDonald.

Funeral services will take place from the residence, No 229 No. Pennsylvania st, Thursday, at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

Lafayette Journal, January 29, 1919¹³⁹²

M. A. M'DONALD DIES AT HOSPITAL

Prominent Warren County Man Succombs After Operation — Son of Late Ex-U. S. Senator

M. A. McDonald, one of the most prominent men of Warren county, died at St. Elisabeth hospital at 10 o'clock last night following an operation for stomach trouble. Mr. McDonald was brought to the hospital last week, but returned to his home at Williamsport, after being there a few days. His condition became worse, however, and he was brought back to the hospital last Sunday. Mr. McDonald was the only surviving son of the late ex-United States Senator Joseph E. McDonald, of Indianapolis, and was born at Crawfordsville, April 23, 1848. He was married twice. His first wife died in 1878, and he was married to Miss Miriam Noble, of Dallas, Texas, in 1878. For the past twenty-five years he has lived in Warren county and for the last eight years he has made his home in Williamsport. Mr. McDonald was a farmer and stock raiser. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Mr. S. McDonald of Huntington, West Virginia Frank W. McDonald, of Chicago; C. N. McDonald, of Benton Harbor, Mich; Alice Noble McDonald, a student in the University of Chicago; Thomas R. McDonald and Joseph E. McDonald, both of Williamsport. The body will be sent to Indianapolis and interment will be made in Crown Hill cemetery. Funeral announcements will be made later.

Lafayette Journal, January 30, 1919¹³⁹³

M'DONALD FUNERAL

The funeral of M. A. McDonald, of Williamsport, who died at St. Elizabeth hospital Tuesday night, will be held from the chapel of the Soller-Harrington parlors at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Rev. William Hoote, of the Williamsburg Presbyterian church, officiating. The funeral party will leave with the body at 1 o'clock over the Big Four for Indianapolis, and will go directly to Crown Hill cemetery, where burial will be made beside that of the father, Joseph E. McDonald.

Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

McDonald Family Plot