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nDealh of John H. McDonald, Esq.Many of our citizens were fairly startled at noon f,o-day to learn the sudden deatb of j John 8. McDonald, which occurred at the family residence on Upper Main street, this city, at half past 11 o'clock in the forenoon, j The cause of bis deatb was disease of the j ri heart, of which he had been afilicted for | some time, and which he had been informed \ p ! by hie physician was liable suddenly to j prove fatal. Enrly this morning, in response i to an enquiry of a friend, he said that there was apparently a general deei led improvement, When the attack, which proved fatal, j ; occurred, h« was sitting up r«*tlt;1ing a letter i 9 which came by the morning mail.Mr. McDonald was a native of the State | f of Ohio, and in early manhood married a j • neice of Judge McLean, of that State, d Shortly afterward he removed from Cincinnati to Bedford, Indiana, where he eu^aeed in the pork trade and operated to a large extent.About forty years since Mr. McDonald re-moved to this city, and had been actively engaged in business here ever since. For a number of years he was engaged in merchandizing, with the late John Austin, and afterward became one of the largest operators in pork in Southern Indiana, in which5■i£\t
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New Albany Daily Ledger Standard
New Albany, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 11, 1877
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