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Note: !DEATH: Cemetery Records, English Neighborhood Reformed Church,Ridgefield, NJ
Plot 2, Lot 51, g1
Newspaper clipping in Bible of Mary Eliza Macdonald.
"MacDonald. - At Fairview, N.J., on Friday, February 12, 1897, William
Henry MacDonald, husband of Mary E. Engle, aged 56 years.
Funeral from Dutch Reformed Church, Ridgefield, N.J. on Monday, February
15, 1897 at half-past two P.M. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend: also members of Fairview Council, No 498, Royal Arcanum; Fort Lee
Council, No. 200, Order of United Friends and Fairview Fire Association."
Gravemarker: Wm H. MacDonald 1840-1897.
NJ Archives Death Records, Reel 122, Bergen, Grocer, died apoplexy
!MARRIAGE: Bible Record of Mrs. Mary Eliza Macdonald.
"Marriages - Wm H MacDonald to Mary E. Engle by the Rev. Rex R Babcock,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church at Paterson, New Jersey. Witnessed by
Mifs Caroline Munson of Paterson, New Jersey in the year of 1862.
Andrew Engle Bible, copied by R. B. Hodges, Madison, N.J.
Mary E. Engle married William H. Mac Donald May 1862.
!BIRTH: Bible of Mary Eliza Macdonald - Wm H MacDonald born Nov 4, 1840,
Fairview, N.J.
Operated General Store in Fairview, New Jersey, also Postmaster for many years.
Fairview 75th Anniversary Brochure - William H. Macdonald elected to membership
of the first volunteer fire company 5 Mar 1895.
According to death notice in the "Englewood Press", he was a charter member of
the Royal Arcanum, whose members acted as pall-bearers. Article also indicates
he "had a fondness for gunning and other outdoor sports, and it was his habit
to take a brief trip in search of game each season."
Served in Union Army. Wrote letter from Seminary Post, Virginia 15 Oct 1867.
Handwritten note in the writing of A.I. Congalton indicates that
W.H.MacDonald's "estate included a parcel of property consisting of a large
house and one acre of land with large frontage on the principal business
thoroughfare, and valued at $6500(Encumbered by a mortgage of $3000) also a
life insurance premium in the Royal Arcanum of $3000." The widow paid off
$1500 of the mortgage. Because of bad advice and increasing costs of taxes and
insurance, the widow was unable to satisfy the remaining mortgage and the
property was sold at sherriff's sale on April 18, 1912. New owners forced the
widow to vacate the property.
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