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Courthouse Building Committee: H. C. McAllister — 15S Lt. Harvey Caswell McAllister, Co H "Cabarrus Phalanx", 81" NC Infantry, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, see previous information page 3. James McDonald — James G. McDonald born 20 October 1836 in Columbia, South Carolina to John and Caroline Dungan McDonald. John McDonald and his family moved to Concord in 1841 from Newberry, South Carolina where he was a Supernatant of a cotton mill to become the Supernatant of the first cotton factory in Cabarrus County, the Concord Steam Cotton Factory which was built in 1839 which was located at the end of North Union Street, corner of Buffalo and North Church Street. In 1859 James' father John purchased the mill from Robert Washington Allison, Gen. Paul Barringer, Daniel Moreau Barringer the son of Gen. Barringer, and John T. Phifer and renamed the mill "John McDonald & Sons Steam Cotton Factory". John's sons in addition to James are Charles who is buried in Oakwood Cemetery and Edmond who is buried in Memorial Garden. James McDonald, the oldest son, worked in the family cotton mill business. The mill fell on hard times during and after the war. In 1877 the mill was sold to Capt. John Milton Odell and the named changed to Odell — Locke Cotton Mill. Capt. John M. Odell served in the war as the Captain of Co N, 22nd NC Infantry. The home of Capt. Odell still stands at the corner of North Union Street and Buffalo. In 1875 when construction began on the new Cabarrus County Courthouse, James G. McDonald served as one of the three men who made up the building committee. Sometime after the completion of the courthouse in 1876 James and his wife Mary left Concord and moved to Charlotte. James died on 1 July 1914 in Charlotte and Mary died on 4 September 1919, both at the age of 77 years. They are buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte. James' father John was born 31 January 1812 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and died in Concord on 22 April 1882, age 71. His mother Caroline Dungan McDonald was born 1 March 1812 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died 8 April 1899, age 77, in Concord. Both John and Caroline are buried in Oakwood Cemetery. They were the parents of 9 children. One of their daughters, May McDonald, born 1847 in Concord, died 1915 in Concord, buried Oakwood Cemetery was never married. She lived with her two bachelor brothers Charles and Edmond keeping house for them. James G. McDonald had moved to Charlotte, NC and died there on 1 Jul 1914, age 77, and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC. W. A. Patterson - William Allen Patterson was born in Cabarrus County on 24 March 1826 to Alexanderson and Jemima Martin Patterson who were from China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina. In 1850 William married Laura Albertine Suther who was born in Cabarrus County on 9 March 1833 to David and Sophia Rosina Cress who are both buried in the Old Lutheran Cemetery in Concord. On 26 July 1861 William enlisted in Co C "Cabarrus Hornets" 33rd NC Infantry Regiment. Co C was mustered into to service in Raleigh at Camp Mangum on 31 October 1861. William was appointed 2nd Lt. in Co C "Cabarrus Hornets" on 1 January 1862. William's occupation after the war was a carpenter with his father —in-law David Suther. William died 5 July 1892 in Concord at the age of 66. He and Laura are buried in Oakwood Cemetery Sect. B-51. Page 8 Page 23