Clachan Graveyard Mapping Project

Individual record

First name: Donald

Surname: MacDonald

Maiden name:

Sloinneadh/nickname:

Date of death: 20/08/01

Place of death:

Age: 76

Year of death: 1901

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Gravestone inscription:

Sacred to the memory of
the late
Rev. Donald MacDonald
of the Free Presbyterian Church
Shieldaig
Mr MacDonald was born
at Langash North Uist in 1825,
was licensed to preach the gospel
in 1866, and was ordained and inducted to Shieldaig in 1872,
where he died August 20th 1901

He was a faithful servant
of Christ, an earnest evangelical
preacher, a man who walked with
God, and who was honoured to
suffer much for truth and
conscience’s sake.

Also his wife Mary
who departed this life
on 17th August 1909

“For me to live is Christ, and
to die is gain.”
Phill. I. 21.

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Biography:

He was one of the prime movers in the newly-emerging Free Presbyterian Church.

Reference number: 170

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Graveyard section: 2

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