(fl. 19th century), physician. He lived in GC, and later was a physician in Houston, Texas. He also served in Houston as city health officer. In the Houston city directory 1889-1890, he is listed as “McDonell George A., physician, surgeon, also city health officer.” In 1889, he was one of the delegates sent from Houston to the funeral of Jefferson Davis, the ex-president of the Confederacy. Considering the number of Confederacy men who must have been resident in Houston, this was a remarkable distinction. Nothing further has been discovered about McDonell’s life.

1889 delegate: CF 27 Dec. 1889, cited DTL Standard Freeholder 28 Dec. 1948 * somewhat surprisingly, inquiry during the preparation of this entry yielded the conclusion that no “funeral book” or register of visitors was kept at Davis’ funeral, great public event though it was