HARALSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS  C.L. McPherson

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Source: "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches,  1896.

C. L. MCPHERSON, farmer, Bremen, Haralson Co., Ga.,
son of Elijah and Sarah (Small) McPherson, was born
in Carroll county, Ga., April 4, 1844. His father
was born in Pennsylvania, July 13, I789, migrated
from there to Tennessee, where he married, and in
1830 moved in an ox-cart from Tennessee to Georgia
and settled in Carroll county. He was a farmer and
saw-mill man, but had no property. His mother was
born in Tennessee in 1809. Mr. McPherson was reared
on the farm and received very little schooling He
began life on 100 acres of land, with one ox and a
wagon. He enlisted in 1864 in a company belonging to
the Seventh Georgia regiment, state troops, and
subsequently, entered the Confederate service, and
was sent to Virginia. He was captured Aug. 19, 1864,
and sent to Point Lookout, Md., where he remained
until Sept. 29, 1864, when he was released, and Oct.
6 following rejoined his command in Virginia, with
which he remained until the surrender. Mr. McPherson
is considered one of the best and most successful
farmers in the county , perfectly reliable, and in
the highest degree responsible. Mr. McPherson was
married in 1867 to Miss Lucinda, (daughter of John
L. and Marguerite Hamilton, of Haralson county, who
has borne him five children: A. P., N. C., L. D., H.
R., and J. H.

[Note: 2/5/2003: Full Name, Charles L.; Buried at
Bremen City Cemetery, Bn. 1844, D. 1909. Wife
Lucinda Bn 1846, D. 1912]