Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....W.M. McLuden  1843 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 515

W. M. McLuden

W. M. McLuden, a prosperous farmer of Meriwether county in which he was born 
in 1843, is the son of William and Judith (Fuller) McLuden.  His father was 
born in Wilkes county in 1808, whence he moved to Alabama, and then returned 
to Georgia, and after a brief residence in Talbot county made his permanent 
home in Meriwether county.   His parents were Frank and Judith (Burford) 
McLuden, the former an early pioneer of the state, and a soldier in the war of 
1812.   Mr. McLuden’s mother was the daughter of Green Fuller, also a pioneer 
of the state, and a soldier in the war of 1812, and in the Indian war of 
1836.  Young McLuden passed his boyhood on the farm, with but few 
opportunities of obtaining an education – only such as were afforded in the 
old log school-house.  When his state joined the Confederacy, the young man, 
with boyish enthusiasm, was the first to run up a Confederate flag on its 
staff in Meriwether county.  Although not out of his teens he hastened to 
enlist in 1861, entering the Eighth Georgia regiment, Company D.  He had a 
remarkable series of adventures and some narrow escapes, as may be presumed 
from the fact that seven bullets passed through his clothing during the 
battles in which he was engaged; he fought in the first battle of Manassas, at 
Fredericksburg, and at Gettysburg.  In the last memorable conflict he lost one 
of his legs.  He was captured but retaken by his own forces.  On being 
captured a second time he was not so fortunate, and was a prisoner fifteen 
months.  Returning home penniless he worked for two years at carriage 
building, and with the money he saved bought his first land in 1868; he has 
since then given his exclusive attention to the cultivation of his farm, which 
is in a thriving condition, giving evidence of hard work and diligent care.  
In 1883 Mr. McLuden married Miss Alice Thompson, a native of Pike county, the 
daughter of John C. and Margaret (Burt) Thompson, natives of the state, the 
former a soldier in the late war.  Mr. and Mrs. McLuden have been blessed with 
three children: Leon, Irene and Amerot.  Mr. McLuden is a member of the 
Missionary Baptist church.



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