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"Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., published in 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, born 1844, died 1909. Wife Lucinda born

1846, died 1912)

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