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James Madison "Nat" McPherson Sr
28 Aug 1839 – 15 Nov 1920
| Birth | 28 Aug 1839 |
| Death | 15 Nov 1920 |
| Cemetery | Pottsville Cemetery Pottsville , Hamilton County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Nicole Rogers Wiebe on 01 Sep 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66520795 |
Bio
Parents: Hezikiah McPherson and Malinda Rector As the American Civil War began, James, his father and his older brother Hardin joined the Confederate Army in Newton County, Missouri, on September 12, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in Company F, 3rd Regiment, Sixth Missouri Calvary, October 1, 1862. He was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas, November 28, 1862. James did not rejoin his family until the war ended. He spent the rest of his life moving between Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and finally, Texas again as a livestock farmer. Many of the early moves were from postwar sentiments. At 81 years of age he succumbed to an extended bout of influenza toward the end of the world Spanish Flu Epidemic. 1900 Census, Justice Precinct 7, Hamilton, Texas Household Gender Age Birthplace Head James Mcpherson M 61 Tennessee Wife Sallie M Mcpherson F 49 Alabama Son Alford F Mcpherson M 25 Texas Son Barton Mcpherson M 19 Texas Son James M Mcpherson M 13 Texas Stepdaughter Ola Mea Fowler F 22 Texas The Hamilton Record, November 19, 1920 Pioneer Citizen of Hamilton County Dead After a lingering illness extending over some twelve months, God called James Madison McPherson, at the advanced age of 81 years, last Tuesday morning, November 15 at 1:15 o’clock. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. Cephas Sparks, in Hamilton where he had been living for some months, tenderly watched over and cared for that nothing was left undone, that was conducive to his comfort or perhaps would aid in his recovery. Mr. McPherson had been living in Hamilton County 42 years, the greater part of which time he resided on his farm and ranch property in the Pottsville Community. He was a good man and was honored by all who knew him. He was a member of the Pottsville Primitive Baptist Church and his life was exemplary in every way. He was twice married and leaves here on earth five sons and two daughters. His sons are Charley, Jim, Bart, Alfred, and Lem McPherson. Mrs. J. C. Sparks ( Mary Alice McPherson Sparks ) of Hamilton and Mrs. May Stewart of Hico are his daughters. The body was laid to rest in the Pottsville Cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, Elder A. P. Koen conducting the funeral services. The tenderest sympathy is extended to all who knew and them that mourn and walk and watch for the glad hour of reunion.
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(top) FATHER (front) AT REST J.M. McPHERSON AUG. 28, 1839 NOV. 15, 1920 (base) McPHERSON CIVIL WAR
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Family
Parents
Spouse
- Mary Jane "Molly" Whedbee McPherson 1841–1880 FaG
- Sarah M. "Sallie" Harris Fowler 1851–1925 FaG
- Mary L. Brown McPherson 1858–1889 FaG
Siblings
- Pvt Hardin Deatherage McPherson 1838–1861
- Mrs Parthenia Hale McPherson Haggard 1842–1922
- Barton Franklin McPherson 1844–1924
- Mahala McPherson Chambers 1845–1924
- William McPherson 1848–1901
- Elizabeth Baker McPherson Henson 1850–1929
- Amanda Jane McPherson Henson Cunningham 1853–1928
- Josephine McPherson Gee 1855–1929
- Lucinda Malinda McPherson Carr 1855–1900
Children
- Charles McPherson 1868–1951 FaG
- Lemuel Hezekiah "Lem" McPherson 1871–1941 FaG
- Alfred Finis McPherson 1876–1935 FaG
- Mary Alice McPherson Sparks 1878–1966 FaG
- Infant Son McPherson 1880–1880 FaG
- Barton "Bart" McPherson 1881–1968 FaG
- Thena Mae McPherson Stewart 1883–1924 FaG
- James Madison "Jim" McPherson Jr 1886–1951 FaG
- Julious McPherson 1888–1889 FaG
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