Pvt Elijah Houston McPherson Veteran

Birth: 7 Sep 1841
Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Death: 1 Apr 1921 (aged 79)
Temple, Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery

Temple, Carroll County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 57492290 View Source

Company F 19th Georgia Infantry
Confederate States Army

Elijah Houston McPherson and Frances A. Burrow married on August 14, 1865 in Carroll Co., GA. They had nine children.

William Nelson McPherson
Henry Lafayette McPherson
Susan Blanche McPherson
Laluna V. McPherson
Amanda Frances McPherson
Charles Lewin McPherson (Twin)
Sarah Elizabeth McPherson (Twin)
Oscar Lewis McPherson
John Clifton McPherson

Elijah remarried in 1891. His second wife was Mary "Mollie" Jennings Harvey Dorsett. They married on January 26, 1891 in Carroll Co., GA. Elijah and Mary had no children from their marriage. After Mary's death in 1911, he married Nancy Jane Durrett Richardson on March 5, 1912 in Carroll Co., GA. They had no children from their marriage.

Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.

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An honest man, The noblest son of God

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Maintained by: Sarah Johnson
Originally Created by: SGT Ed Elstan
Added: Aug 22, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57492290/elijah_houston-mcpherson: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Elijah Houston McPherson (7 Sep 1841–1 Apr 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57492290, citing Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Temple, Carroll County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Sarah Johnson (contributor 47287914).