Reuben McPherson

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Wife/Elizabeth's gravestone engraved, "wife of Rubin McPherson." Note, spelling of first name is "Rubin" in lieu of Reuben.

Reuben was one of the early pioneers of Tennessee and took part in the War of 1812 under Gen. Jackson with whom he participated in the battle of New Orleans. After the war he was married in Tennessee and moved to Jackson County, Alabama with wife Elizabeth where they had eleven children. Reuben was called from life August 15, 1842. The following spring, Elizabeth sold the farm in Alabama and moved to Boone Co., Ark. Settling on Crooked Creek, 7 miles south of Harrison. In October 1848 she came to Newton County and settled Hudson Fork of the Buffalo where she made her home until about 1890. Her second husband was the Rev. Jesse E. Casey who died in 1863. Information copied from “A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region” published 1894

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Nov 19 2014, 16:59:37 UTC