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Granville McPherson (b. 1826, d. 12 Jun 1887)
Granville McPherson (son of Alexander McPherson and Serena Allen Johnson) was born 1826 in Tennessee, and died 12 Jun 1887 in Blanco, TX. He married (1) Sophronia Ann Lewis on 18 Oct 1849 in Possibly Saline Co., AR, daughter of Nathaniel "Nat" Lewis and Ruth R. White. He married (2) Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lacy on 05 Mar 1864 in Choctaw Nation, IT, daughter of Gravner Lacy and Mary ?. He married (3) Lydia Ann Starr on 18 Dec 1874 in Ft. Washita, Chickasaw Nation, IT, daughter of William Fletcher Starr and Sarah Lucas. He married (4) Mary Kate Johnson on Abt. 1880 in Texas ?, daughter of Rev. Samuel D. Johnson and Hannah Douglas Harrison.
Notes for Granville McPherson:
Granville McPherson was born in Tennessee. Educated in common schools and at an early age was apprenticed to a printer. He went to Little Rock, AR where he was employed on the Herald and afterwards on the Advocate where he became acquainted with Albert Pike from whom he received his Masonic instructions. He belonged to the Magnolia Lodge #60 of Little Rock until he demitted on April 24, l863 He went to Ft. Smith in about l870. Captain McPherson obtained his title during the Civil War. He was sent to Indian Territory to assist in preserving order there under Gen. Maxey, and after the war closed he was stationed there and engaged in merchandising, and also founded a paper, the "Star Vindicator". He settled at Caddo, OK then the principal railroad point between Parsons and Dennison. In 1872 Granville and Dr. D. M. Haily produced weekly editions of "The Star" but the newspaper did not occupy all of his time. He organized a Masonic Lodge. After he left Caddo, Indian Territory, and moved to Blanco, Texas his name appears on the Masonic roll of Blanco Lodge #2l6. In 1878 the paper was moved to Blanco, TX and published by Granville and Beverly J. Watson. Granville soon took ill and operation was taken over by his wife Mary Kate along with her young son Lee J. Rountree and nephew, Emmett M. Watson. Upon the death of Captain Granville McPherson in 1887, Mary Kate moved the paper to nearby Kyle, TX. Later, she opened a second "Star Vindicator" in San Marcos, TX leaving the Kyle paper in the able hands of her son Lee J. Rountree. In l964 the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, through members of Blanco Lodge finally located his grave and they erected a tombstone with all of the proper inscriptions on it and with the square and compass design on it. The grave was located through the efforts of Mrs. Ollie Sanders (Milo). She died a few days after drawing a map of the location of the grave. Had they been just one month later the grave would have never been located.
This information came from a book "History of Free Masonry in Oklahoma" in the Library at Lexington, Mass. It was copied by the Great-Grandson of W. Granville McPherson, Richard D. Havel, June 1975.
Other information is the above came from Don Watson of Texas who is connected to Granville through his being related to the fourth wife of Granville, Mary Kate Rountree McPherson. Sources for some of this information are: Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas, Goodspeed Brothers Publishers, 1894 pp 373-374 and Blanco County Families for One Hundred Years by John Stribling Moursund, Nortex Press, Revised 1981, and "Newspapers of Hays County", The Kyle News, April 20, 1928.
More About Granville McPherson:
Burial Place: Blanco Cemetery, Blanco, TX.
Elected: Grand Master of Masonic Lodges in AR and OK.
Occupation: Editor of newspapers.
More About Granville McPherson and Sophronia Ann Lewis:
Marriage: 18 Oct 1849, Possibly Saline Co., AR.
More About Granville McPherson and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lacy:
Marriage: 05 Mar 1864, Choctaw Nation, IT.
Marriage Notes for Granville McPherson and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lacy:
Married by Rev. Alfred Wright.
More About Granville McPherson and Lydia Ann Starr:
Marriage: 18 Dec 1874, Ft. Washita, Chickasaw Nation, IT.
Marriage Notes for Granville McPherson and Lydia Ann Starr:
Marriage information for W. Granville McPherson and Lydia Ann Starr :
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women
(2 vols., New York: Mast, Crowell, and Kirkpatrick, 1897)
More About Granville McPherson and Mary Kate Johnson:
Marriage: Abt. 1880, Texas ?.
Children of Granville McPherson and Sophronia Ann Lewis are:
- Mary B. McPherson, b. May 1850, Saline County, AR, d. date unknown, Possibly Arkansas.
- Minnie V. McPherson, b. 1852, AR, d. date unknown, Unknown.
- +Granville D. McPherson, b. 1853, Saline County, AR, d. 1898, Saline County, AR.
- Wilford W. McPherson, b. 1858, AR, d. date unknown, Unknown.
- Payton McPherson, b. 1860, AR, d. 16 Jan 1873, Arkansas.
Children of Granville McPherson and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lacy are:
- +Flora Avna McPherson, b. 02 Jan 1865, Choctaw Nation Indian Territory, OK, d. 20 Nov 1934, Bryan Co., OK.
- +Ben Johnson McPherson, b. 04 Aug 1872, Choctaw Nation Indian Territory, OK, d. 28 Dec 1964, Durant, Bryan Co., OK.
- +Charles E. McPherson, b. 27 Feb 1874, Choctaw Nation Indian Territory, OK, d. 30 Mar 1953, OK.
Children of Granville McPherson and Lydia Ann Starr are:
- No Children, d. date unknown.
Children of Granville McPherson and Mary Kate Johnson are:
- Granville Glenmore McPherson, b. 14 May 1882, Blanco, TX, d. 17 Jul 1956, California.
- Melville McPherson, b. 1884, Blanco, TX, d. 1907, Texas.
- Wallace Bruce McPherson, b. 14 Jan 1887, Blanco, TX, d. date unknown, Killed in World War I.

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