W. M. McLUDEN

W. M. McLUDEN, a prosperous farmer of Meriwether County, in which he was born in 1843, is the son of William and Judith (Fuller) McLuden. His father was born in Wilkes County in 1808, whence he moved to Alabama, and then returned to Georgia, and after a brief residence in Talbot County made his permanent home in Meriwether County. His parents were Frank and Judith (Burford) McLuden, the former an early pioneer of the state, and a soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. McLuden’s mother was the daughter of Green Fuller, also a pioneer of the state, and a soldier in the War of 1812, and in the Indian War of 1836.

Young McLuden passed his boyhood on the farm, with but few opportunities of obtaining an education-only such as were afforded in the old log school-house. When his state joined the Confederacy, the young man, with boyish enthusiasm, was the first to run up a Confederate flag on its staff in Meriwether County. Although not out of his teens he hastened to enlist in 1861, entering the Eighth Georgia Regiment, Company D. He had a remarkable series of adventures and some narrow escapes, as may be presumed from the fact that seven bullets passed through his clothing during the battles in which he was engaged; he fought in the first battle of Manassas, at Fredericksburg, and at Gettysburg. In the last memorable conflict he lost one of his legs. He was captured but retaken by his own forces. On being captured a second time he was not so fortunate, and was a prisoner fifteen months.

Returning home penniless he worked for two years at carriage building, and with the money saved bought his first land in 1868; he has since then given his exclusive attention to the cultivation of his farm, which is in a thriving condition, giving evidence of hard work and diligent care.

In 1883 Mr. McLuden married Miss Alice Thompson, a native of Pike County, the daughter of John C. and Margaret (Burt) Thompson, natives of the state, the former a soldier in the late war. Mr. and Mrs. McLuden have been blessed with three children: Leon, Irene, and Amerot. Mr. McLuden is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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