C. F. McWILLIAMS

C. F. McWILLIAMS, one of the foremost business men of Luthersville, was born in Coweta County, Jan. 31, 1861. He is the son of Andrew J. and Incy (Walthal) McWilliams, and a grandson of Andrew E. and Sarah E. (McGowen) McWilliams, who emigrated to America from Dublin, Ireland, and the former, of whom served in the War of 1812, in which he was slain. He left a large family, one of whom, a daughter, still resides in the old home which he built, where her mother carried on the practice of medicine after the old fashion. in which pursuit she was engaged until her death at the age of ninety-eight years, and has done much to alleviate the ills of suffering humanity, especially of the feminine portion thereof. She is one of two sisters and eight brothers. One brother, John McWilliams, assisted in landing the cotton in New Orleans from which Gen. Andrew Jackson’s famous breastworks were built. The maternal grandparent of C. F. McWilliams was John H. Walthal, who married a Miss Morgan. He was a soldier in the War of 1812.

Young McWilliams was reared on the farm in Coweta County, and received a fair common school education, completing his course in the schools of Luthersville in 1879. The next year he engaged as clerk for Nat Teagle of Luthersville, and after eight years of faithful service was able to buy out Mr. Teagle’s business, and has ever since carried the business on for himself at the same place, and by steady application he has gone on to prosperity.

Mr. McWilliams married, Nov. 21, 1887, Miss Ada Teagle, born in 1871, in Meriwether County. She is the daughter of Nat and Fannie (Darde) Teagle, who were warmly devoted adherents of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Teagle was chairman of the building committee of that church in Luthersville, and for more than a score of years the largest contributor to its financial support, long before he was a member of it. Mr. Teagle was a soldier in the late war and died in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. McWilliams are also faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have two daughters: Irene and Ruby.

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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