John H. McPherson
John H. McPherson. who is now acceptably filling the office of auditor of Greene county, was born on the 11th of July, 1840, upon the farm where he continued to reside until after the outbreak of the Civil war. At that time Mr. McPherson enlisted in the Union army, with which he served for three years and two months, and was then honorably discharged at Savannah, Georgia, in 1865. Returning to the home farm he then engaged in carrying on agricultural pursuits in Greene county until 1884, when he left the farm in order to become a factor in the mercantile circles of Xenia, where he engaged in the hardware business as a member of the firm of Williams & McPherson. In 1896 he was elected to the office of county auditor and has since served in that capacity.
From History of Greene County, Ohio, by George F. Robinson (S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1902)