[909] education in one of the old time country schools. In July, 1863, before he was sixteen years of age, he entered the Confederate service and became a private in Company D, Williams' battalion, in which he served to the close of the war, when he surrendered at Newberry Court House. It will thus be seen that he and his father both served in the war, the one being over the military age and the other under it. Since the war his chief pursuit has been farming, though he has also carried on merchandising and the operation of machinery. He is one of the leading cotton growers of Laurens county, having a magnificent farm of about 3,000 acres upon a portion of which a considerable part of the town of Waterloo is built. He also deals in live stock and owns the finest herd of jersey cattle in the State. In 1880 Mr. Wharton was appointed on the staff of Gov. Hugh S. Thompson with the rank of colonel. He has taken an active part in the political affairs of his county and State, and has been repeatedly honored with positions of trust and responsibility by his party. For a period of twenty years he has held an office of some sort. In 1878 he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners, and by repeated re-elections held that position for six years. From 1884 to 1890 he served in the lower house of the State legislature, and in the latter year was elected clerk of the Laurens circuit court for an unexpired term of two years. In 892 he was re-elected county clerk for a full term of four years, and in 1896 he was elected by the legislature a member of the board of directors of the State penitentiary, of which he is still a member. In the fall of 1898 he was again elected to the legislature. Colonel Wharton is chaplain of Charles Rutledge Holmes camp No. 746, U. C. V., of Waterloo. He was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1895, and is president of the Laurens county cotton growers' association and of the local alliance at Waterloo. He is also president of the board of trustees of the Waterloo graded schools. He was married, March 14, 1871, to Miss Laura J. Harris, and they have eight children, one son and seven daughters.
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[909] education in one of the old time country schools. In July, 1863, before he was sixteen years of age, he entered the Confederate service and became a private in Company D, Williams' battalion, in which he served to the close of the war, when he surrendered at Newberry Court House. It will thus be seen that he and his father both served in the war, the one being over the military age and the other under it. Since the war his chief pursuit has been farming, though he has also carried on merchandising and the operation of machinery. He is one of the leading cotton growers of Laurens county, having a magnificent farm of about 3,000 acres upon a portion of which a considerable part of the town of Waterloo is built. He also deals in live stock and owns the finest herd of jersey cattle in the State. In 1880 Mr. Wharton was appointed on the staff of Gov. Hugh S. Thompson with the rank of colonel. He has taken an active part in the political affairs of his county and State, and has been repeatedly honored with positions of trust and responsibility by his party. For a period of twenty years he has held an office of some sort. In 1878 he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners, and by repeated re-elections held that position for six years. From 1884 to 1890 he served in the lower house of the State legislature, and in the latter year was elected clerk of the Laurens circuit court for an unexpired term of two years. In 892 he was re-elected county clerk for a full term of four years, and in 1896 he was elected by the legislature a member of the board of directors of the State penitentiary, of which he is still a member. In the fall of 1898 he was again elected to the legislature. Colonel Wharton is chaplain of Charles Rutledge Holmes camp No. 746, U. C. V., of Waterloo. He was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1895, and is president of the Laurens county cotton growers' association and of the local alliance at Waterloo. He is also president of the board of trustees of the Waterloo graded schools. He was married, March 14, 1871, to Miss Laura J. Harris, and they have eight children, one son and seven daughters.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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