September 24, 1892 [Topeka, Kansas] – January 9, 1968 [Los Angeles, California]
MacPherson was born in Kansas, where he worked as the comic editor of the Wichita Eagle. Some of his education occurred in Northern California. He married Juanita Weber in 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He moved to San Diego around 192o and worked as the automobile editor of the San Diego Sun. He published his only book of poems, Squared Circle, in 1921, and published other poems (in some cases car-themed) in Goodwin’s Weekly. He was living in Pasadena by 1928, and stayed in the Los Angeles area until his death. He continued to publish light poems in the Los Angeles papers at least through the 20s.
