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OBITUARY OF CHARLES BERGSTROM
The Augusta Chronicle
Sunday, November 3, 1929

AGED TALIAFERRO CITIZEN IS DEAD
Charles Bergstrom, Once Alexander Stephens’ Tailor
  Passes Away

Special to The Chronicle
   Crawfordville, Ga., Nov. 2 – A Crawfordville man who once made clothing
   for Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, is dead.
   Charles H. Bergstrom, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed
   citizens of Taliaferro county passed away at his home here Friday at the
   age of 88.
   During his long career as a tailor, he had among his customers many
   notable famous in the history of Georgia and the South, but to none did
   he look back with more pride than Alexander Stephens, and to his
   association with the vice president of the Confederacy during a long
   period.

   Mr. Bergstrom was a native of Sweden.  He came to this country when a
   young man, after he had followed his trade in London for some time.  He
   located at first in New York, but later came South and located at
   Crawfordville where he operated a mercantile business until a few weeks
   ago when he was forced to retire on account of his feeble condition.
   He was an ardent advocate of the Confederacy and it is said that for
   more than forty years he never missed appearing with the veterans here
   in their Memorial day parades.  He was a consistent member of the
   Methodist church and by his scrupulous honesty and kindly consideration
   for all with whom he came in contact he endeared himself to all who had
   the privilege of his acquaintance.  He was ever cheerful and
   sympathetic.

   When a young man he married Miss Sallie Trope of this city, with whom he
   spent a long and happy life, and who survives him.

   Funeral services were conducted from the home this morning at 10:30
   o’clock.

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