Velma md. Dewey WALLACE (deceased) and had David Alvis and Hazel. (The Lure and Lore of Limestone County, p. 147). A photo of her headstone on FindAGrave shows that she shares a double headstone with Deward A. Wallace.
She appears to have married W. F. Mizell, and been the informant on the death certifcate of brother Aplin Erskine McLemore. When Aplin registered for the draft during World War I, he listed his nearest relative as Verdie Bell Mizell of Granbury.
1850 Census
Arkansas, Drew County, Smith Township
Enumerated 5 Dec 1850
413-413
Alfred Heflin 31 M Farmer Alabama
Nancy Heflin 68 F $120 Ga
Mary Heflin 9 F Mi
Nancy Singleton 16 F Ala
414-414
Milton Heflin 22 M Farmer Ala
Varnetta Heflin 21 F Arkansas
1860 Census
Arkansas, Drew County, Mill Creek Twp
Enumerated 17 July 1860 by J.S. Jordan
Page 5 Stamped 81
HH 27 S.T. Heflin
HH 28 James and M.M. Whitehead
HH 29
Milton Helfin 35 M Farmer $1400 $1000 Alabama
V.J. Heflin 30 F Arkansas
J.F. Heflin 8 M Arkansas
V.L. Heflin 6 F Arkansas <--Died young?
M.J. Heflin 4 F Arkansas
E.M. Helfin 2 F Arkansas
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, show he served in the Navy from 23 Jan 1945 to 3 Dec 1945.
The North Carolina Death Index shows he was a resident of Beaufort, FL, in Real Estate Sales, Real Estate Insurance, and graduated from the 11th grade.
Served in the Armed Forces. Operated and expanded the laundry business started by his father. As is a McLemore tradition, he involved his children in the business with him.
Obituary
Vernon Earl McLemore, 79, went to be with the Lord on May 19, 2018, after a brief illness. This was exactly one month short of his 80th birthday. He was surrounded by family. Vernon was born on June 19, 1938, in San Augustine, Texas to the late Ira "Ray" McLemore and Opal Hensarling McLemore. Vernon was a staff sergeant on active duty in the US Air Force from 1961 to 1962. He was then in the US Air Force Reserves from 1961-1966. After his years of service, Vernon worked in the family Locker Plant alongside his father Ray. During this time they also opened the first McLemore Laundry in San Augustine. He treasured the community of San Augustine and wanted the people to have a nice laundry in town. McLemore Laundry has grown to four locations and continues to be a family business.
Mr. McLemore was married to his loving wife Brenda on June 19th, 1984. Vernon was a Christian man with deeply embedded Christian values and had a passion for studying the bible and sharing the word. In his younger years, Vernon enjoyed his only hunting love; that of quail hunting. He had a zeal for training and working his quail dogs. He was also an avid beekeeper. Vernon had a farm and cattle in the Chireno area where he spent much time up until his stroke in 2010. His years of working with cattle led him to enjoy attending the cattle auction each week even up until the past couple of weeks. He also had numerous friends in the community who he enjoyed playing dominoes with weekly. Most recently, Vernon also enjoyed spending time with his sweet little great-grandchildren Hailey, Caden, Kash, Hurley, Abby and Calvin.
Vernon was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Linda Ann McLemore Jackson; and a great-grandson, Kase. He is survived by his wife of 34 years Brenda McLemore of Nacogdoches, Texas; his children, Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette of Nacogdoches, Texas; Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd of Athens, Alabama; Angela Strong and husband Curtis of Bryan, Texas; Michelle Strong and husband Barry of Flower Mound, Texas; Melissa Crabtree of Bryan, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
His funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2018, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel officiated by Alton Shaw. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine, Texas. There will be a time of visitation for family and friends from 6:00 '96 8:00 Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home. [Song Leader was his son, Vincent Eric McLemore. The hymns chosen were "The Old Rugged Cross", "Trust and Obey" and "It is Well With My Soul."].
Pallbearers will be Vincent Eric McLemore, Elliott Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, Christopher Strong, Garrett Hudgins, James Gaines, Bradley Lusk, and Ryan McAllister. Honorary Pallbearers will be Lenvelle Stanaland, Truman Hudgins, Larry Jackson, Jamie Santoyo Flores, Lud Davis, and Mike Fussell.
Please visit www.CasonMonk-Metcalf.com to leave your online condolences and memories.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches.
FAMILY
Brenda McLemore, Wife
Varron McLemore and wife Rae Janette, Son
Sarah McLemore Hudgins and husband Todd, Daughter
Angela Strong and husband Curtis, Daughter
Michelle Strong and husband Barry, Daughter
Melissa Crabtree, Daughter
1 2, Grandchildren
0 6, Great-Grandchildren
Ira "Ray" McLemore, Father
Opal Hensarling McLemore, Mother
Linda Ann McLemore Jackson, Sister
Kase ., Great Grandson
PALLBEARERS
Vincent Eric McLemore , Active Pallbearer
Elliott Jackson , Active Pallbearer
Nicholas Jackson , Active Pallbearer
Christopher Strong , Active Pallbearer
Garrett Hudgins, Active Pallbearer
James Gaines , Active Pallbearer
Bradley Lusk , Active Pallbearer
Ryan McAllister , Active Pallbearer
Lenvelle Stanaland , Honorary Pallbearer
Truman Hudgins , Honorary Pallbearer
Larry Jackson , Honorary Pallbearer
Jamie Santoyo Flores, Honorary Pallbearer
Mike Fussel, Honorary Pallbearer
Lud Davis , Honorary Pallbearer
As a young man, Earl and his brother Ray helped manage their father's ranch in Pearsall. Evon recalls a terrible drought at that ranch one summer. Her brothers told her that they had to use a blowtorch on cactuses to get enough water for the cattle.
He has a military marker at his gravesite "PFC, US Army WW II"
When he was shipped oversees during the war, he and Evon worked out a code so his family would know where he was stationed, because all correspondence was heavily censored. The first letter he sent to Evon was addressed to Mrs. R.O. Tisdale. The next letter, to Mrs. M.E. Tisdale. She knew he must therefore be in Rome. He was later moved elsewhere in Italy, but Evon said she never was able to figure out where because some of the letters came out of sequence, and others never made it home at all.
The Sabine County Reporter
May 21, 1997, page 12
Earl McLemore
Earl McLemore, 80, of San Augustine County died Wednesday, April 30, 1997, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin
McLemore was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Sabine County as a son of the late Nina (Fuller) and Vessie Eugene McLemore. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II, a farmer/rancher, and a member of the Rosevine Church of God.
Survivors: wife, Velta McLemore of San Augustine County, sons, Donald McLemore of Woodland and Bruce McLemore of Tarkington Prairie; a daughter, Nina Weimer of Spring; two brothers, Lynn McLemore of San Augustine and Tommy McLemore of Houston; a sister, Evon McLemore of Lufkin; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held May 2 at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at Thomas Cemetery, San Augustine.
Earl's oldest son Donald wrote the following article about his father for his company newsletter shortly after his father's funeral:
In Memory of My Dad
I remember the lessons well because they were taught without compromise, a deep sense of right and wrong and what was best for his family. Those lessons were sometimes harsh and hard for us kids to understand so we sometimes did the exact opposite from what Dad wanted. Now as I look back, I can see that may of those lessons took root regardless of what we did then.
Dad was born September 17, 1916 into a family of five boys and one girl. His mom and dad were farmers/ranchers, not poor but certainly not rich. I was born in 1940 just after the Great Depression and I know the defining effect that period of time had on everyone. People that endured the depression were so afraid of not having enough that they saved every penny and did without things that we would not think twice about buying today. Due to that experience and the intense drive to be successful, the McLemores developed the reputation of being extremely tight with money and that lesson was passed on to their kids as independence. "With money you can be independent and not have to depend on your family or the government for support." I always said money would not be important to me. However, I see that same independent driven trait in every one of the McLemores today to some extent.
MBM has been in existence for almost twenty seven years. In all those years, I have come in contact with thousands of people, both rich and poor who did not have parents like we were lucky enough to have. They taught us the values that made this country great. I remember Dad's mom (Nina Fuller) saying in front of me one day when Dad was perplexed and seeking advice on how to handle a difficult situation "Earl, regardless of what he does or says it doesn't give you the right to do what is wrong." That phrase along with many others gave our lives direction, focus and nutured the development of character. What is amazing to me now is that it took me until I was in my mid thirties to begin to realize how fortunate my siblings and I were for having learned those lessons.
Dad had four major heart attacks over a three and a half year period. Someone like myself would not have survived the first one. Less than ten percent of his heart still functioned when it finally quit working forever and yet he still did what he loved to do the most and that was to work. "An idle mind is the devils workshop" he used to tell mom when she thought he was working too hard.
When word got out that Dad had gone on to meet his Maker, people from everywhere responded with cards, flowers, phone calls, donations, food and words of comfort to the family. My goal will be to try to pass on those I come into contact with a little part of my Dad.
Vessie McLemore grew up on his parent's farm in the first precinct of Sabine County. The adjoining farm was owned by his Uncle, Henry Strickland White, Jr. The 1900 census indicates that Vessie, who was 15, could read and write, and that he has attended three months of school that year, as had his brothers Rufus and Earnest. His daughter Evon has a class picture of Vessie from around this period. Evon said that Vessie didn't have much of a formal education, and probably stopped attending school altogether around this time. Vessie's wife, Nina, told her granddaughter Melinda that he even taught school for a time, however Evon doubts that this was so. The 1940 Federal Census indicates he had graduated from the Seventh Grade. His wife, Nina, had made it through only Six years of schooling.
When Vessie was 22, he married Nina Fuller,who was 16. On the 1910 Sabine County census they were shown living on a home farm in precinct six, near both Joe Fuller (Nina's father) and John and Jane Fullen (her mother's parents). Nina was shown as being the mother of two children, neither of them living. Nina's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and her next three babies died shortly after they were born. Her first child lived only 10 weeks. Evon said that Nina and Vessie's baby slept in their bed with them, as was the custom of the time. One morning when they woke up, the baby was dead. Tera Fuller, Nina's sister, reported that Nina always worried that she had somehow accidentally caused the babies death, maybe by rolling over it. Evon conjectured that the baby probably died of SIDS, which her mother had never heard of. The second baby lived only a day. In 1911, they had a third baby which also lived only one day. The three babies are buried side by side.
In 1913, Nina and Vessie's son Percy was born. Over the next six years, the McLemore's had three more children, daughter Evon and sons' Earl and Ray. Vessie owned a store in Steep Creek, a sawmill village eight miles south of San Augustine. He also raised cattle. He regularly published a small advertisement in the 1918 Sabine County newspaper, offering a reward for any stray cattle returned to him. His brand was VM on the hip. He later adopted the "Running M" as his brand. Evon remembers her father buying a Brahma Bull, in an effort to improve his herd. Most of the ranchers in Sabine County didn't fence in their cattle, they allowed them to freely roam about to forage for food. Evon remembers people being afraid of the "Brimmer." He wasn't a particularly mean bull, he was just so different from the east texas scrub cattle that everyone raised. Tom McLemore, Evon Tisdale and Melinda Strong had a conversation in November, 2002 with Vance Hargrove that came around to the subject of Vessie's missing cattle. Vance was a neighbor of the McLemore's when they lived in Bronson, and a good friend of Percy's. He said that Vessie asked he and Percy one day to go looking for several cattle that were missing. They found evidence that some of the laborers in the nearby saw mills had been poaching from Vessie's herd. They told Vessie they had found cattle bones in the yards of some of the workers, workers who looked to be half-starved. Vessie said they probably were half-starved, and told the boys not to report their findings to the sheriff.
A son of Enlow Birdwell relayed a similar story to Tom McLemore in September, 2007, at the funeral of Lynn McLemore. He recalled that Enlow had killed one of Vessie's cows and was taking it home to feed his family. He was caught in the act by Vessie. He confessed to what he had done, and said that he was only doing so because his family had done without for a long time, and were starving. Vessie told him to take the beef home and use it as he intended, but added, "let this be the last one of my cows that you steal." It was. When times became more prosperous, Enlow began raising a small herd of cattle of his own. He went to Vessie to borrow some money to get a start. Vessie gave him one of his checkbooks, and told him to simply use it as he needed, he trusted Enlow and knew together they could keep an accurate accounting of what he borrowed. Enlow often told his family that Vessie was the one who helped him get a start in life, and that he especially valued the trust he showed in him.
Vessie's older children attended their primary grades in Sabine County, but had to commute to San Augustine for High School. Evon says that during the winter, she and her brothers boarded with the family of Dr. Davis, who lived nearby the school. In the late 1920s, the family moved to San Augustine. Evon remembers that her mother suffered another devasting miscarriage, which nearly killed her. A few years later, Nina's youngest children were born, son Tommy in 1931 and son Lynn in 1933. They lived in a house Vessie renovated just off Main Street, and had a small home farm. Evon remembers her father first built a garage, and they slept and cooked in this until he had finished with the house. Their home was still standing in 1997. Even the roof is the same one Vessie laid. It is now the second house on the left, on present day Whitton street. It is a block away from the local elementary school. Tom remembers an indigent Civil War veteran, in his late eighties, who his father took into their home. Tom vividly recalls the stories he told about the war each night at dinner.
In the December 21, 1939 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, V.E. McLemore offered a $5.00 reward to anyone who found his dun muley cow branded "M" on the left loin. Around 1940, Vessie sold their house in the city, and bought some ranch land several miles outside of town.
Vessie's brothers and sisters used to say, admiringly, that "Vessie could stand on the corner and make money." He was an industrious man, with a strong enterpreneurial bent. His first job was working in the sawmills, with his brother, Rufus. But Vessie hated working for others, and saved up enough money to buy a general store in Steep Creek. This was around the time of World War I. It was a rough part of town, and he had both black and white laborers from the sawmills as customers.
The sheriff was a frequent visitor to the store. Evon remembers him always having a kind word and a piece of candy for her. He had a reputation for brutality however, and she recalls that he and a brother were eventually sent to jail after being convicted of murder. One day, the sheriff came to the store asking about a particular Negro laborer. Vessie said he hadn't seen him in days. The sheriff asked Vessie to call him the next time this man came in, telling Vessie he intended to kill him. Vessie went home and discussed the sheriff's threat with Nina, worrying about what he should do. In the middle of the night he got dressed, and tracked the man down in his home. He warned him of the sheriff's threat. The man pawned his pocket watch to Vessie, then and there, and used the money to flee town. He succesfully escaped the sheriff and was never heard of again. Vessie later gave the pocket watch to his son Earl. After Earl's death, his children gave this watch to their Uncle Tom, and Tom eventually passed this keepsake down to his eldest daughter, Melinda. It was a brass plated Studebaker watch from the South Bend Watch Company, and widely sold by mail order in the 1920's. These watches were sold on credit, and could be purchased with a down payment of $1. With the onset of the Depression, the company found itself with many delinquent accounts and was forced to close. (http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/southbend.html)
After the mill near Steep Creek closed, Vessie was also forced to close his store. His family feared that they'd soon be in the poorhouse. But Vessie continued to prosper. He worked as a rancher primarily, leasing and operating land in Pearsall, Garwood and in various sites throughout South and East Texas. He operated up to 20,000 acres at any given time. He also owned and operated a cotton gin and a meat processing plant. He involved his children in all these ventures. He was well known in the community for his willingness to extend credit or make loans to poor families, black or white. Tom McLemore recalls from looking at a lot of the notes he had drawn up that he charged from 6% to 10% compound interest. He was good fried to Will Wade, proprietor of the City Cafe, and W.J. (Wade) McClanahan, Deputy Sherriff of San Augustine.
Vessie felt a strong committment to provide for his family. Before he died, he built a home for each of his eldest four children, as well as giving them each 50 acres of land. He left his homestead and 400 acre ranch, jointly, to his two youngest sons.
When Vessie was in his forties, he was gored by a bull on the ranch. The wound was just under his left eye. He suffered from nearly incapacitating headaches for the rest of his life. In 1950, he had several massive strokes, and was unable to function normally after that. His wife nursed him at home until he died from a brain aneurysm in 1952.
Although Vessie didn't have much formal education, he was an extremely intelligent man. Tom and Evon remember that he read widely. Vessie's daughter, Evon, was the first of the family to graduate from college. She attended Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, where she received a degree in education. She remembers coming home one weekend from college, and her father asked her to check something he had prepared. He had calculated the compound interest that was due on a loan he had made. She told him she didn't know how to do this. "What am I sending you to college for" he grumbled, "if they can't even teach you to calculate compound interest."
His obituary was published in the local papers, as well as in the January 23, 1952 issue of the Houston Post.
Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically
1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
209-209
McLemore, Vessie Head M W 24 M1 2 Tx US US Farming Home Farm
McLemore, Nina Wf F W 18 M1 2 2/0 Tx Ga Tx
1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
Bronson Road
2-2
McLemore, Vessie E Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Nina O Wf F W 28 M Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Percy L Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Evaughan V Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Earl Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ira Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Precinct 4 Big Creek
Enumerated 8 May 1910
SD 8 ED 103 Sheet 9B
HH 168-181
McLemore, John and Angeline
HH 168 -182
McLemore, Buford Hd M W 21 M1 1 Ala Ala Ala Miller ?? Mill
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 23 M1 1 Tn Unk Unk
McLemore, Tessie Dtr F W 2/12 S Ala Ala Tn
HH 169-183
McLemore, Ottie L and Sallie
Viola (McLemore) Browning
contributed by Ron Henson
The Husonian-Democrat, p. 2, Hugo, Choctaw Co., Oklahoma, 5 August 1948
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Browning, wife of Robert Browning, was held at 3 p.m. Thursday August 4, at the Clayton Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. J.B. Ward officiating and all funeral arrangements under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home. Mrs. Browning died at Bakersfield, California during the latter part of July. She moved to Bakersfield from Hugo during February with her family. She was forty three years old at the time of her death. She formally lived on a farm in the Rock Hill community and was a leader in both civic and church affairs in both Rock Hill and Hugo. Mrs. Browning is survived by her husband and six children: Carl, age 15; Jack, age 14; Bonnie, age 13; Charlie, age 12; James, age 7, and Geraldine, age 6. She is also survived by a brother George McLemore, San Antonio, Texas, and three sisters; Mrs. Edith Stokes, Mrs. Edna Everidge, both of Hugo, and Mrs. Elmer Henson, Bakersfield, Calif. Pall bearers was Horace Minchew, Lester Minchew, Ernest Henson, Jimmie Cooper, Wallace Lester, and Morris Parker. The News joins with the many friends of the deceased in expressing condolence to her relatives.
Listed on the "Choctaw County Obits" website hosted at Rootsweb. Contributed by Ron Henson.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/
Listed as being buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, but no listing of this cemetery is posted on the Choctaw County website due to privacy concerns
1930 Federal Census
Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Ratliffe Twp
Enumerated April 18, 1930
ED 12-21 SD 13 Sheet 10A Stamped 200
181-184
Browning, Robert Hd M W 29 M 21 Okla US Ala Farmer
Browning, Viola Wife F W 25 M 17 Ok La Ala
Browning, Carl Son M W 7 S Ok Ok Ok
Browning, Travis Son M W 5 S Ok Ok Ok
Browing, Bonnie F Dtr F W 4 4/12 S Ok Ok Ok
Browing, Charlie Son M W 2 5/12 S Ok Ok Ok
Name Viola B. Connally
Event Type Death
Event Date 28 Aug 1953
Event Place Milan, Gibson, Tennessee
Gender Female
Marital Status
Race
Age 85
Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name James K Mclemore
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name Margaret Jackson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation
Address
Residence Place
Cemetery
Burial Place
Burial Date
Informant's Name Johnson Connally
Additional Relatives
Digital Folder Number 004181496
Image Number 02349
GS Film number 2372483
Reference ID 53-17770
Citing this Record:
"Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSZV-BS9 : accessed 26 May 2014), Viola B. Connally, 28 Aug 1953; citing Cemetery, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee, 53-17770, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2372483.
Evon was a tiny baby, weighing only 2 and 1/2 pounds a few days after birth. Considering she was born and cared for at home, and not in an incubator, it is a tribute both the Evon's spirit and her mother's loving care that she not only survived but flourished. In describing her infant daughter's size, Nina used to relate that "her face was smaller than a half dollar, and I could have put her in a coffee pot, and still closed the lid." Evon picked out her own name when she was old enough. She liked the sound of Yvonne, but wasn't sure of the spelling. She was listed as Eva V. on the 1920 census.
When Evon started school, she arrived everyday atop a pony led by her brother Percy. Evon's father also thought it important that his daughter be exposed to culture. When she was a young girl, she weekly took the train 10 miles from Steep Creek to Bronson in order to take piano lessons. Most weekends were spent "visiting." Evon has close relations with her many cousins still today.
She attended her primary years of school in rural Sabine County, but attended High School in San Augustine County. Her father paid for her to board at the home of Dr. Davis in the winter, so she could to this. Evon was active in school, perfoming in piano recitals and playing the lead character in the 1932 Senior Class play, "Oh, Kay!"
News clipping
(dated 3-28-1929, newspaper not referenced)
Steep Creek Club
The Steep Creek 4-H girls met on March 26. Seven girls were present.
The following officers were elected:
Evon McLemore, President; Rosa Henley, Vice President; Lois Powell, Sec'y; Bonnie Wilson, Reporter. An apron was cut out.
Bonnie Wilson, reporter.
San Augustine Tribune
Thursday, May 26, 1932, Vol. XXIV, Number 9
School Term Brought to Successful Close
Thursday night at the high school auditorium the commencement exercises were attended by a large crowd....A piano solo was skillfully rendered by Evon McLemore, class musician....diplomas were presented by R. V. Greer, superintendent of the local schools to the following candidates:
Randolph Hankla, Charles S. McMillan, Willys G. Blount, Sam Henry Williams, Lois Marie Thompson, A. C. Everett, Evon McLemore, Willie Mae Stevenphson, Geneva Stallings. Earl McEachern, Hoyt J. Alford, Sidney Westbrook, Allene Stewart, Ruby Mitchill, Mildred Whitton, Clifford Childers, Bonnie Partin, Zelma Soward, Alran Hays, James Bridges, Helen Alford and Early Needham.
After Evon graduated from San Augustine High School, she went on to Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. She became a teacher, majoring in Home Economics and minoring in English. The college classmate that was her best friend was Merlene McLemore, a cousin.
Vessie was able to help his daughter get a job teaching in Chinquapin through a friend of his who was school trustee. She later taught in nearby Broaddus.
Soon after Evon started teaching in Broaddus, Dale Tisdale's mother called her son, who was working in Lawrenceville, Indiana, to tell him that "there were some attractive new teachers in town, and he ought to come home soon for a visit." He did, and fell promptly in love with Evon.
Evon continued to teach after her marriage, while Dale managed his parents store. During World War II, Evon moved to Fort Worth while Dale was in the service. She taught a small school district just outside of the city. They also briefly lived in San Antonio. The Tisdale's returned to East Texas, and Dale opened a small general store in Zavalla.
She returned to Stephen F. Austin and received her Master's in Education in 1951. After the Tisdale's moved to Lufkin, Evon obtained a teaching position at Hudson High School. She remained there until she retired in 1972. Her daughter, Jan, began teaching Spanish at the Hudson in 1971, the year before her mother retired.
She loved music, art and the natural world. She had a beautiful soprano voice and was a member of the Angelina County Choir for a number of years. She was good at creative arts, and especially loved China painting. She participated in this after her retirement, as well as traveling with Dale and Bob with the AirStream Travel Trailer club. She was an active member of the Timberland Drive Church of Christ.
Both Evon and Dale were instrumental in the formation of the Angelina County Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) and supporters of the Lufkin Workshop and Opportunity Center.
Obituary
Evon McLemore Tisdale, 93, of Lufkin, was born November 6, 1914, in Bronson, Texas, the daughter of the late Nina (Fuller) and V.E. McLemore. She passed away Saturday, October 18, 2008, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Tisdale graduated from San Augustine High School and Stephen F. Austin State University. She married Dale Tisdale, the love of her life, on January 8, 1938. She taught at Hudson Elementary School until 1972. She supported the Lufkin Workshop & Opportunity Center and the Burke Center. She was a member of Timberland Drive Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and A. E. "Pete" Peterson of Lufkin; son, Bob Tisdale of Lufkin; granddaughter, Sheryl Falk and her husband Richard Retz of Houston; grandson, Lee J. Rawcliffe of Houston; brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Bonnie McLemore of Houston; sisters-in-law, Opal McLemore of Nacogdoches and Bobbie McLemore of San Augustine; and numerous nieces, nephews and many dear friends. Mrs. Tisdale was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 51 years, Dale Tisdale; brothers, Percy McLemore, Earl McLemore and Lynn McLemore, all of San Augustine, and Ray McLemore of Nacogdoches. Expressions of sympathy in Mrs. Tisdale's memory may be made to the Burke Center, 4101 S. Medford, Lufkin, Texas 75904; or to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas 75904. Services for Mrs. Tisdale will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Harold Hancock officiating. Graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Broaddus Cemetery. Gipson Funeral Home; Duane Hills, director.
Nearly identical notices were published in the October 23, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, on Page 11, and in the October 29 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, page 15.
On the 1910 Federal census, he was a boarder in the home of John and Maggie Shirum in Laurel, Mississippi, working as a Machinist in a Saw Mill. He was said to have been married 15 years, but his wife was not enumerated in the home with him.
A transcription of "The McLemore Family Bible, 1822-1859 owned by Hillis Fry McLemore of Jackson, MS and contributed by Fairy B. McLemore Edwards of Canyon Lake, Texas, shows on page 4:
Virginia Minor McLemore was born 28th of February
1843 daughter of Sugars McLemore and Elizabeth his
wife
(The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ translated
out of the original Greek and with the former translations dilligently
compared and revised, and Canne's Marginal References. Stereotyped
by James Conner New York. By J. Emory and R. Waugh for
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby
Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1829 )
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf
Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 38.
Name: Virginia Mclemore Turner
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 25 Jan 1934
Burial Place: Bells, Tenn.
Death Date: 24 Jan 1934
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Age: 90
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1843
Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sugars Mclemore
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Bond
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06490-8
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 1876809
Reference Number: cn 1720
Collection: Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955
1930 Census
Oklahoma, Grady County, Pursley Township
Enumerated April 8 and 9, 1930
ED 25-26 SD Fourth Sheet 4B
72-72
McLemore, Calvin Head M W 37 m 24 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McLemore, Ruth Wf F W 31 m 18 Ga Ala Tx Housewife
McLemore, Kieth Son M W 7/12 S Ok Tx Ga
McLemore, Haare Brother M W 30 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
When he completed his registration for the draft for World War I, he was shown as a resident of Mintz, North Carolina. His nearest relative was C. S. McLemore, presumably his mother Cornelia. His date of birth was listed as August 19, 1897. He was shown as having gray eyes and light hair.
Name: Wade Hampton Mclemore
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 07 Feb 1978
Burial Place: Durham, North Carolina
Death Date: 05 Feb 1978
Death Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
Age: 78
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1899
Birthplace: Sampson Co., North Carolina
Occupation: Watchman, Retired
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Agnes Murray
Father's Name: Hezkiah Mclemore
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cornelia Sloan Simmons
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01583-9
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1984392
Reference Number: v 5B cn 5740
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994
1910 Census
Oklahoma, Jackson County, Martha
Enumerated 12-13 May 1910 by Jack Fletcher
SD 5 ED 143 Sheet 17B
304-304
McLemore, Walter K Hd M W 43 m1 19 Tx Unk Unk Farmer
McLemore, Bertie Wife F W 36 M1 19 5/5 Tx Mo Mo
McLemore, Eugene Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Jessie Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Russell Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Pauline Dtr F W 11 S Ok Tx Tx
McLemore, Ruth Dtr F W 8 S Ok Tx Tx
1920 Census
Texas, Collingsworth, JP 4
Enumerated 17-18 Jan 1920 by C.H. Coperton
SD 18, ED 34, Sheet 6B
87-102
McLemore, Russell Hd M w 24 M Tx US US Farmer
McLemore, Ida B Wife F w 22 M Ok Ga Ok
McLemore, Jess Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Ok
88-103
McLemore, Walter A Hd M W 52 M Tx Tn Tx Farmer
McLemore, Roberta Wf F W 47 M Tx Mo Mo
McLemore, Ruth Dtr F W 17 S Ok Tx Tx
McLemore, Walter H Son M W 9 S Ok Tx Tx
Bullock, Luther Boarder M W 16 S Ky US US Laborer Farm
89----
McLemore, Eugene Hd M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx Laboer
McLemore, Winona Wf F W 21 M Ok US US
McLemore, Lorene L Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Ok
McLemore, Walter F Son M W 4 1/12 S Tx Tx Ok
1930 Census
Texas, Wheeler, Shamrock, ED 7
Enumerated April 3, 1930 By Virginia Anderson
ED 242-7 SD 1 Sheet 3A
204-45-58
McLemore, Walter K Hd M W 61 M 22 Tx Tx Tx Sheriff County
McLemore, Roberta Hd Wife 57 M 18 Tx Tn Tx
McLemore, Walter H Son M W 19 S Tx Tx Tx
Immediately following their listing were those for the Beach Hospital and Shamrock General Hospital.
His Texas Death certificate listed his occupation as Cattle-Ranching. The cause of death was shown as gunshot wound into head, self inflicted. He was listed as divorced, and his burial was at the Shamrock Cemetery in Shamrock, Texas.
1900 Census
Mississippi, Perry County, Beat 2
Enumerated 21 June 1900 by T.E.H. Robinson
SD 6 ED 88 Sheet 16A Stamped 113
#294-295
McLemore, Walter Hd W M Jan 1863 37 M12 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mary Wf W F Apr 1872 28 M12 5/5 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Stella Daugh W F June 1891 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Carrie B Daugh W F Apr 1895 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, E.H. Son W M Jan 1897 3 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, L.P. Daugh W F Jun 1899 11/12 Miss Miss Miss
1910 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
Enumerated 12 May 1910
SD 6 ED 15 Sheet 23B
328-330
McLemore, Walter Hd M W 46 M1 22 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 39 M1 22 8/6 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Amos Son M W 20 S Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McLemore, Howard Son M W 13 S Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McLemore, Leroy Son M W 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Celeste Dtr F W 5 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Elma Dtr F W 3 Miss Miss Miss
1920 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
Enumerated 26 Jan 1920
SD 6 ED 14 Sheet 13A Stamped 153
235-235
McLemore, Walter S Hd M W 52 M Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mary E Wf F W 49 M Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, William A Son M W 18 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer Saw Mill
McLemore, Leeray Son M W 18 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer RR Section
McLemore, Celestian Dtr F W 14 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Elma Dtr F W 13 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Inse Dtr-in-law F 21 M Miss Oh Oh Oh
McLemore, Emaline Grnddtr F W 2 S Ok Miss Oh
1930 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
April 29, 1930 by Mrs. Clayton Allen
ED 18-9 SD 11 Sheet 24AS Stamped 220
State Highway 11
456-467
McLemore, Mary E Hd Own $2000 F W 58 Wd Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Leroy Son M W 26 S Miss Miss Miss Car Inspector Southern RR
Mitchell, Leslie (sic) Dtr F W 23 M19 Miss Miss Miss
Mitchell, James E GS M W 0/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Wallace, Elma Dtr-H F W 22 M16 Miss Miss Miss
Wallace, Jimie F GS M W 3 10/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Wallace, Harold H GS M W 2 4/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Moore, Wilma J GD F W 5 S Miss Miss Miss
457-468
McLemore, William Hd Rent $3 M W M20 Miss Miss Miss Carpenter Southern Railroad
McLemore, Inez Wf F W M 15 Oh Oh Ind
McLemore, Emmaline Dtr F W 12 S Ok Miss Ohio
McLemore, Helen L Dtr F W 9 S Miss Miss Ohio
McLemore, Walter F Son M W 7 S Ok Miss Ohio
McLemore, Eugene E Son M W 5 Miss Miss Ohio
McLemore, Lorena F Dtr F W 3 1/12 S Miss Miss Ohio
When he registered for the World War I draft, he was employed by himself in Moulton, Alabama, and supporting his wife and two children. He was of medium heighth and slender, with blue eyes and light hair.
Name Walter Thad Mclemore
Titles and Terms:
Name Prefix:
Event Date 24 Mar 1970
Event Place Decatur, Morgan, Alabama
Gender Male
Race (Original):
Race:
Age (Original) 78y
Birth Year (Estimated) 1892
Birth Date (Original):
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Father's Name Jim Mclemore
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Name Prefix:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name Minnie Dodd
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name Prefix:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Address:
Residence Place:
Cemetery:
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GS Film number 2033356
Reference ID 10743
Citing this Record:
"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNWT-Q7S : accessed 29 Oct 2013), Walter Thad Mclemore, 24 Mar 1970; citing reference 10743, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2033356.
After graduating from High School in San Augustine, Wanda enrolled in a dental hygiene program at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Galveston. She was killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver one weekend when she was traveling home.
1870 Census
North Carolina, Moore County, Post Office Carthage
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Page 34
228-235
McLemore, JR 63 M W Farmer $2000 $1500 NC
McLemore, Margaret 63 F W NC
McLemore, Matilda J. 38 F W NC
McLemore, Martha J 22 F W NC
McLemore, Ellen F 20 F W NC
McLemore, Willis J 17 M W
McLemore, Warren W 9 M W NC
Moore, Hugh 35 M W Laborere NC
Thoghin, Susan 38 F W Pauper NC
229-236
McLemore, John H 38 M W Farmer $300 $400 NC
McLemore, Elizabeth 31 F W NC
1880 Census
North Carolina, Moore County, Carthage Twp
Enumerated 2 Jun 1880
Pages 1 and 2 SD 3 ED 132
10-10
Bunyan and Margaret A HALES of North Carolina
11-11
McLeMore John R W M 73 Head Farmer
McLeMore Margaret W F 72 Wf Keeping House
McLeMore, Matilda J. W F 37 Dtr At Home
McLeMore, Warren W. W M 19 Grandson Farm Laborer
His application for a Social Security Account Number contained the following information:
Weakley Mason McLemore 410 Malinson Street Starke, Florida, married to Lucille PARKER [Perhaps a second wife?]. Not employed. Age 64. DOB 6-10-1876 Birmingham, Alabama. Father Dave McLemore. Mother Nina Weaver.
Ann and Eldon McLemore say that he was born in Barnwell Co, SC, to John McLemore and Winnie Baltice, and show his siblings as Reuben McLemore, Matthew McLemore, Dorcus McLemore, John McLemore and Robert McLemore.
Reuben, Matthew and Dorcus, close in age to Wesley, were in Copiah County, MS versus Scott County, MS, at the time of the 1850 and/or 1860 census. Copiah is not adjacent to Scott County, but is nearby. They were all close in age to Wesley, and all born also born in South Carolina.
It is possible they are siblings, or otherwise related to Wesley, but this has not been proven. There is also no proof of who his parents might be.
John McLemore was also in Scott County, MS at the time of the 1850 census, and also born in South Carolina. However he is 21 years younger than Wesley. If related, he could be a much younger brother, or even a son or nephew. Again, no proof has been found linking John to either parents or siblings.
Ann and Eldon McLemore further note that he married Mahaly in 1811 in South Carolina, was said to be listed on the 1845 census of Rankin Co, MS, and that Wesley and Mahala Ann McLemore sold land in Scott Co, MS to Wm. A. Hutson on 21 Jan 1859. Both signed with their mark.
The marriage date of 1811 must be incorrect based on the ages of Wesley and Mahala.
1850 Census
Mississippi, Scott County
Enumerated 15 Aug 1850
125-125
Wesley McLemore 47 M Farmer $300 SC
Mahaly 39 F SC
James Duke 23 M Ky
Eliza A Duke 15 F Miss
1850 Federal Census
Missouri, Dade County, ED 25
Enumerated 29 Aug 1850 by James J. Tucker
Stamped 262
26-26
Among the family members and boarders living in the lodging home of Dozier and Eliza GILL of Kentucky were
Jackson McLemore 19 Laborer $150 TN
Wesley McLemore 21 Laborer TN
1860 Census
Missouri, Dade County, Center Twp, P.O. Greenfield
Enumerated 12 July 1860
Page 80
538-538
Westley McLemore 30 M Farmer $140 $250 Tenn
America McLemore 25 F Ohio
Andrew J McLemore 4 M Mo
Sarah E. McLemore 2 F Mo
Mary H. McLemoe 5/12 F Mo
Hannah Sothards 75 F Pa***
1870 Census
Missouri, Dade County, Center Twp, P.O. Greenfield
Enumerated 13 Aug 1870
Page 23, Stamped 12
147-151
McLemore, Wesley 40 M W Farm Laborer $1800 $400 Tn
McLemore, Americus 38 F W Keeping House Ohio
McLemore, Jackson 14 M W Mo
McLemore, Sarah 12 F W Mo
McLemore, Mary 10 F W Mo
McLemore, Joseph 7 M W Mo
McLemore, Albert 4 M W Mo
McLemore, Minerva 1 F W Mo
1880 Census
Missouri, Dade County, Sac Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 24 SD 4 ED 19
206-206
Mcelmore, Westley W M 53 Farmer Tenn S. Carolina ---
Mcelmore, America W F 44 Wife Keeping House Ohio --- ---
Mcelmore, Andrew J W M 23 Son Farmer Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, Joseph W W M 18 Son Works on Farm Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, Albert W M 15 Son Helps on Farm Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, Minervy W F 11 Dtr Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, Ida W F 8 Dtr Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, Charley W M 5 Son Mo Tenn Oh
Mcelmore, John W M 1 Son Mo Tenn Oh
Kelley/Polley, Mary W F 21 Dtr Mo Tenn Oh
IS THIS FAMILY RELATED TO AMERICA McLEMORE, WESLEY's WIFE?
1850 Federal Census
Missouri, Wright County, ED 102
92-92
Thomas Dobbs 35 M Farmer Ky
Matilda Dobbs 21 F Ohio
John Dobbs 4 M Mo
Hannah Dobbs 2 F Mo
America Dobbs 6/12 F Mo##
Hannah Southard 65 F Penn***
***Lived with Wesley and America McLemore in 1860 in Dade County Missouri
###Too young, however, to be Wesley's wife, America. Maybe a niece? Perhaps Matilda, born ca 1829 in Ohio and America, born ca 1835 in Ohio, were sisters?
James L. McLemore, III shows him as (Simon) West McLemore.
Revolutionary War Pension:
McLemore, West..Pvt. NC Continental Army..In NC Army Accounts Vol VI Bk 11 is Continental voucher #3306 to soldier for 1/12/4 pounds issued by Lewis HOLMES, Clerk of Sampson County and Paymaster for Wilmington District. Soldier made a will on 2 January 1818 that was taken to probate in Sampson County on 16 Feb 1818. (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)
Robert Butler also references a Deed (Book 5, pg 29) Rodger SNELL to West McLEMORE Dated 7 Jan 1775. 30 pounds for 70 acres "On the West side of the Six Runs." Land granted to William KING by patent dated 1769. Wit: James THOMSON and Bedradan CARRAWAY.
Sampson County Deeds Abstract of Deed, Book 7, page 191 West McLEMORE to Stephen KING I West McLEMORE of the State of North Carolina an the County of Duplin...for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand Pounds current money...paid by Stephen KING of the County and province aforesaid....have given granted (etc.)....a certain tract or parcel of land containing by estimation Seventy Acres of Land...beginning at a White Oak on Henry KINGS line... In Witness Whereof I the said West McLAMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed this Eleventh of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One 1781 Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of me this deed Rice BLACKMAN, Henry KING State of North Carolina Duplin County January Court One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One Then was the deed from West MACKLAMORE to Stephen KING was proved in Open Court by the Oath of Henry KING and ordered to be registered by William DICKSON C.C. Registered in the Registers Office of the aforesaid county in Book 458 and 459 by me this 29th day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Three 1783 Richard Clinton Regt.
Transcribed from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 26 May 2005
1790 Census Sampson County NC Fayette District West Maclemore 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, and 4 females
1800 Census Sampson County Fayetteville West Maclemore Males 0-1-1-0-1/Females 0-1-0-0-1 Males: one 10-15, one 16-20, one over 45 Females: one 10-15, one over 45
1818 Sampson County NC Will West McLEMORE 2 Jan 1818 Probated 2 Feb 1818 Wife: SELEY Daughters Zilpha PETERS and Nannery TEW Son: Redick McLEMORE Exec: Samuel PETERS Jonathan GODWIN Wit Geo LASSITER Jordan COATS (In NC Archives, Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler).
1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Pr 8 Big Creek
Enumerated 29 Apr 1910
SD 8 ED 103 Sheet 7B
133-145
McLemore, Wiley B Hd M 25 M1 4 Ala Tn ? Farmer
McLemore, Mary C Wf F 21 M1 4 2/2 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Reba L Dtr F S S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Belton R Son M 1 S Ala Ala
1920 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, 8th Pr Big Creek
Enumerated 4 Feb 1920
SD 8 ED 107 Sheet 9B
154-176
McLamore, Wiley B Hd M W 34 M Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLamore, Mary Wf F W 32 M Ala Ala
McLamore, Reba Dtr F W 13 S Ala Ala Ala
McLamore, Belton Son M W 11 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Laborer
McLamore, Brise Son M 5 S Ala Ala Ala
McLamore, Grea Dtr F W 3 3/12 S Ala Ala Ala
1930 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Big Creek Pr 8
Enumerated 14 Apr 1930
ED 42-17 SD 2 Sheet 11A Stamped 226
McLemore, Wyley B Hd M W 44 S 20 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 40 M 17 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Brice Sn M W 15 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Gera Dtr F W 13 s Ala Ala Ala
James McLemore, III narrows the range of his date of birth to between 1719-1725
William MACKLEMORE Jr., brother of Wright and Richard, son of William and grandson of James and Fortune, apparently stayed in (or more accurately returned to) Virginia to form a minor line of Virginia McLemores near to his cousins, the family of his Uncle John MACKLEMORE. He probably continued to occupy this patented land of his brother Wright after the latter moved down to Edgecombe County, North Carolina, about 1750. The first record of a Willam MACKLEMORE in Virginia is in 1750, as witnesss to a deed from William SPENCE to his daughter Elizabeth MACKLEMORE, wife of John MACKLEMORE, JR. Whether this is William Sr. or William Jr. is unknown.
However, it is hypothesized that William MACKLEMORE Sr. probably stayed in Virginia until his father's (James, the immigrant) died in 1734/1735. About the time of James's death, William's oldest son Wright was patented his land in Virginia, and William was probably instrumental in getting this land for his son who was then not much older than the required age of 21. Then William and his younger sons moved down into North Carolina to live on the Mosley patent devised him by his father. William probably died about 1750 or shortly before, for Wright suddently appears on William's land in Edgecombe County at that time, and as oldest son he would have inherited it under the laws of primogeniture, William Sr. leaving no will.
Younger son William Jr. would have then probably moved back to Virginia to own (?) or at least operate Wright's patented plantation. (James L. McLemore, III, p 51).
William Jr. is shown in only three of four other records. The first was as a witness to a deed of "acquitaner" and a companion deed involving Thomas Turner recorded May 9, 1776; the second was his name listed as a tax payer in Southampton County in 1782 (see Fothergill, VIRGINIA TAXPAYERS, 1782-1787); and the third was a lawsuit in Southampton County in which he was plantiff, which suit was dimissed following the defendant's death in 1788 (Southampton Order Book 8, p. 416). He was thus still alive, living in Virginia, until at least this latter date. (James L. McLemore, III, p 52).
James McLemore, III writes that . "Assuming William came with his father Wright to NC in 1750+/-, I assume his son William Jr. was born in Sampson Co., NC, but it's close enough that it could have been either Va. or NC. It was this William Jr. who I have as the ancestor of a lot/most? of the Johnson County NC family, of which our local high school principal Thomas McLemore is a member."
William McLemore was patented land (#2087) on 29 Oct 1772 in Duplin County (Bk 47, pg 94)...150 acres, grant #355, issued...entry #489, entered June 26, 1779, book #47, pg 94 -- E. side of Little Cohera. This later became part of Sampson County. (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)
I have in my notes, unsourced, a reference to a deed between McLemore, William Grantee Book 6, Page 432 Deed Southey FISHER to William McLEMORE Dated 30 Nov 1779 30 pounds for 100 acres "on the side of little Cohary beg by marsh branch" Wit: John MORGAIN and Joseph FOULLER
Could he also be the father of Mary McLEMORE, who wed Jordan GILLAM in Sampson/Duplin County, NC in 1779. Bond: Harris GILLAM Wit: John Heflin Cooper
Sampson County Deeds Book Book 7, Page 294 Abstract of Deed William McLEMORE to Gabriel HOLMES
Dated 24 December in the...year after American Independence and the Year of our Lord 1780...
Between William McLEMORE of the province of North Carolina and County of Duplin and Gabriel HOLMES of the (locations) aforesaid
William McLEMORE for the sum of Thirty (30) pounds paid by Gabriel HOLMES .....convey a certain plantation...containing by survey One Hundred (100) acres of land lying and being in the County aforesaid On the East side of little Cohary being the plantation whereon the above said William McLEMORE now hath his dwelling...beginning by the marsh Branch ...Gabriel HOLMES...running up the Branch North East...running to the said Gabriel HOLMES line to the Beginning of the said land for Southey FISHER ....date the twenty second day of July 1774...conveyed by deed from the said FISHER for the aforesaid William McLEMORE....date the November 30th 1779 and from the said William McLEMORE to the above said Gabriel HOLMES...(to include) all mines and minerals saving an fifth part of the ore of gold and silver...and minerals together with the liberty of Hunting Fishing and Trawling... .....Rents of four shillings...for every hundred acres of land hereby bargained and sold which yearly will become due and the said William McLEMORE for himself his heirs....
In Witness whereof I the said William McLEMORE have....set my hand...and affixed the day and year ....William McLemore (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Owen HOLMES John (his mark) MORGAIN State of North Carolina Duplin County January Court 1782 William Dickson, CC Registered in....September 1783 by Richard CLINTON Regstr
(abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong on 5 July 2005)
James L. McLemore, III writes that no children are known for him.
This is NOT the same William McLemore (of a similar age) who was born in Southhampton County, Virginia.
Sampson County Deed Book Book 20, page 21 Abstract of Deed William McLEMORE to Solomon MAGEE State of North Carolina, Duplin County
...I William MACKLEMORE of Duplin county and State aforesaid ...in consideration of the sum of Twelve pounds...to me in hand...by Solomon MAGEE of the County and State aforesaid....sell....one certain Tract of Land containing one hundred and fifty Acres, lying and being in the County of Duplin of the State aforesaid, lying and being on the East side of Little Coheara...I have as good rightful process and lawful authority by virtue of a Patent...under the great seal of the above said Colony, to grant...the said bargained premises.....and I the said William McLEMORE do hereby bind myself....
In witness whereof I the said William McLEMORE have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of March 1784 and in the Eighth year of American Independence, William (his mark) MCLEMORE
Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Willis MAGEE and John (his Mark) MORGAIN
State of North Carolina, Sampson County September Term 1784 The was the within Deed in ...Court by the Oath of Willis MAGEE and marked to be registered Curtis TUEY, Clerk
Registered in Book Letter B, page 24 and 25 Transcribed the 5th day of January 1832 W. FAISON Registrar
(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong 19 July 2005)
1782 Duplin County, NC Deed Bk 47, pg 94 Grant #55 entered 26 Jun 1779 Issued 29 Oct 1782 William McLEMORE 150 acres E. side of Little Cohara
1792 Sampson County NC DB 10 Page 160 14 Dec 1792 Deed Elihu WIGGINS to Labon TATUM Trans 15 pounds for 150 acres "On the East side of Little Cohary" Land was granted to William McLEMORE by Patent Bearing date 29 Oct 1782 and conveyed to William McLEMORE by deed to Solomon McGEE Junior and conveyed by Solomon McGEE Junior to said Elihu WIGGINS by deed bearing date 23 Sept 1790 Wit Daniel WILLIAMS and Michael SCARBOROUGH (Courtesy of Robert McLemore Butler)
1810 Bladen County, NC Census Household consisted of 1 male over the age of 45, and 1 female over the age of 45 and 60 slaves. Also listed on the 1810 Bladen Census were Drury and E(lias) McLemore.
Email from Mary Mosley Mansour, September 2006, "You have a wonderful site. I believe this man who is one of my grandfathers, Willam McLemore?sup? ?/sup?died ca 1836 in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama. He is listed as a merchant, farmer and intruder on Creek lands at the time." Diane Noel instead shows his location of death as Montgomery County, Alabama.
Mary Mosley Mansour Email dated September 18, 2006
Melba Gene McLemore notes that the "Alabama Genealogical Register, V. 6, No. 3.4, Sept-Dec 1964 cites a Will for a Wm. McLemore, will dated 7 Aug 1836, probated 12 Sept 1836.
Mark Freeman writes that "1840 Lauderdale Co., MS Census shows the Wm McLemore household to consist of 1 male under 5 (William)?, 3 males 5-10 (Richard and Wm Fortson & Joseph Fortson), 1 male 10-15 (Amos), Wm 30-40, 1 female under 5 (Sarah A Fortson) 1 female 5-10 (Francis), 1 female 10-15 ?(Rebecca), 1 female 30-40 Mrs. Mary Fortson now McLemore. William seems to have temporarily left the children after Martha's death and then re-assembled the family when he married Mary Alford."
1850 Federal Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Southern District
Enumerated 25 Nov 1850 by Wm. White
203-212
Wm McLemore 46 M Farmer $4500 NC (?)
Mary McLemore 43 F NC
Amos McLemore 20 M Farmer Miss
Francis P McLemore 16 F Miss
William* McLemore 14 M Miss
Wm. G. Fortson 18 M Farmer Miss (stepchild)
Joseph Fortson 16 M Farmer Miss (stepchild)
Sarah* A Fortson 12 F Miss (stepchild)
Rowena McLemore 5? F Miss
John McLemore 7 M Miss
*It has been shown on several online trees, but has not been proven, that William McLemore and Sarah Fortson, step-siblings, has their first child shortly after this census. In 1860, a Sarah McLemore can be found as a widow with four children, and the head of a household in Lauderdale county that includes her younger half-brother [and/or brother-in-law John]. John was the first child born to Wm McLemore by his second wife, Mary Alford, and born ca 1843
Tom Heseltine shows him as born about 1800, married Betsy LUTTRELL, remained in Knox County."
His father lived with him at the time of the 1840 census. William was said to have had a son, a Civil War Veteran, who was also buried in Union Cemetery, as was his father John, a Revolutionary War Veteran.
1840 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, 137
Wm. McLemore
1 Free White Male under 5
1 FreeWhite Male Between 5 and 9
1 Free White Male Between 30-39 (William)
1 Free White Male between 80-89 (John McLemore b. 1762)
1 Free White Female under 5
2 Free White Females Between 10 and 14
1 Free White Female Between 20-39
9 People Total
3 Employed in Agriculture
Enumerated in the same proximity Green McLemore, Thomas White, Thomas Keyhill
1850 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, Subdivision 31
Enumerated 30 Nov 1850
Handwritten pages 50 and 51, Stamped on second page 72
351-355
William McLemore 50 M Laborer NC
Elizabeth McLemore ?? F Tenn
Mary McLemore 21 M Tenn
John McLemore 18 M Tenn
Annie/Annis McLemore 14 F Tenn
James McLemore 12 M Tenn
Thomas B. McLemore 9 M Tenn
352-356
Elizabeth Luttrell age 79
with Louis (38, M), Margrett Anne (22,F), and William W. (age 2, M)
1860 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, District 17, PO Michlenburgh
Enumerated 16 Jun 1860
Page 255 Stamped 307
1956-1669
Wm McLemore 40 M Farmer 25 150 NC
Elizab McLemore 40 F Tenn
James McLemore 20 M Laborer
Barlly McLemore 17 M Laborer
1937-1670
Elizab Luttrell 90
1870 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, PO Knoxville
Enumerated 1 Aug 1870
Page 19 Stamped 316
129-127
McLemore, William 60 M W Farmer 40 60 NC (Same William, perhaps with age wrong?)
McLemore, Adaline 40 F W Keeping House Tenn (Second Wife??)
McLemore, Francis M W M 3Tenn (Son? Grandson?)
He was said to have married first Amanda GENTRY and later Rebecca GENTRY. He appears to have remained near his parents to help care for them, and the McLemore's later found in Monroe County, Tennesse descend from William.
1870 Census
Tennessee, Monroe County, P.O. Madisonville, District 12
Enumerated 25 July 1870
Page No. 13, stamped 111
97-97
McLimore, Will 52 M W Tenn
McLimore, Rebecca 40 F W Tenn
McLimore, John 15 m W Tenn
McLimore, Will 13 m W Tenn
McLimore, Martha 11 f W Tenn
McLimore, Bennie/Bessie 9 M W Tenn
McLimore, Mary 7 F W Tenn
McLimore, Charlie 5 M W Tenn
McLimore, Nancy 3 F W Tenn
McLimore, Sarah 1 F W Tenn
Patricia Mills notes that he was married three times, (1) in 1850 to a LOUISINDA, (2) before 1860 to a Surancy, and (3) on 27 April 1871 to Martha Jane Coburn, by D.M. Cowley, Justice of the Peace. On the 1860 and 1870 census, it appears that his wifes name may be some variation of Lourany/Louvany instead of Surancy, and her age is consistent from 1850 through 1870. Perhaps Patricia was mistaken and he was only married twice, to Louisinda/Lourancy and later to Martha Jane COBURN.
A post by Steve Cranford on 20 May 2001 to the Ancestry.com Message Boards>Surnames>McLemore>McLemore Family history cited the Cranford family bible as follows:
"william McLemore b. 4-4-1830 (don't know for sure where but in the south) father of james R. mcLemore b. 9-6-1853"
1850 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Township 5 Range 5 East Precinct No. 20
Enumerated 1 Nov 1850
Stamped 57
89-89
Berry Smith 25 M Farmer Ala
Mary Smith 19 F Ala
William Smith 1 M Ala
William Macklimore 21 M Farmer Tenn
Lousinda 20 F Tenn
1860 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, District No. 3, P.O. Box Paint Rock
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 51
(Families on the Prior page include a Cunningham family and Perry Family)
362-362
Wm. McLemore 29 M Farmer 600 Tenn
Luraney McLemore 30 F Tenn
J. R. McLemore 7 M Ala
Ellender Betheny 27 F Ala
J. R. Cawbern 14 M Ala
N. C. Danham/Dunham 2 F Ala
364-364
Jas. McLemore 54 M Farmer 300 Tenn
Nancy McLemore 36 F Tenn
M. E. McLemore S F Ala
Thos. McLemore 14 M Ala
M. J. Caubern 13 F Ala
B. F. McLemore 9/12 M Ala
Jessee French 18 M Farm Laborer
1870 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Township 5 Range 5 East, P.O. Larkinsville
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Pages 2 and 3, Stamped 231
12-12 McKinney family
13-13 Coburn family
14-14 Kirby family
15-15
McLamore W. M. 39 M W Farmer $300 Tenn
McLemore, Louvana 40 F W Keeping House
McLemore, James R 16 M W Farm Laborer
Dunham, Elen 30 F W
Dunham, Catharine 10 F W
16-16
McLemore, John W 25 M W Farmer Ala
McLemore, Rebecca 25 F W Keeping House Ala
McLemore, Sarah L 4 F W Ala
McLemore, Thos. Dickson 2 m W Ala
McLemore, James 10/12 M W Ala
It is thought, but not verified, that the 1870 and 1880 census listings below are for for the same family, even though some significant differences exist. It is not known if they are for this William McLemore, or instead for a William McLemore thought to be instead a son of Abner McLemore (born 1785 in NC>Lawrence County, AL>Marion County, AL>Mississippi)
Household:
1870 Census
Mississippi, Chickasaw County, Township 14
Buena Vista P.O.
Enumerated 4 July 1870
Stamped 148
371-360
McLamore, Wm F 38 N W Mill Right 1000 2000 Tenn
McLamore, Dicy A 32 F W Keeping House Ala (First wife? Or does Dicey actually Ellcausey, but with wrong age shown??)
McLamore, Sarah E 11 F W At Home Miss
McLamore, Malissa A 1 F W Miss
Oment, Thomas 21 M W Farm Laborer England
Sterling P. McLemore (born ca 1826), thought to be his brother, was also living in Chicksaw County, Mississippi at the time of the 1870 census. Also listed was a 25 year old Frank McLemore, born in Alabama, relationship unknown.
1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William MCLAMOE Self M Male W 45 TN Farmer KY TN
Ellcansey MCLAMOE Wife M Female W 33 AL TN. SC.
Malissa Sarah A. MCLAMOE Dau S Female W 12 MS TN SC.
William MCLAMOE Son S Male W 6 MS KY SC.
Robert MCLAMOE Son S Male W 3 MS. KY. S.C.
Emma MCLAMOE Dau S Female W 3M MS. KY. S.C.
Dessa MCLAMOE Mother Female W 84 SC IRE. IRE. (This is actually Dicey White Callahan, per Melba Gene McLemore)
Source Information:
Census Place Beat 5, Calhoun, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254642 NA Film Number T9-0642
Page Number 639D
Sterling P. McLemore (born ca 1826), possibly a brother of William's, was also living in Calhoun County, Mississippi at the time of the 1870 census.
Melba Gene McLemore believes he could have been born as early as 1821, and was likely a son of Abner McLemore (b. NC>Lawrence County, Alabama>Marion County, Alabama>Mississippi), based on both his name and on his proximity to Abner's family in Mississippi. Census records seem to put his date of birth later, sometime between 1832 and 1835.
Melba further speculates, but has not yet proven, that he married Ellcausey CALLAHAN. Two of Ellcausey's siblings married children of Abner McLemore, James Callahan to Lucretia Jane McLemore and Sterling McLemore to Malinda Callahan.
Could William have instead been the son of Joel McLemore and Robert Renfro of Tennesse? They had a son named William of approximately this same age, born in Tennessee.
BOTH Abner and Joel, the two likeliest candidates for being the father of this William, were sons of Sterling McLemore and Grandsons of Ephraim McLemore & Hannah (Hudspeth) McLemore.
It is thought, but not verified, that the 1870 and 1880 cen
sus listings below are for for the same family, even though some significant differences exist
Household:
1870 Census
Mississippi, Chickasaw County, Township 14
Buena Vista P.O.
Enumerated 4 July 1870
Stamped 148
371-360
McLamore, Wm F 38 N W Mill Right 1000 2000 Tenn
McLamore, Dicy A 32 F W Keeping House Ala (First wife? Or does Dicey actually Ellcausey, but with wrong age shown??)
McLamore, Sarah E 11 F W At Home Miss
McLamore, Malissa A 1 F W Miss
Oment, Thomas 21 M W Farm Laborer England
Sterling P. McLemore (born ca 1826), thought to be his brother, was also living in Chicksaw County, Mississippi at the time of the 1870 census. Also listed was a 25 year old Frank McLemore, born in Alabama, relationship unknown.
1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William MCLAMOE Self M Male W 45 TN Farmer KY TN
Ellcansey MCLAMOE Wife M Female W 33 AL TN. SC.
Malissa Sarah A. MCLAMOE Dau S Female W 12 MS TN SC.
William MCLAMOE Son S Male W 6 MS KY SC.
Robert MCLAMOE Son S Male W 3 MS. KY. S.C.
Emma MCLAMOE Dau S Female W 3M MS. KY. S.C.
Dessa MCLAMOE Mother Female W 84 SC IRE. IRE. (This is actually Dicey White Callahan, per Melba Gene McLemore)
Source Information:
Census Place Beat 5, Calhoun, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254642 NA Film Number T9-0642
Page Number 639D
Sterling P. McLemore (born ca 1826), possibly a brother of William's, was also living in Calhoun County, Mississippi at the time of the 1870 census.
Place of his birth and his parents birth are not consistent. This MAY also be William Kearney McLemore.
William McLemore Self M M W 40 Ms House Carpenter MS MS
Ida McLemore Wife M F W 21 Tx House Keeper MS MS
Milton McLemore Son S M W 2 Tx MS MS
Joseph Clarke Son-in-law M M W 25 NCV Farmer NC NC
Bettie Clarke Dau M F W 22 MS Asst House Keeper MS MS
Ella Clarke GrdDau F W 3m Tx MS MS
Census Place E.D. 60, Precinct 1, Panola County, Texas
FLH Film # 125322 NA Film #T9-1322 Page #211A
In the 1850 Decatur County, Georgia census, he is listed as born in Georgia. On the 1860 census, his birthplace is instead shown as North Carolina.
Nan Kittell could find no further record of William McLemore after 1860, and presumed he did not survive the Civil War.
In the Fall 1998 issue of the Red River County Texas Genealogical Society, a list is included of "the John C. Burkes Camp # 656 of the United Confederate Veterans was established in Red River County, Texas in the summer of 1890. This organization met yearly, usually in August, on campgrounds that were located about one mile northeast of Clarksville. It eventually became a four or five day affair with dancing, ball games, food, music, carnival attractions and patriotic speeches. It disbanded after the last Confederate Veteran member died and the campground was sold June 23, 1942. The actual list was found in the RRCTGS files and was transcribed from original records that were in poor condition. The listing includes a W.H. McLemore
There is a William H. McLemore, parents unknown born, on a WorldConnect Tree on RootsWeb that is connected to Red River county. If the tree is accurate, he was actually born in Red River County versus Georgia, so he would not be the same William McLemore as our son of John and Sarah.
He is listed as William H. McLemore, head of household, in the 1870 census for Jasper Co., MO, age 27, born TX.
He is listed as W. H. McLemore, head of household, in the 1880 census for Red River Co., TX, age 37, born TX, father born VA, mother born AL.
He is listed as W. H. Mclemore, head of household, in the 1900 census for Red River Co., TX, age 57, born June 1843, married 33? year, born TX, father born VA, mother born AL.
I have found a Mrs. A. A. Mclemore who was married to W. H. McLemore.he died
2 nov. 1912. Mrs. A. A. was born in Lamar County, Tx and applied for a widows of soldiers
pension in Red River Co. Tx. March 1913. She states they were married 13 Nov. 1866 in Jasper Co. Missouri-----a copy of the marriage license for the old William Henry McLemore, born 14 Jan 1843, died 2 Nov 1912 and Artha Ann Hall , born 18 Mar 1846, died 16 Jan 1930, from Jasper County, Missouri dated 8 Nov 186
Children
Deed Bk 2 O pg 231: State of Texas, Red River Co.: W. H. and A. A. McLemore husband and wife sell to C. M Faulkner of Lamar Co., one hundred and five acres of land for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Said land being a part of the Wiley Weatherspoon survey in Lamar Co., Tx on the waters of Lower Pine Creek. April 1st, 1882
WOODLAND GRAVEYARD -- located about 17 1/2 miles N of Clarksville. At Detroit take FM 410 North to FM 195 turn east and the graveyard is on the north side of the road.
McLEMORE, W.H.
b. 14 Jan 1843, d. 2 Nov 1912
SSW Artha A.
(next to A.H. & Daisey)
There is at least one other William McLemore was was a veteran of the Civil War, as he is buried in Austin and not in the Woodland Graveyard in Norht Texas. Tom McLemore emailed Melinda Strong on June 9, 2003 that "Last week Bonnie and I were in Austin....(and) we stopped at the Texas State Cemetery which is on 7th Street, near downtown. There is a veteran of the Civil War by the name of William McLemore buried there in a section reserved for veterans of that war. I wonder if it might be the McLemore that Nan Kittrel mentioned to you. I don't remember any other details like date of death."
However, this William buried in Austin could be yet another William McLemore of around the same age as the William McLemore who was a son of John and Sarah (Morgan) McLemore.
1900 Census
Tennessee, Hardin County, 8th Civil District
Enumerated 1 June 1900 by Wm. C. Snow
SD 8 ED 41 Sheet 1A Stamped 195
4/4
McLemore, William Hd W M Oct 1857 42 M 18 Tn NC Unknown Farmer
McLemore, Ellen Wf W F Apr 1866 34 M 18 10/6 Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, William A. Son W M July 1883 16 S Tn Tn Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, James V. Son W M Jan 1887 12 S Tn Tn Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Rena M Dtr W F ?? 1890 9 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Ernest C. Son W M Aug 1892 7 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Alick Son W M Dec 1894 5 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Newman Son W M Jun 1898 1 S Tn Tn Tn
1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Precinct 4 Georgia
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 8 ED 104 Sheet 9A
154-157
McLemore, William Hd M W 51 Md 27 Ala Ala Tn Farmer
McLemore, Ellen Wf F W 44 Md 27 12.7 Tn Ala Tn
McLemore, Vest Son M W 22 S Tn Ala Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Rena Dtr F W 19 S Tn Ala Tn
McLemore, Ernest Son M W 17 S Tn Ala Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Alex Son M W 15 S Tn Ala Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Newman Son M W 11 S Tn Ala Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Hattie Dtr F W 9 S Tn Ala Tn
Source Name: Princeton Daily Clarion
Author: Publisher
Repository: Princeton Public Library - Genealogy 130 S. Hart Street Princeton, IN - 47670 (812) 385-4464
Citation Detail: Micro film year 1969
Date: Monday, December 30, 1969 Pg. 10
Actual text (Courtesy of Paul Williams):
William McLemore
William McLemore, 63, lifetime Princeton resident died Sunday at 6:15 p.m. in Gibson General Hospital after a short illness. Mr. McLemore was born February 28, 1906 in Temple, Ind. in Crawford County. He had been a Cab driver for City Cab the past 20 years. He attended the House of Prayer. Mr. McLemore was member of VFW 1147 and a Veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Laura McLemore; one daughter, Mrs. Anita Beard of Princeton; two sons, Jim McLemore and William Shoulders both of Princeton; one brother, Guy McLemore of Oak Ridge, Tenn. and 2 grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Colvin Chapel with Rev. James Miller officiating. Friends may call at Colvin & Son Mortuary after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
On his application for a Social Security account, completed on August 27, 1937, he listed his date of birth as February 28, 1907 in Temple, Indiana. It is assumed this date is more accurate, as it was completed by William himself, than the date in his obituary. His parents were shown as Wright McLemore and Sarah Longust. His employer at that time was Thomas Christian of Princeton.
Possibly the son of Abner McLemore (b. 1785, NC), who lived in Lawrence County, Alabama at the time of the 1830 and 1840 census? Abner later moved to Marion County, Alabama, and late still to Mississippi. Both Abner and William reported themselves as shoemakers at the time of the 1860 federal census.
Rosemary Hollis indicates that his mother's first name was Lucinda.
William and both his wives are said to be buried in unmarked graves at the McLemore Cemetery in Lawrence County, Alabama.
1860 Census
Alabama, Lawrence County, Southern Division, Post Office Moulton
Enumerated 18 June 1860
Stamped 903
165-160
Wm. McLimore 39 M Shoemaker Ala
Charity E. McLimore 30 F Ala
James A. McLimore 10 M Ala
Josephine McLimore 8 F Ala
William T. McLimore 5 M Ala
Martha E. McLimore 2 F Ala
Infant McLimore 2/12 F Ala
1870 Census
Alabama, Lawrence County, Twp 7 Range 7, P.O. Moulton
August 1870
Page No. 10
74-74
McLamore, Wm. 52 Farmer Ala
McLamore, Lucinda 41 Keeping House Ala (Is this Charity, or a second wife)
McLamore, James H 21 Farmer Ala
McLamore, Josephine 17 At Home Ala
McLamore, William 15 At Home Ala
McLamore, Martha 12 At Home Ala
McLamore, Amanda 11 At Home Ala
McLamore, Sarrah F. 7 Ala
McLamore, George F 5 Ala
1880 Census
Alabama, Lawrence County, Township 8
FHL Film #125018 NA Film #T9-0018 Page #451A
William McLemore Self M M W 61 Al Farmer NC Va
Jeminah McLemore Wife M F W 52 Al Keeping House SC TN (Second or Third Wife?)
Josephine McLemore Dau S F W 28 MS AL AL
Martha McLemore Dau S F W 22 Al Al Al
Manda McLemore Dau S F W 20 Al Al Al
Sarah McLemore Dau S F W 18 Al Al Al
George McLemore Son S M W 15 Al Al Al
Jeminah McLemore Dau S F W 6 Al AL Al
Isaac Cotton Other S M W 39 Al Pauper NC VA
Moses Whitworth Other S M W 9 Al Pauper Al Al
Hensley Martin Other S M B 45 Al Pauper Al Al
Phebe Bart Other S F B 26 Al Pauper Al Al
1900 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Precinct No. 15 Hunt Store
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 33 Sheet 1B
Dist 33 Hunt Store
12-12
McLemore, William Head W M Jan 1879 21 Mar. 3yrs Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor
McLemore, Arrenia A. Wife Feb 1878 22 Mar.3yrs 2Child/2Living Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Carrol S. Son Sep 1897 2 Ala Ala Tenn
McLemore, Sallie A. Dau Aug 1899 9/12 Ala Ala Tenn
1910 Census
Alabama, Jackson County
Aspel, Prec. 36
Enumerated 25 Apr 1910 by Robert Thomas
SD 8, ED 34, Sheet 5A
7-7
McLemore, William Hd M W 42 (sic) Wd Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Carl Son M W 12 S Al Tn Tn
McLemore, Sallie Dtr F W 9 S Al Tn Tn
McLemore, Delia Dtr F W 7 S Al Tn Tn
McLemore, Benjamin Son M W S Al Tn Tn
1920 Aspel, Jackson Co. AL
House/Family 6
William McLemore Head 43 AL AL TN Farmer Gen. Farm
Liddie Wife 32 TN TN TN
Maude Dau 7 AL AL TN
(Courtesy of Clay Gullatt)
1850 Census
Texas, Shelby County
131-131
Adkin McLamore 43 m Ga Farmer
Susan A. McLamore 33 F Ga
Matthew W. 14 M Al
Jas. S. 13 M Al
Elijah 9 M Tx
Mary A. 7 F Tx
John 4 M Tx
Gideon Goss 33 M NC Trader $10,000
1860 Census
Texas, Shelby County, Buena Vista, Beat No. 8
Enumerated 25 July 1860
Page 60
425-425
A. McLamore 53 M Farmer Ga $15,000 $9,950
S.A. McLamore 45 F Ga
E.M. McLamore 18 M Tx
J.T. McLamore 14 M Tx
Will Cozort 12 M McL. Agent Tx $2,200 $10,375
W. E. Cozort 11F McL Agent Tx
A. Moore 43 M Overseer NC 4858 $812
C.C. Wheeler 26 M Teacher NJ $--- $1,000
426-426
J.S. McLamore 22 M Farmer Al $1,600 $3,765
E.J. McLamore 19 F Tx
S.E. McLamore 11/12 Tx
427-427
A.J. Brinson 32 M Farmer 4900 10465 Ala
L. Brinson 36 F Texas
V. Brinson 13 F Tx
John Brinson 10 M Tx
George Brinson 8 F Tx
J Brinson 5 F Tx
Matthew 2 M Tx
428-428
Mathew Brinson 71 M Farmer 34000 4700 NC
1870 Census
Texas, Shelby County, P.O. Buena Vista
Page 14
105-105
McLamore, A 63 M W Farmer 4080 1135 Ga
Darnell, Mary M 37 F W Keeps House Texas
Darnell, John 25 M W Farmer Texas
Darnell, Bellazora 20 F W At Home Texas
Darnell, N. A. 10 M W At School Texas
Darnell, E. H. 8 M W At School Texas
Darnell, Mary A 5 F W Texas
McLamore, Abram/Aspan 2 M W Texas
McLamore,Minnia 1 F W Texas
McLamore Delia 18 F W La
McLemore, Hamp 17 M B Tx
At the time of the 1930 census, he was living with his wife in children in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was the head of household consisting not only of his immediate family (wife Etta and children Clayton and Joy), but also his brother Floyd (married to Minnie, and father of 5), his parents, and his youngest sister, Lela.
1930 Census
Arkansas, Pulaski County, Big Rock Twp, Little Rock City Ward 8
Enumerated 9 Apr 1930
SD 60-36 SD 6 Sheets 11A and 11B Stamped 131
Cedar
1511-253-273
McLemore, William A.Head R 22.50 R M W 26 M 20 Miss Tx Miss
McLemore, Etta Wf F W 23 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Clayton Son M W 6 S Ark Miss Tx
McLemore, Joy Dtr F W 7 S Ok Miss Tx
McLemore, Floyd H Brother M W 34 M 26 Miss Tx Miss
McLemore, Minnie Sister-in-law F W 33 M 17 Ala Ok Miss
McLemore, Paul Nephew M W 15 M W Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Austin Nephew M W 13 S W Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Clifton Nephew M W 11 S Oka Miss Ala
McLemore, Lorene Niece F W 8 S Ok Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Vivian Niece F W 7 S Ok Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Isaac W Father M W 57 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Affie Mother F W 56 M 17 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lela M Sister F W 20 S Miss Tx Miss
1880 Census
Mississippi, Covington County, Beat No. 5
Enumerated 25 Jun 1880
Page 35 SD 2 ED 124
246-265
McLamore, William W M 31 School Teacher Miss Miss Miss
McLamore, Salash W F 27 wife Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
McLamore, Sammie W M 6 son Miss Miss Miss
McLamore, Joan W F 5 daughter Miss Miss Miss
McLamore, Elizabeth W F 3 daughter Miss Miss Miss
1900 Census
Arkansas, Sebastian, Marion Township
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 118 Sheet 24B
477-490
McLemore, William Head W M Sept 1848 51 M 32 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Seletia Wf W F Apr 1854 46 m 39 11/8 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Omer Dtr W F Apr 1884 16 S Ark Miss Miss
McLemore, Toney Son W M Feb 1888 12 S Indian Territory Miss Miss At School
McLemore, George Son W M Mar 1892 8 S Indian Territory Miss Miss
1910 Census
Arkansas, Sebastian County, Upper Township
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 4 ED 127 Sheet 1A
11-12
McLemore, William E Head M W 62 m1 42 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Selestia Wf F W 57 M1 42 8/4 Miss Miss SC
McLemore, Omer Dtr F W 32 D 2/2 Ark Mis Miss
McLemore, Anthony Son M W 21 S Ark Miss Miss Laborer
McLemore, George F Son M W 16 S Ok Miss Miss Laborer
Hamilton, Evie Grddtr F W 8 S Ark Unk Ark
Hamilton, William Grdson M W 5 S Ark Unk Ark
The SSDI has a William McLemore, born 11 Aug 1889 with his card issued in Mississippi, and dying in July 1964 in Missouri. It is not known if this is the same William Amos McLemore.
1920 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
Enumerated 26 Jan 1920
SD 6 ED 14 Sheet 13A Stamped 153
235-235
McLemore, Walter S Hd M W 52 M Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mary E Wf F W 49 M Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, William A Son M W 18 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer Saw Mill
McLemore, Leeray Son M W 18 S Miss Miss Miss Laborer RR Section
McLemore, Celestian Dtr F W 14 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Elma Dtr F W 13 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Inse Dtr-in-law F 21 M Miss Oh Oh
McLemore, Emaline Grnddtr F W 2 S Ok Miss Oh
1930 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat 2
April 29, 1930 by Mrs. Clayton Allen
ED 18-9 SD 11 Sheet 24AS Stamped 220
State Highway 11
456-467
McLemore, Mary E (Widow) and family
457-468
McLemore, William Hd Rent $3 M W M20 Miss Miss Miss Carpenter Southern Railroad
McLemore, Inez Wf F W M 15 Oh Oh Ind
McLemore, Emmaline Dtr F W 12 S Ok Miss Ohio
McLemore, Helen L Dtr F W 9 S Miss Miss Ohio
McLemore, Walter F Son M W 7 S Ok Miss Ohio
McLemore, Eugene E Son M W 5 Miss Miss Ohio
McLemore, Lorena F Dtr F W 3 1/12 S Miss Miss Ohio
1940 Census
Mississippi, Forrest County, Beat #2
Enumerated 8 Apr 1940
SD 6 ED 18-20A Sheets 2A and 2B
Highway 11
32 R $5
Mitchell, Lessie Head F W 30 M No 8 Miss Residence in 1935 Bogalusa Washington LA Seamtress WPA Sewing Room
Mitchell, James Edward Son M W 10 S Yes 4 Miss Residence in 1935 Bogalusa Washington LA
Mitchell, Charles Adaire Son M W 4 S La Residence in 1935 -----
33 R $6
McLemore, William A Head M W 50 M No 7 Miss
McLemore, Inez S Wf W F 41 M No 6 Oh R Forrest Miss Farmer
McLemore, Helen Dau F W 19 S Yes H-2 Miss R Forrest Miss
McLemore, Walter Son M W 17 S No H-1 Okla R Forrest Miss
McLemore, Eugene Son M W 15 S Yes 7 Miss R Forrest Miss
McLemore, Rowena Dau F W 13 S Yes 6 Miss R Forrest Miss
McLemore, Alice Dau F W 8 S Yes 2 Miss
McLemore, Leroy Lodger M W 8 S No 7 Miss Same House
Place of birth, according to his application for a Social Security accounty, was Cameron, OK. He showed this same location when he registered for the World War II draft, as a resident of Sallison, OK. This draft registration also named Lucile Myers, of Bokoshe, OK, as the "person who will always know your address." Anthony indicated he worked for himself.
His FindAGrave memorial page, created by Frances Allen Titsworth, links him to his spouse, Bessie Elizabeth McLemore (1898-1983), with whom he shares a double marker. When his widow, Bessie, applied for his military marker she also showed that he was a Gunners Mate, 1rst class, and had enlisted on 9 May 1917 and was discharged 20 Dec 1918. Bessie showed her residence as McCurtain, OK, presumably wher Anthony died.
Anthony also has a miltary marker, inscribed with a cross, and the following:
Anthony McLemore
Oklahoma
GM1 US Navy
World War I
Feb 10 1888 May 25, 1953
1930 Census
Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Ward 2 Block 600
Enumerated May 2, 1930
ED 55-74 SD 5 Sheet 14B
East Fifth Street
412-xxx-254
McLemore, Anthony Head R 22.5 M W 40 M 35 Ik Miss Miss Repairer Furniture
McLemore, Bessie Wf F W 33 M 17 Ark Mo Ark
McLemore, William Son M W 7 S Ok Ok Ark [From Previous marriage, based on length of marriage?]
John Ellington writes that "My grandfather William Armstead McLemore Born October 1, 1878 Lavina, Tn. Died May 19, 1949 in Memphis buried in Jackson, Tn. Hollywood Cemetery. He was married twice:
Katie Laura Rogers in Lavina, Tn. And remarried 8 years after her death to Gladys Gertrude Pearcy (dau of William Pearcy and Rosa Haney).
William's mother died when he was 8 yrs old and was raised by his dad till his death when William was in his teens. I have a deal more on their children of which my mom is the last surviving of her brother and sisters.
John Ellington writes William's father was "John Armstead McLemore (my great-grandfather)....He was married to Maggie Mathis and Mary Matthews. He and Mary had one child. "
This is the same information shown on his FindAGrave memorial page.
Mark Freeman shows him as the same person as the John A. McLemore, born ca 1845, to Abraham McLemore and Permelia Jane Camp. He also indicates that he might instead be named William Armistead McLemore. He married Mary "Nannie" MATHEWS.
Based on the ten year gap in age it is not proven these John A. McLemore's, born in Tennessee, are indeed the same person.
1880 Census
[Not proven to be the parents of William Armstead McLemore, additionally, original image is very faint and copied from the transcription, not the actual microfilm]
Tennessee, Carroll County, District `
J. S. Mc Lemore* 24 W M Head Married TN NC VA
Nannie Mc Lemore* 24 W F Wife Married Tn Tn Tn
William A. Mc Lemore 4 W M Son Single Tn Tn Tn
Laura P. Mc Lemore 2 W F Dtr Single Tn Tn Tn
*Could this be the J S McLemore who married N E Seavers on 22 Sep 1874 in Carroll County, Tennessee? [Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Ancestry.com]
1910 Census
Tennessee, Madison County, Fifteenth District, Jackson City
Enumerated 26 Apr 1910
SD 8 ED 173 Sheet 1B
110-73-75
McLemore, William Head M W 32 m1 13 Tn Tn Tn Laborer Heading? Factory
McLemore, Katie Wf F W 29 m1 13 4/4 Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Alice Dtr F W 11 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Nettie Dtr F W 9 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Willie Dtr F W 5 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, J. B. Son M W 2 S Tn Tn Tn
Rogers, Lizzie Mother in law F W 65 Wed 2/2 Tn Tn Tn (Indexed by Ancestry.com as ROYERS)
Rogers, Ephram Brother in law M W 24 S Tn TN TN (Indexed by Ancestry.com as ROYERS)
1920 Census
Tennessee, Madison County, City of Jackson
Enumerated 2 and 3 Day January 1920
SD 8 ED 167 Sheets 1A and 1B
239-11-14
McLemore, William A Head M W 40 Wd Tn Tn TnForeman Saw Mill
McLemore, Mattie Mae Dtr F W 18 S Tn Tn TnStenographer Bank
McLemore, Willie K Dtr F W 15 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, J. B. Son M W 12 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Mary Margarette Dtr F W 8 S Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Minnie Lee Dtr F W 5 S Tn Tn Tn
Johns, James B Son in law m W 27 N Tn Tn Tn
Johns, Alice Dtr F W 21 M Tn Tn Tn
Johns, William Grandson M W 1 4/12 S Tn Tn Tn
Watson, Joe Boarder M W 47 S Tn Tn TN Laborer Farm
McLemore, William D.: Cpl. William D. McLemore, entered the Air Forces in 1940, trained in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Served in Puerto Rico. Killed in a plane crash October 1943.
Bruce Walker emailed that William Daniel "W D" McLemore- b, Nov. 07,1922 in Canton,Van Zandt Co.,Texas-- d. Oct. 31,1943-- Burial, Oct,31,1943 - Tablets of The Missing At East Coast Memorial, Missing In Action Or Buried At Sea; Battery Park, New York City,New York, USA--WWII, Corporal, Service ID: 18013927, 417th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Forces.
His Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows that he was a veteran of World War I, as well as a farmer. The informant was Mrs. McLemore, presuably his wife.
When his mother died in 1910, he was listed as "Prof. W. D. McLemore of Nantucket Island, Mass." When his father died in 1940, he was shown as of Caldwell, N. J.
1910 Census
Massachusetts, Nantucket County, Nantucket Town
Enumerated 27 Apr 1910
SD 119 ED 1078 Sheet 6B
15-166-182
McLemore, William D. Head M W 32 m1 1 Ill Ill Ill Teacher Manual Labor
McLemore, Elizabeth B Wf F W 33 m1 1 0/9 Ind Ky Ind Teacher Music
1920 Census
New Jersey, Essex County, West Caldwell Borough
Enumerated 14 and 15 Jan 1920
SD 8 ED 293 Sheet 9A Stamped 9
Lane Avenue
McLemore, William D. Head M W 41 M Ill Ill Ill Teacher
McLemore, Elizabeth Wf F W 40 M Ind Ky Ind
McLemore, Dorothy J Dtr F W 9 S Mass Ill Ind
1930 Census
New Jersey, Essex County, Caldwell Borough
Enumerated 26 Apr 1930
ED 7-357 SD 4 Sheet 13B
80-310-347
McLemore, William D Head 16000 M W 52 M 30 Ill Ill Ill Teacher Public School
McLemore, Elizabeth B Wf F W 51 Ind Ky Ind Florist Nursery
McLemore, Dortothy J F W 19 S Mass Ill Ind
When he registered for the draft during the first World War, he was a self employed farmer in Limestone County, Alabama. He was shown as Tall, of slender build, with gray eyes and black hair.
Will was raised by his mother, Rayde Stone, his father having left the family before he was born. His Texas Death certificate showed he was a Postal Carrier for the U. S. Post Office, and was not a veteran of the Armed Forces. He was also shown as a son of C. M. (sic) McLemore and Ray Stone. Informant was his wife, Mrs. Juantia McLemore.
1920 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 2
Enumerated 14 January 1920
SD 326 ED 73 Sheet 17B
Jasper and Brookeland Road
12-325-340
Stone, William E Hd M W 45 M Tx Ind Ind Farmer
Stone, Laura Wf F W 40 M Tx Tx
Stone, Ida May Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx
Stone, Willie Merl Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx
McLemore, Ray Dtr F W 22 Dv Tx Tx
McLemore, Earnest Grandson M W 7 S Tx Tx
Stone, Carl Son M W 24 M Tx Tx Fireman Log scaler
Stone, Gertrude Dtr-in-Law F W 17 Tx Tx
Stone, Harold Son M W 20 M Tx Tx Scaler Log scaler
Stone, Lill Dtr-in-law F W 19 M Tx Tx
Gibson Co., IN Death Record Bk H Pg 64 for William F. McLemore
1) Born 23 Dec 1850 KY
2) Spouses name Amanda
3) age 89 years 1 month 18 days
4) Fathers name: John
5) Mothers name: Sarah Jane Kirby -- this is puzzle, Paul speculates the
informant had his sisters name on her mind as, Sarah had died about 7
years earlier or just didn't know
6) Date of death: not shown -- another puzzle as what the death record does
show is buried 11 Feb 1940 !!
As Williams parents were married in March, 1855, it appears he was actually born nine months later, in December, 1855 vs. five years prior to their marriage.
1880 Census
Kentucky, Rockcastle County, E.D. 97
FHL Film 125441 NA Film T9-0441 Page 416C
William McLemore Self M M W 23 Ky Laborer KY KY
Amanda McLemore Wife M F W 19 KY Keeping House VA VA
Louise Tyree Sister-in-Law S F W 11 Ky At Home VA VA
1900 Census
Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Precinct No. 7
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 1 Stamped 168A
7-7
McLemore, John and Paralee with daughter
8-8
McLemore, John D and Nancy A, with divorced son, Thomas
9-9
McLemore, William T Hd W M Dec 1847 52 M 13 Ky Ky Ky Farmer
McLemore, Amanda Wf W F May 1865 35 M 13 9/8 Va Va Va
McLemore, Lee W Son W M Dec 1885 14 S Ky Ky Va Farm Hand
McLemore, Mary M Dtr W F July 1888 11 S Ky Ky Va At School
McLemore, Cyntha A Dtr W F Apr 1892 8 S Ky Ky Va At School
McLemore, James L. Son W M Mar 1894 6 S Ky Ky Va At School
McLemore, Emaline C. Dtr W F Mar 1895 5 S Ky Ky Va
McLemore, Jennie S. Dtr W F Feb 1897 3 Ky Ky Va
McLemore, Rosa N. Dtr W F May 1900 1/12 Ky KY Va
--/10
McLemore, Hackley Hd W M July 1874 25 M 4 Ky Ky Ky Farm Hand
McLemore, Lora Wf W F May 1878 22 M 4 0/0 Ky Ky Ky
1910 Census
Indiana, Crawford County, Sterling Twp
Enumerated 28 and 29 April 1910
SD 3 ED 34 Sheet 10A Stamped 91
220-229
McLemore, William Hd M W 56 M1 25 KY KY KY Farmer
McLemore, Mandy Wf F W 50 m1 25 10/8 Va Va Va
McLemore, Susie Dtr F W 11 S Ky Ky Va
McLemore, Louise Dtr F W 8 S Ky Ky Va
1920 Census
Indiana, Gibson County, Patoka Twp
Enumerated 10 Jan 1920
SD 77 ED 16 Sheet 5B
111-111
McLemore, William Hd M W 80 M Ky Ky Ky Laborer Farm
McLemore, Mada J Wf F W 52 M Va Va Va
Neske, Ruthie Granddaughter F W 4 11/12 S Ind Ky Ky
1930 Census
Indiana, Gibson County, Patoka
Enumerated April 18, 1930
ED 26-23 SD 12 Sheet 13A Stamped 238
294-299
McElemore, William Hd O $1000 M W 78 M Ky Ky Ky
McElemore, Manda J Wf F W 57 M 14 Va Va Va Laborer Washwoman
1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, SD 1
Page 21 Sd 2 ED 92
Enumerated 11 Jun 1880
HH #5
McLemore, Wm F W M 23 Farmer Miss Ala Ala
McLemore, Alllis S W F 21 Wf Keeps Home Miss Ala Ala
McLemore, Ernestine W F 5/12 Dtr Home Miss Miss Miss
1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat One
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 5 ED 12 Sheet 12B
238-238
McLemore, W F Head W F Mar 1859 41 W 8/8 Miss Ala Ala (Appears to be Mrs. W F McLemore)
McLemore, Ernestine Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lawrence Son W M Nov 1882 18 Miss Miss Miss Machinist
McLemroe, Corrinna Dtr W F Feb 1884 16 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lewis Son W M Dec 1887 12 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Octavia Dtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lamar Son W M May 1892 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lee Son W M Spet 1894 5 S Miss MIss Miss
McLemore, William Son W M Dec 1898 1 S Miss Miss Miss
240-240
McLemore, Amos Head W M Dec 1829 70 M 45 Miss NC Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary J Wf W F Dec 1838 61 M 45 9/6 Ala SC SC
McLemore, Drucilla O Dtr W F Oct 1869 30 S Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Lewis K Son W F Mar 1877 23 S Miss Miss Ala Farmer
John Stromberger writes that William Harvey McLemore was a confederate soldier in the Civil War, and was taken prisoner September 14, 1863, dying of Pneumonia on December 12, 1863 while being held prisoner in Alton, Illinois.