Living: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1. Living
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

R. John "Bob" Wise was born on 1 Jan 1907; died on 28 Feb 1989; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

R. married Malissa Ardell Neal on 8 Dec 1933. Malissa (daughter of Joseph Bennett Neal and Alice Leona Moran) was born on 7 Oct 1909 in Texas; died on 24 Nov 1971; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malissa Ardell Neal was born on 7 Oct 1909 in Texas (daughter of Joseph Bennett Neal and Alice Leona Moran); died on 24 Nov 1971; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Children:

Generation: 3

Joseph Bennett Neal was born on 8 Sep 1856 in Texas (son of Joseph William Neal and Permelia Jane Mason); died on 3 Mar 1941.

Notes:

Shown as Joel? on the 1870 Sabine County Census. Dale Rubel shows that he married first Martha Vickers, a daughter of Austin Vickers and Susannah Halbert. Bridgett Kearney also shows multiple marriages, first to Martha Emma Vickers/Halbert Mason, a daughter of James "Gov" Mason Sr and Susannah Halbert (note differing parentage...not proven by census records, plus her DOB per Bridgett was five years prior to the marriage of her purported parents)...second to Anna FRANKLIN and third to Alice Leona Moran.

Joseph married Alice Leona Moran on 3 Jan 1909. Alice (daughter of William Franklin Moran and Malissa Jane Loving) was born on 15 Mar 1871 in Texas; died on 25 May 1961; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice Leona Moran was born on 15 Mar 1871 in Texas (daughter of William Franklin Moran and Malissa Jane Loving); died on 25 May 1961; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

The transcription of the Moran-Loving Cemetery shows that she marrried first William Braswell, second Joseph B. Neal and third a BROWN, as this was the name at the time of both the 1930 census and that was shown on her tombstone.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 29 Apr 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 11A Stamped 82
220-227
Brown, Alice Head F W 59 Wd Tx Ala Ala Farmer
Braswell, Johnnie Son M W 23 S Tx Miss Tx Farm Laborer
Neal, Ardell Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx

Children:

3. Malissa Ardell Neal was born on 7 Oct 1909 in Texas; died on 24 Nov 1971; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 4

12.	Joseph William Neal was born before 1836; and died. Joseph married Permelia Jane Mason about 1852. Permelia (daughter of William Mason and Judith Rouitt Blackerby) was born about 1840 in Texas; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Permelia Jane Mason was born about 1840 in Texas (daughter of William Mason and Judith Rouitt Blackerby); died after 1880.

Notes:

She was the daughter of William and Judith Mason, pioneers of Coahulia-Texas. (White and Toole, p 35).

Children:

William Neal was born about 1854 in Texas; and died.
6. Joseph Bennett Neal was born on 8 Sep 1856 in Texas; died on 3 Mar 1941.

14.

William Franklin Moran was born on 19 Jan 1840 in Alabama (son of John Moran and Elizabeth De Castro); died on 27 Apr 1915; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

The transcription of the Moran-Loving Cemetery shows that he was enlisted in Co. C. Texas Cavalry, CSA.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 5, PO Milam
Enumerated 20 July 1870
Page 14
288-288
Moran, W. F. 30 M W Farmer $--- $400 Ala
Moran, Melissa J 37 F W Keeping House Ga
Moran, Bill 10 m W La
Moran, Robert E 1 m W Tx
289-289
Loving, Eliza 65 F W Keeping House 400 100 Ga

William married Malissa Jane Loving on 10 May 1865. Malissa (daughter of Manuel Walton Loving, Sr. and Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Chiles) was born on 4 Oct 1832 in Georgia; died on 24 Jun 1903; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Malissa Jane Loving was born on 4 Oct 1832 in Georgia (daughter of Manuel Walton Loving, Sr. and Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Chiles); died on 24 Jun 1903; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Married:
They lived on the Loving homestead, near Moran Ferry, from the day they were married until death. He has a civil war marker at his grave. (White and Toole, p 35).

Children:

Robert Emmett Moran was born on 28 Feb 1869 in Texas; died on 17 Aug 1873; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Alice Leona Moran was born on 15 Mar 1871 in Texas; died on 25 May 1961; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
Mary P. Moran was born on 4 Oct 1873; died on 9 Oct 1880; was buried in Moran-Loving Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.