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Mittie B. McLemore

Female Abt 1879 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mittie B. McLemore was born about 1879 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi (daughter of Joshua McLemore and Mary E. Semmes); and died.

    Notes:

    Shown by Rev. William P. McLemore as Mattie McLemore, the wife of T. E. Holden.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joshua McLemore was born on 3 Jun 1839 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi (son of Richard McLemore and Nancy Perry Hill); died on 19 Mar 1918 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    The following biography is from the archives of Rev. William P. McLemore:

    Information on early life to McLemore Archives by Dr. Rudy Liverette 1988: "Joshua attended the Gathright School in Summerville, Mississippi. He taught school and served as a 2LT. in Company I, 37th Mississippi Infantry Regiment during the Civil War."

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1860 Census
    Mississippi, Scott County, District 1, P.O. Forrest Depot
    Enumerated 30 Jun 1860 by A.W. H. Metcalf
    Page 57
    358-358
    Joshua McLemore 21 M Teacher of School Miss
    Mary E. McLemore 16 F Miss

    1870 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Twp 8
    Enumerated 9 Jun 1870 by H.C. Smith
    Page 23, Stamped 142
    116-116
    McLemore, Joshua 31 M W Farmer $4000 $2310 Miss
    McLemore, Mary E 26 F W Keeping house Georgia
    McLemore, Kate H 4 F W Miss
    McLemore, Caleb S 1 M W Miss
    Hill, Margaret E 29 F W SC
    Williams, Benjamin 31 M W Farm Laborer $--- $300 Georgia
    McLain William J 28 M W Farm Laborer Alabama

    1880 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Subdistrict No. 1
    Enumerated 23 Jun 1880 by Wm. S. Batton
    Page 40, SD 2, ED 92
    **-34
    McLemore, Joshua W M 41 Farmer Miss Tenn Tenn
    McLemore, J.E. W F 37 Wife Keeping house Miss D.C. Ga
    McLemore, Kate H W F 15 Dtr At School Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, C. Semmes W M 13 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, J.C. W M 11 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, Sereda J W F 9 Dtr At School Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, Wm J. W M 7 Son At School Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, Sallie W F 3 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
    McLemore, Millie B W F 1 Dtr At Home Miss Miss Miss
    Semmes, J. M. Miss W F 16 Sister-in-law At School Miss D.C. Ga
    Alsbrook, Willie W M 21 Employee Laborer Ala Ala S.C.
    Kelly, Jennie W F 29 School Teacher School Teacher Ala Ala Ala

    Joshua married Mary E. Semmes on 27 Feb 1860 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mary was born on 2 Aug 1843 in Georgia; died on 29 Jul 1917 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary E. Semmes was born on 2 Aug 1843 in Georgia; died on 29 Jul 1917 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    See attached sources.

    Notes:

    Married:
    http://www.lauderdalecoms.com/marriages/lcmarriagesm.htm

    The Rev. William P. McLemore cites information from Eudora Hill, received in 1984, showing the children of Joshua and Mary Semmes McLemore as:

    Francis R. born 16 July 1861, died 3 August 1866; Nannie born 1864; Kate H born 1866 married R M Snell 5 November 1884; Caleb Semmes born 1868 married Pearl C Stone 12 November 1891; Joshua Edgard born 1870 married Sallie Dearman 28 January 1893; Sudie J born 16 December 1872, died 15 November 1902; William I born 1874; Sallie born 1876 married N W McNeely, 20 October 1897; Mattie born 1878 married T E Holden 6 January 1892; John born 1880; and Julia born 1882 married W H Jackson.

    Children:
    1. Kate H. McLemore was born about 1865 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.
    2. Caleb Semmes McLemore was born on 28 Aug 1868 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 30 Dec 1941.
    3. J. C. McLemore was born about 1869 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.
    4. Sudie J. McLemore was born on 16 Dec 1872 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 15 Nov 1902; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    5. William Nate McLemore was born on 15 Apr 1875 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Sallie McLemore was born about 1877 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.
    7. 1. Mittie B. McLemore was born about 1879 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard McLemore was born on 21 Sep 1798 in South Carolina (son of Amos McLemore and Equilla ???); died on 11 Aug 1881 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Meridian, the capital of Lauderdale county, is situated 140 miles east of the Mississippi river, from Vicksburg, and 15 miles west of the State of Alabama; being on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 135 miles above Mobile. It claims a population of 25,000 and is growing rapidly. The Alabama Great Southern, New Orleans & Northeastern and Alabama & Vicksburg railroads have their terminals at this point. Its location, about 1854, was the result of the proposed crossing of the Mobile & Ohio by the Alabama & Vicksburg, then known as the Vicksburg & Montgomery railroad.
    Cotton and corn fields occupied its present site, surrounded by oak and pine forests over clay hills and bottom lands of the head waters of the Chickasawhay. Richard McLemore possessed most of the lands and his plantation home was the only notable residence in the vicinity. So little did the M.& O. regard the point for a while, that it was with difficulty persuaded to put in even a switch for a flag station; and when it did, called the place "Sowashee Station," from a creek near by.
    L.A. Ragsdale, meanwhile, had brought out R.McLemore, and John T. Ball had purchased a tract of 80 acres, and both parties immediately began to lay off town lots. They were the pioneers. Mr. Ragsdale's plat was for "Ragsdale City;" Mr. Ball's for "Meridian," he having first secured a postoffice by that name.

    Source: Rowland, Dunbar, LL.D. MISSISSIPPI; COMPRISING SKETCHES OF COUNTIES, TOWNS, EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PERSONS, ARRANGED IN CYCLOPEDIC FORM, V. 2. Atlanta, Southern Historical Publishing Association, c1907.

    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1850 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Southern District
    Enumerated 17 Oct 1850
    315-324
    Richard McLemore 52 Farmer South Carolina
    Nancy McLemore 48 NC
    Martha McLemore 23 Miss
    Caleb McLemore 21 Miss
    Sarah McLemore 17 Miss
    Charity McLemore 15 Miss
    Moriah [Juriah?} McLemore 13 Miss
    Joshua McLemore 10 Miss
    Equilla T/Siner? 90 North Carolina

    1860 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1. PO Marion
    Enumerated 27 June 1860 by W. V. White
    Page 24
    149-148
    Richard McLemore 63 M Farmer $36,000 $60,000 Tenn
    Catherine E. McLemore 40 F Dom Bus Miss
    J.W. Wiggins 35 M Farmer Ala
    Charity Wiggins 26 F Dom Bus Miss
    William Wiggins 6 M Miss
    Louis Wiggins 4 M Miss

    1870 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Township 6, P.O. Meridian
    Enumerated 28 July 1870
    Page 31, Stamped 36
    244-245
    McLamore, Richard 71 M W Farmer $10,000 $1,000 SC
    McLamore, Catherine 58 F W Keeping House Miss
    David William 19 M W Attending School Miss
    McLamore, John 65 M B Domestic Servant Miss
    McLamore, Jane 50 F B Domestic Servant Miss

    1880 Census
    Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1
    Enumerated 5 Jun 1880 by E.J. Martin
    Page 2, SD 2, ED 91
    14-18
    McLemore, Richard W M 80 Farmer SC SC SC
    McLemore, Isabella W F 52 Wife Keeping House Ala Ky Ga

    Richard married Nancy Perry Hill on 9 Aug 1821 in Covington County, Mississippi. Nancy was born on 20 Mar 1802 in North Carolina; died on 30 Sep 1858 in Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Nancy Perry Hill was born on 20 Mar 1802 in North Carolina; died on 30 Sep 1858 in Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Said to be the daughter of Caleb HILL and Mary FLYNT, and sister of Elizabeth HILL, the wife of Amos McLemore, a brother of Richard's.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage certificate not viewed.

    Rueben McLemore prepared a two page typescript (undated) titled "McLemore History." He writes that "Richard McLemore was born in Virginia, Sept. 21, 1798. He married Nancy Perry Hill, also of Virginia, and in 1831 he moved into what is now Lauderdale County. Here he bought several thousand acres--the entire region of Meridian and Marionpppand built his home...To McLemore and Nany Hill were born two sons, Joshua and Caleb; and seven daughters, Mary, Nancy, Martha, Lavina, Sarah, Charity and Juriah. Sarah McLemore, the sixth child, was born in 1833. Her birth is the first recorded white birth in Lauderdale county. After the death of Nancy Hill McLemore in 1858, Mr. McLemore married Catherine E. Carter, and after her death, Isabella Ann Roberson. He died Aug. 11, 1881....The old family Bible, from which most of the information in this article was taken, is being kept at the home of Meridian businessman, T. J. McLemore, a great-grandson of Richard McLemore. There are, of course, no children of this Meridian pioneer living today, however, two grandchildren still make their homes in Lauderdale county. They are Mrs. Silas THOMPSON and Mrs. Sally McNEALEY, both of Bonita. "

    Children:
    1. Mary McLemore was born on 14 May 1822 in Mississippi; died on 4 Dec 1857; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    2. Nancy McLemore was born on 17 Sep 1823 in Covington County, Mississippi; and died.
    3. Martha McLemore was born on 23 Nov 1826 in Covington County, Mississippi; died on 26 Sep 1852.
    4. Capt. Caleb Hill McLemore was born on 7 Jan 1829 in Covington County, Mississippi; died on 22 Oct 1904 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    5. Lavina B. McLemore was born on 19 May 1831 in Covington County, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Sarah McLemore was born on 9 Feb 1833 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 3 Mar 1855.
    7. Charity McLemore was born on 12 Jul 1835 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 23 Mar 1904 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    8. Juriah McLemore was born on 8 Mar 1837 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; and died.
    9. 2. Joshua McLemore was born on 3 Jun 1839 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; died on 19 Mar 1918 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Amos McLemore was born between 1760 and 1766 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina (son of Moses McLemore and ??? ???).

    Notes:

    James L. McLemore, the author, and Mark Freeman both show that Amos was a son of Moses McLemore and grandson of Wright McLemore. However, another researcher, Jim White, does not think Amos descended from the Wright McLemore family. In January, 2009, he posted to Mark Freeman's McLemore online tree:

    "Check the 1820 Giles County Tennessee Census and explain who Burwell and John McLemore are on that census..... Someone missed a necessary fact somewhere...Amos and his family did not descend of any Wright McLemore."

    Some researchers also show them as the parents of Lavina, Matthew and Louisa.

    Larry Kingsley is one such researcher. He shows that Lavina married John J. JOHNSTON, and that they had a large family.





    (Research):
    Census Information:

    1790 Census
    South Carolina, Cheraws District, St. Thomas

    Amos McLemore 1-2-1

    One Free White Male of 16 and Upwards: Amos
    Two Free White Males under 16: Moses, Unknown Son
    One Free White Female: Equilla

    Amos married Equilla ??? between 1785 and 1787. Equilla was born between 1760 and 1762 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Equilla ??? was born between 1760 and 1762 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Mark Freeman's notes for Equilla Byler http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/mclemore.html

    Her surname, often repeated, is not certain. May be Aquilla Bierly.

    She is also called Aquilla Byler, or Equilla Tiner (1850 census, listed as 90 years old; 1860 census, 98 years). She likely married 2nd Mr. Tiner.

    Abraham & Jacob, were neighbors of the McLemores in Bedford & Giles Co. TN. When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale.

    Byler is often described as a Swiss name, descendants of the Beiler family that immigrated from Bern, Switzerland to Pennsylvania. One family was that of Jacob Franklin Byler, born about 1765 in Pennsylvania - went with his parents to (now Rowan Co.) North Carolina where he later married Bathsheba Oxford, daughter of Samuel Oxford and Bathsheba Barrett.

    Samuel Oxford's wife Bathsheba Barrett was the daughter of Jonathan Barrett (Perrot) and Jar Fly Jarman, said to have been a full blood Catawba Indian.

    Some of the descendants of this family went through Tennessee. There is not a known link to this Equilla Byler. A lot of info is available on the Byler family.

    When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale. It is possible that the surname for Equilla / Aquilla was taken from this, and not a marriage record.

    A two page document entitled "McLemore History" by Rueben McLemore, Jr." states that when Richard McLemore "came to Lauderdale county he brought with him an old relation, a Mrs. Tiner. When she died he buried her behind the church he had built. One after another his family was added to the same plot until, after some time, the McLemore Cemetery was instituted and given to the usage of the public." The McLemore Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is located at the corner of Sixth Street and Tenth Avenue. Others buried there include victims of the 1871 riot and the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.

    Children:
    1. Moses McLemore was born about 1787 in South Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1857 in Copiah County, Mississippi.
    2. John McLemore was born on 2 Sep 1793 in South Carolina; died about 1854 in Perry County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi.
    3. Amos McLemore, Jr. was born on 18 Sep 1796 in South Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1872 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke County, Mississippi.
    4. 4. Richard McLemore was born on 21 Sep 1798 in South Carolina; died on 11 Aug 1881 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    5. William McLemore was born between 1800 and 1804 in South Carolina; died in Feb 1853 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
    6. Josiah McLemore was born about 1803 in South Carolina; and died.
    7. Sarah Joriah McLemore was born about 1806 in Tennessee; died about 1859.
    8. Mary McLemore was born between 1807 and 1809 in Bedford County, Tennessee; and died.
    9. Beatrice Elizabeth McLemore was born about 1810 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 4 Jul 1881 in Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Copiah County, Mississippi.