Leonard Odie Childress

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(Research):From FindAGrave:

Funeral services for Mr. Leonard Childress, age 83, of Patrick Road, Fayetteville, TN, who passed away Sunday, March 20, 2005 in Crestwood Medical Center, were conducted Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Gallant Funeral Home with Rev. Ennis Hyman officiating. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Mr. Childress was a native of Lincoln County, TN, son of the late Wesley Childress and the late Biddie Putman Childress, a farmer and a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 57 years: Lorene Childress; 1 sister: Elizabeth Barnes; 1 brother: Jimmy Childress all of Fayetteville, TN and several nieces and nephews. Visitation with the family was held Tuesday evening from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Gallant Funeral Home.

Note: Same Stone With - Lorene Childress

Family/Spouse: Lorene Towry. Lorene was born on 2 May 1927 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; died on 5 Jul 2009 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Skinem, Lincoln County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, District 19
Enumerated 14 and 15 Jan 1920
SD 5 ED 86 Sheets 8a and 8B
164-166
Childress, Wesley Hed M W 31 M Tn Tn Tn Farmer
Childress, Bedie Wf F W 25 m Ala Tx Tn
Childress, Ellis Son M W 4 9/12 S Tn Tn Ala
Childress, Elmer Son M W 1 3/12 Tn Tn Ala

1930 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, 19 Civil District
Enumerated 10 Apr 1930
ED 52-23 SD 11 Sheet 8A Stamped 215
Pleasant Grove
156-163
Childress, Wess Head M W 41 M 24 Tenn Tenn Tenn Farmer
Childress, Beedie Wf F W 36 m 19 Ala Tx Tenn
Childress, Ellis Son M W 14 S Tn Tn Ala
Childress, Elmer Son M W 12 S Tn Tn Ala
Childress, Leonard Son M W 9 S Tn Tn Ala
Childress, Elizabeth Dtr F W 4 9/12 S Tn Tn Ala
Childress, Martha E Mother F W 77 Wd Tn Tn Tn

James married Beadie Mary Putnam on 16 Jul 1913 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Beadie (daughter of George Lee Putnam and Mary Susan "Molly" McLemore) was born on 4 May 1894 in Blanche, Lincoln County, Tennessee; died on 12 Mar 1957 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1920 and 1930 census instead list her place of birth as Alabama.

Beadie was very young when her mother died. She spent much of her youth in the households of various relatives, virtually as a servant. After her father died, she went to live with her Aunt Hattie McMillian. They lived on the right just as you enter the fairgrounds in Fayetteville. She had no real home of her own. Probably because of this, she became extremely serious, frugal and hard-working. She would work in the cotton fields with the men, then come home and prepare a large meal. She was an exceptionally good cook. She was a beautiful young woman, intelligent and hardworking. She went from nothing to having a home, family and money. Yet, because of childhood scars, she was never to feel secure and life was always a bleak place for her.

From ANCESTORS OF STUART DAVID CHILDRESS.

(Research):Census Information:

Census Information:

1910 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, Fayetteville, 8th Civil District
Enumerated 5 May 1910 by Samuel M. Brogan
SD 5, ED 75 Sheet 29 A
Fair Street
574-607
McLemore, James Hd M W 53 m1 31 Ala Ala Ala Hauling Own Team
McLemore, Sarah Wife F W 52 m1 31 4/3 Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Mattie Dtr F W 31 S Tenn Ala Tenn
McLemore, Francis Dtr F W 28 S Tenn Ala Tenn
McLemore, Hattie Dtr F W 27 S Tenn Ala Tenn
Putnam, Mary [Beadie] Niece F W 16 S Ala Ala Ala

1920 Census
Tennesse, Lincoln County, District 19
Enumerated 14 and 15 January 1920
SD 5 ED 86 Sheet 8A and 8B
164-166
Childress, Wesley Hd M W 31 M Tn Tn Tn Farmer
Childress, Bedie Wf F W 25 M Ala Tx Tn
Childress, Ellis Son M W 4 9/12 S Tn Tn Al
Childress, Elmer Son M W 1 3/12 S Tn Tn Al

Notes:

He was the son of Abraham Pinkney PUTNAM and Marry Ann BROOKS.

After Mary Susan died, he remarried Ida Mae REYNOLDS, the daughter of John Henry REYNOLDS and Parthenia O. BEARDEN.

George married Mary Susan "Molly" McLemore on 23 May 1892 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Maclin B. McLemore and Iris Belvara "Bill" Derah Greenville Winsett) was born on 4 Oct 1861 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; died on 31 Oct 1898 in Blanche, Lincoln County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She lost her hearing as a result of a childhood illness. Family tradition says she named her children Beadie and Worth because these were the only names she could say. From the ANCESTORS OF STUART DAVID CHILDRESS.

Notes:

"He was raised around Rogersville, Ala. During the Confederate draft, he and others were held at a particular farm. All the prisoner "draftees" carried fodder from the barn to sleep on. Going upstairs, so the story goes, Mac threw his fodder down on the guard and headed for the Coldwater area. This is how the McLemores were supposedly established in Lincoln County. Mac was blind in later years and terrified of storms. Thunder would send him to hide in the basement." From the ANCESTORS OF STUART DAVID CHILDRESS

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Alabama, Lauderdale County, District 1
Enumerated 27 June 1860 by E.R. Kennedy
Page 49
HH 310-310
M. McLemore 26 M Farmer Ala
Iris D. McLemore 29 F Ala
James W. McLemore 4 M Ala
Richard H. McLemore 2 M Ala

HH 311-311 Richard and Mary McLemore

1870 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, 20?sup?th?/sup? Civil Di
strict, Post Office Maline
Enumerated July 1870
Page 21, Stamped 460
61-60
McElmore, M.B. 36 M W Farmer $---- $1000 Ala
McElmore, A 40 F W Keeping House Ala
McElmore, James W 13 M W F. Laborer Ala
McElmore, Richard 11 M W F. Laborer Ala
McElmore, Mary S. 9 F W At Home Ala
McElmore, B. M. 5 M W Tenn
---61
Darby, M 20 F W Sewing Ala
Darby, Joseph 5 M W At Home Ala
McElmore, Josie 19 F W Sewing Ala
Abbott, G 13 M W F. Laborer Tenn
Abbott, Bolia 7 F W At Home Tenn
Abbott, Allie 3 M W At Home Tenn

1880 Census Household:
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupatio
nFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
M. B. MC LEMORE Self M Male W 50 AL Farmer TN AL
Iris B. MC LEMORE Wife M Female W 51 AL Keeping House NC VA
Rich. MC LEMORE Son S Male W 21 AL Farm Laborer TN AL
Mary S. MC LEMORE Dau S Female W 17 AL At Home TN AL
Brice MC LEMORE Son S Male W 14 TN Farm Laborer TN AL
Allie ABBOT Niece S Female W 11 TN At Home TN AL
Blue ABBOT Nephew S Male W 16 TN Farm Laborer TN AL
Source Information:
Census PlaceDistrict 18, Lincoln, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255267 NA Film Number T9-1267
Page Number 232A

1900 Census
Tennessee, Lincoln County, District No. 18
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 by David Byers
SD 254 ED 72 Sheet 2A
20-20
McLemore, Richard Hd W M Jun 1857 42 M 9 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Eliza M. Wife W F May 1870 30 M 9 7/3 Tn Tn Tn
McLemore, Joe C. Son W M Nov 1892 7 S Tn Ala Tn
McLemore, J B Dtr W F Feb 1897 3 S Tn Ala Tn
McLemore, S P Dtr W F July 1899 11/12 S Tn Ala Tn
McLemore, Mack B Father W M Jan 1834 66 M 45 Ala Va Ala
McLemore, Iris B Mother W F Nov 1828 71 M 45 1/1 (sic) Ala NC Va

Maclin married Iris Belvara "Bill" Derah Greenville Winsett on 6 Nov 1854 in Limestone County, Alabama. Iris was born on 18 Nov 1827 in Alabama; died before 1920 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of William and Araleebell WINSETT. From the ANCESTORS OF STUART DAVID CHILDRESS.