Living

Notes:

In Memoriam
Bryan Simmons McLemore ('33) --- 97, New Albany, retired florist, cattle farmer, and Mississippi State Highway Legal Department Employee, Feb. 20, 2005. (Page 53).

Mississippi State Alumnus Magazine, Summer 2005
http://www.msstate.edu/web/alumnus/summer05/Alumnus_summer05.pdf

Bryan married Margaret Modena Pope. Margaret was born on 23 Oct 1913; died on 21 Sep 2004 in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret Pope McLemore, 90, creator of the Garden for the Blind in Hazlehurst, Miss., died on Sept. 21, 2004, in New Albany. She was the daughter of Moran McLelland Pope and Florence Burrows Pope.

Services were Sept. 24 at the First United Methodist Church in New Albany, where she had been an active member since 1999.

One of her greatest accomplishments was the creation of the Garden for the Blind in 1999, when she was 85 years old, honoring Mac who is legally blind and the many workers at Signature Works, the largest employer of the visually impaired in the State of Mississippi.

Survivors include her husband, Bryan Simmons McLemore; her daughters, Laura Lynn Kerner of Athens, Ala., and Nina McLemore Baker of New York and Washington D.C.; her grandchildren; her great-grandchildren; her sister, Nina Cotton Wallace of Diamond Head; and her brother, Moran McLelland Pope Jr. of Hattiesburg.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?mclemore::ms/union::506.html

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Federal Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Hazelhurst West Pr Part of Beat One
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 7 ED 31 Sheet 10A
161-168
McLemore, Oscar A Hd W M Dec 1871 28 M 8 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
McLemore, Mattie E Wf W F July 1868 31 m 8 5/5 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Leana Dtr W F Oct 1892 7 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Ruth E Dtr W F Mar 1894 6 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, William L. Son W M Nov 1895 4 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Miller A Son W M Feb 1898 2 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Caleb S (Malvin) son W M May 1899 1 S Miss Miss Miss

1910 Federal Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Hazelhurst West (Beat 1)
Enumerated 22 and 23 of April 1910
SD 7 ED 43 Sheets 5A and 5B (bottom and top)
82-82
McLemore, O. A. Hd M W 38 M 19 Miss Miss Miss Farmer General Farm
McLemore, Mattie E Wf F W 41 M 19 9/9 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Fannie L Dtr F W 17 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Ruth Dtr F W 15 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Leon Son M W 14 Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McLemore, Miller Son M W 12 Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McLemore, Malvern Son M W 10 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Laura Dtr F W 8 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Mattie Dtr F W 6 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Roy Son M W 5 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Bryan I.?/S.? Son M W 3 Miss Miss Miss

1920 Federal Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Hazelhurst Pr West District 1
Enumerated 13 Jan 1930
SD 7 ED 45 Sheet 9A
McLemore, Oscar A. Hd M W 48 Miss Miss Miss Farmer General
McLemore, Mrs. Martha E Wf F W 50 M Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Leona F Dtr F W 26 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Leon Son M W 24 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Malvin Son M W 20 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Laura M Dtr F W 17 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Mattie E Dtr F W 15 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Roy Son M W 14 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Bryan S Son M W 12 S Miss Miss Miss

1930 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Beat 1 West
Enumerated 15 Apr 1930
ED 15-4 SD 8 Sheet 15B
305-313
McLemore, O. A Head M W 58 M 29 Miss Miss Miss Farmer General Farm
McLemore, Mattie Wf F W 60 M 22 Miss Miss Miss None
McLemore, Leona Dtr F W 36 S Miss Miss Miss None
McLemore, Leon Son M W 33 S Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer
McLemore, Bryan Son M W 22 S Miss Miss Miss Farm Laborer

Oscar married Martha "Mattie" Elizabeth Miller. Martha was born on 20 Jul 1868 in Mississippi; died on 23 Feb 1956 in Mississippi; was buried in Damascus Cemetery, Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. William P. McLemore, in a section on his website devoted to notable McLemore's (Website: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3476/mclem1.htm), has the following biography:

Caleb Hill McLemore was born in Covington, MS, in January, 1829, and is the fourth of a family of nine children. His father, Richard McLemore, was a native of North Carolina, and removed from that state to Tennessee with his parents when but a boy. He remained at home, assisting in the care of his family until he was twenty-one years of age. He then came to Mississippi and was married in Covington County, in August 1821 (sic), to Nancy P. Hill. They had born to them two sons and seven daughters. Capt. McLemore was twenty-one years of age when he began to till the soil and raise livestock. He located in Lauderdale county, and there were few older residents than he. He was married in his twenty-fourth year to Mrs. L. C. Brown, widow of John Brown, of Clarke county, MS. Seven children were born of this union. In 1802 (sic), he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-seventh Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, and was in the arm of the Tennessee. When his captain was killed, he was promoted to the position, which he held during the remainder of the war. After the declaration of peace, he returned to his home in Lauderdale county and resumed the pursuit of agriculture on the place where he now lives. Captain McLemore was a member of the Masonic fraternity for nearly thirty years, and a Knight of Honor. He also belonged to the Farmers' Alliance. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Volume II, 1891).

In a biography of his son-in-law, E. J. Martin, it was noted that Captain McLemore" served during the entire course of the war, while he took part in every battle in which his command was engaged, including the battles around Cornith and in the Georgia campaign from Dalton as well as battles of Franklin, Nashville and Shiloh."

(Research):

Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1. PO Marion
Enumerated 27 June 1860 by W. V. White
Page 23 and 24
148-147
C.H. McLemore 31 M Farmer $14,500 $12,000 Miss
L.C. McLemore 25 F Domestic Business Wife
Mary V McLemore 6 F Miss
Richard L McLemore 4 M Miss
Theodore J McLemore 2 M Miss
Elizabeth Smith 15 F Dom Bus Miss
J.H. Page 25 M Farm Laborer NC
John Butler 22 M Farm Laborer Miss

1870 Census
not located

1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian, Beat 1
Enumerated 16 Jun 1880 by E.J. Martin
Page 26 SD 2 ED 91
229-237
McLemore, C.H. W M 57 Farmer Miss NC Tenn
McLemore, Louisa W F 46 Wife Keeping House Miss --- NC
McLemore, T. J. W M 21 Son Farmer Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Inez W F 19 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Oscar W M 12 Son In School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Mittie W F 10 Dtr In School Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Earle W M 8 Miss Miss Miss
Vaughan, Jas W M 16 Boarder In School Alabama
Snell, R. J. W M 17 Boarder In School NC

Immediately following this listing was the listing for Ben and Sylvia McLemore, and Peter and Malinda McLemore. Both families were listed as Black.

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian, Beat 1
Enumerated 19 Jun 1900
SD 5, ED 11 Sheet 17B
326-330
McLemore, Caleb H Head M W Jan 1829 71 M47 Miss NC Tenn Farmer (Retired)
McLemore, Louisa C Wife W F M?? 1834 66 M47 7/6 Miss SC Ala
Smith, Madori B Sister-in-law W F May 1851 49 S Miss SC Ala

Caleb married Louisa C. Smith on 8 Nov 1853 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Louisa was born on 24 Mar 1834 in Mississippi; died on 28 Apr 1909; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is assumed, but not proven, that Louisa's maiden name was SMITH, based on the name of her sister, shown as single, that lived with the family at the time of the 1900 Census. An Elizabeth Smith lived with the family in 1860 as well. Louisa was widowed at the time of her marriage to Caleb McLemore, her first husband being John Brown of Clarke County, Mississippi. It appears she was widowed at a very young age, as she was only 19 when she married Caleb. Lauderdale Marriage records show that Caleb H. McLemore married Mrs. Louisa C. Brown on 8 Nov 1853.

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

Her FindAGrave Memorial page also lists her as Louisa Brown McLemore.

Notes:

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

McLemore, Caleb H. to Brown, Mrs. Louisa C. 8 Nov 1853