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Josephine McLemore

Female Abt 1867 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Josephine McLemore was born about 1867 in Illinois (daughter of Clarence McLemore and Maria ???); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clarence McLemore was born in Jun 1840 in Illinois (son of John W. McLemore and Eliza Cantrell); and died.

    Notes:

    The biography of his father stated that he lived with his family in California. He was on the California Voter Registration list in 1882, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1896, and 1898 as a resident of Sacramento. His bith year was listed as 1841

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1880 Census
    Neveda, Washoe County
    Enumerated 16 and 17 Jun 1880
    Page 15 SD 81 ED 52
    149-149
    McLemore, Clarence W M 39 Family Carpenter Ill Ky Ky
    McLemore, Maria W F 39 Wf Housekeeper Ind NY NY
    McLemore, Josephine W F 13 Dtr At Home Ill Ind Ill


    1900 Census
    California, Sacramento, Ward 1
    Enumerated 12 Jun 1900
    SD 1 ED 76 Sheet 6A Stamped 130
    209-71-97
    McLemore, Clarence Head W M Jun 1840 59 m 39 Ill Ill Ill Carpenter
    McLemore, Maria Wf W F apr 1841 59 M 39 2/2 Ind NY NY Cook
    Scott, Julious Roomer W M Jan 1864 36 S Molder NY Vermont Vermont
    Burdick, Frank Roomer W M Feb 1838 62 m 1 Architect Ny Vermont Vermont

    Clarence married Maria ??? before 1867. Maria was born in Apr 1841 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Maria ??? was born in Apr 1841 in Indiana; and died.
    Children:
    1. 1. Josephine McLemore was born about 1867 in Illinois; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John W. McLemore was born between 1808 and 1812 in Tennessee (son of Young McLemore and Nancy Ann Plumlee); died in Aug 1871 in Whiteside County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    John W. McLemore was a native of Tennessee, and born in 1808. He came with his father's family to the State of Illinois when quite a child. In 1836 be came to Whiteside, and made a claim in the present township of' Sterlin-g, within a few miles of the present city. Part of this claim, and the one on which be put improvements, now forms a portion of Mr. Weaver's farm. In 1839 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by James C. Woodburn, the first sheriff of the county, and performed many of the duties of the office. Be was elected Sheriff in 1840, and held the position for two terms, and in 1846 was again elected, holding the office then for one term. He gave general satisfac-tion by the faithful and energetic discharge of his duties. In 1854 he went to California, where he remained fifteen years, and upon his return lived part of the time at Rock Falls, and part at Sterling, until his death, which occurred at the latter place in August, 1871. Mr. McLemore married Miss Eliza Cantrell in 1835. Mrs. McLemore died in Nevada in 1876. Their children are: Lucinda wife of Almanza Merrill, who lives in Nevada; and Clarence, who resides with his family in California.

    Bent & Wilson "History of Whiteside Co" Page 407

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Illinois, Whiteside County, 37th District
    Enumerated 19 Spet 1850
    Page 400
    378-378
    John W. McLemore 38 Clerk 600 Tenn
    Eliza McLemore 37 F Ohio
    Lucinda McLemore 15 F Ill
    Clarance McLemore 9 M Ill
    (Indexed on Ancestry.com as Mclernon)

    John married Eliza Cantrell about 1835. Eliza (daughter of Wyatt Cantrell and Sarah "Sally" England) was born on 8 Sep 1813 in Ohio; died about 1876 in Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eliza Cantrell was born on 8 Sep 1813 in Ohio (daughter of Wyatt Cantrell and Sarah "Sally" England); died about 1876 in Nevada.
    Children:
    1. Lucinda McLemore was born in Nov 1835 in Illinois; and died.
    2. 2. Clarence McLemore was born in Jun 1840 in Illinois; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Young McLemore was born on 9 May 1783 in North Carolina (son of John McLemore, Revolutionary Soldier and Sarah Carnes); died on 20 Feb 1841 in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Fancy Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Said by Tom Heselting to have been "born 9 March 1783, married Nancy PLUMLEE, moved to Illinois." Said by some, including Tom, to have the middle name ATKINS.

    A photo of his tombstone is on findagrave.com. It is inscribed Young McLemore, Died Feb. 20, 1841 aged 57 years, 9 months and 11 days. Based on the date of death inscribed on his tombstone, plus the his age at death, he would have actually been born May 9, 1783.

    There is also some unsourced biographical detail on the findagrave website, as follows:

    Young married Nancy Ann Plumley abt 1811 in Knox Co., TN.
    They had 5 (sic) children; John, Priscilla, William, Abigail (Archibald???) and Mary Ellen.

    Young was a farmer. In Sept of 1835 he purchased 40 acres of land in Sangamon Co., IL 17N-5W section 27. In Sept 1839 he purchased an additional 40 acres 17N-5W section 29.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823276

    John Stromberger writes that Young was as itinerant Methodist minister and a teacher in a circuit that included Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

    (Research):

    Census Information:

    1820 Census
    Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
    Young McLemore
    Free White Males under 16 2
    Free White Males 16 thru 25 2
    Free White Females 16-25 1
    Free White Females Over 25
    Number of Free White in Household 6
    (Assumed to be for Young McLemore born 1783 in NC and married in 1811 in Knox County, TN, but not verified through other records)

    1830 Census
    Sangamon County, Illinois
    Young McLemore
    Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James?)
    Free White Males 10-14 2 (William and Archibald?)
    Free White Males 15-19 1 (John)
    Free White Males 40-49 1 (Young)
    Free White Females 5 thru 9 1 (Mary Ann)
    Free White Females 10-14 1 (Eleanor/Helen/Ellen)
    Free White Females 15-19 1 (Martha Matilda)
    Free White Females 40-49 1 (Nancy)
    Total Free White Persons 9
    Total All Persons 9
    Also enumerated in close proximity were Levi Cantrill, Thoams Strawbridge, Mattie Williams, William Cantrill, Charles Snelson, J. Plumby and several MORGAN familes


    1840 Census
    Sangamon, Illinois
    Indexed on Ancestry.com as Young Mc Simeon
    Free White Males under 5 1 (James or Joseph of Unknown?)
    Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
    Free White Males 10-14 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
    Free White Males 20-29 2 (William H/Archibald)
    Free White Males 50-59 1 (Young)
    Free White Females 15-19 1 (Mary Ann)
    Free White Females 20-29 1 (Eleanor)
    Free White Females 50-59 1 (Nancy)
    Persons employed in agricultue 3
    Total Free White Persons 9
    Total All Persons 9

    Did they have one additional son, born after 1826, that died young and whom is not on the list of Young's descedants prepared by his granddaughter, Harriet McLemore Middleton?

    Young married Nancy Ann Plumlee before 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee. Nancy was born about 1785 in North Carolina; died on 17 Mar 1853 in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Fancy Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Nancy Ann Plumlee was born about 1785 in North Carolina; died on 17 Mar 1853 in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Fancy Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    A photo of her tombstone is on findagrave.com

    It shows that she died on Mar. 17, 1853, Aged 67 years, 9 months, and 11 days

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823236

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    1850 Census
    Illinois, Lee County, Palmyra Township
    Enumerated 6 Aug 1850
    40-40
    David P. Cantral 32 M Farmer 1200 Ohio
    Eleanor A Cantral 29 F Tenn
    Young M. Cantrall 9 M Ill
    Erastus D Cantral 2 M Ill
    Nancu A. McLemore 65 F $500 N. Carolina

    Notes:

    Married:
    Post to GenForum Re: Mary Cantrall, dau. of Thomas and Priscilla McLemore
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html
    Posted by Jeanne McLemore Roberts (jamjar5174@aol.com)
    Dated October 19, 2004

    Thank you so much for the Cantral information. We (my family) had no idea how the Cantrals were related to each other.

    I can give you the information that I have on the children of Young McLemore and Nancy Ann Plumly.

    Priscilla McLemore was one of the nine children of Young McLemore b:1781 (son of John McLemore b:1762 d:6/30/1844 and Sarah Carner (or Carver) b: 1764 and Nancy Ann Plumly.

    Young and Nancy's children were:

    Martha Matilda McLemore married to Harmonas Alkire
    Children:

    Mary Ann
    James Young
    Margaret
    Caroline
    William
    Daniel Dickson
    Albert Harmonas
    Priscilla
    Martha
    Lee (I have also been told Leander) who died at age 18

    John McLemore married to Eliza Cantral
    Children:

    Lucinda
    Clarence

    William Harvey McLemore married to Rachel Smith (my line)
    Children:

    James Monroe
    Joseph
    William Young (my great grandfather)
    Mary Ann
    Sarah Ellen
    Robert Jerome

    Priscilla McLemore married to Thomas Cantral
    Children:

    Clarisa
    Turner
    Young
    Francis
    Thomas
    Mary
    Nancy

    Archibald McLemore-never married

    Ellen McLemore married to David Cantral
    Children:

    Young
    Lucinda

    Mary McLemore married to William Stone
    Children:

    Young
    Betty
    Nancy Ann

    James McLemore-never married

    Joseph McLemore-never married

    I also have a listing of Martha Matilda and Harmonas Alkire's children, their spouses and Martha and Harmonas' grandchildren. I also have information on William Young McLemore's children and his marriages(his first wife died about three months after their wedding) since my line is through William Young McLemore, son of William Harvey McLemore, grandson of Young McLemore.

    I am interested in any information that you could give me on the McLemores and the Cantrals, especially where I can find documentation of these ancestors. My information comes from a geneaology and papers compiled by my Great Aunt Harriet McLemore Middleton (b:1887). She was a daughter of William Young McLemore and older sister to my grandfather Homer McLemore who was killed accidentally in 1915.

    James Alkire (jnjalkire@sbcglobal.net) shows they as the parents of (1) John W. McLemore, born 1812 TN and died Aug 1871 Sterling, Whiteside Il; (2) Priscilla D. McLemore born 1814 TN and died May 1847 in Sangamon, married to Thomas Carsey CANTRALL, the son of Levi Cantrall. They were said to be the parents of Young M. CANTRALL, born 1838 in Sangamon, IL and died 1 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS. (3) Abigail McLemore born 1820 TN and died 1861 and (4) Mary Ellen McLemore born 1826 and died Feb 1856, Athens, IL. James also shows that Young, by an unknown wife, had two additonal children, L. E. McLemore and Hinton McLemore. As these children were reported to be born after Young's death in 1841, this is not likely.

    Children:
    1. 4. John W. McLemore was born between 1808 and 1812 in Tennessee; died in Aug 1871 in Whiteside County, Illinois.
    2. Martha Matilda McLemore was born on 10 Jul 1810 in Burke County, North Carolina; and died.
    3. Priscilla D. McLemore was born on 14 Sep 1814 in Tennessee; died after 1846 in Illinois.
    4. William Harvey McLemore was born about 1816 in Tennessee; died on 12 Dec 1863 in Illinois; was buried in Mason City Cemetery, Mason, Mason County, Illinois.
    5. Archibald McLemore was born after 1818 in Illinois; and died.
    6. Eleanor A. "Helen" "Ellen" McLemore was born on 20 Mar 1820 in Tennessee; died on 15 Jan 1864.
    7. James McLemore was born between 1821 and 1826 in Illinois; and died.
    8. Mary Ann McLemore was born about 1825 in Illinois; and died.
    9. Joseph McLemore was born after 1831 in Illinois; and died.

  3. 10.  Wyatt Cantrell was born on 20 Dec 1790 in Bath County, Kentucky (son of Joshua Cantrall and Ann Graham); died on 25 Oct 1877 in Kansas.

    Notes:

    Wyatt was born December 20, 1790 in Bath County, KY., the same year that his parents moved from Bote tourt County, VA. He married Sally England and moved to Clarke County, OH., where they had three children. They then moved in company with her father, Stephen England, to St. Clair County, IL., in the fall of 1819, and in the spring of 1819, they built homes in what is now Fancy Creek, township in Sangamon County, IL., where they had six children. Wyatt and Levi lived on adjoining farms just north of Cantrall, IL. Taken from the book "The Cantrell Family" by Carmi G. Cantrell.
    There Wyatt remained until after the death of his wife, Sally, on August 1, 1840. In the fall of 1841, he married Mrs. Polly Kingsbury, whose maiden name was Foster. She died about 1859.


    Wyatt came to Whiteside County, IL "in 1836 and located near Sterling. He made claim of the prairie in the bend of the river, and also of the large island in Rock River, long since known as Cantrell's Island, upon which there was a large growth of timber. In 1838 he built a mill on the rapids of Rock River, getting his power by making adam of loose stones ............ It was at this mill that the people on the east and south side of Whiteside and the north side of Henry and Bureau Counties had their grists ground for ten years.
    Mr. Cantrell took a prominent part in the affairs of the community during the early days, and was always regarded as a straightforward, honest, public-spirited man. He died recently at his son's residence in Kansas. (William and Stephen lived at Black Bob, Johnson County, Kansas). His remains were brought to Sterling, and buried October 31, 1877.

    Taken from "History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Sterling Township," page 407. Original in Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1694344&id=I1157


    Wyatt married Sarah "Sally" England on 14 Aug 1811 in Bath County, Kentucky. Sarah was born on 20 Dec 1794; died on 4 Aug 1840 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah "Sally" England was born on 20 Dec 1794; died on 4 Aug 1840 in Illinois.
    Children:
    1. 5. Eliza Cantrell was born on 8 Sep 1813 in Ohio; died about 1876 in Nevada.
    2. Samuel Denny Cantrell was born on 9 Feb 1816 in Ohio; and died.
    3. David P. Cantrall was born on 7 May 1818 in Ohio; died on 21 Jan 1892.
    4. Zebulon E. Cantrell was born on 11 Aug 1823; and died.
    5. Wyatt E. Cantrell was born on 22 Mar 1826; and died.
    6. Stephen England Cantrell was born on 20 Apr 1827; and died.
    7. William F. Cantrell was born on 27 Jul 1829; and died.
    8. Polly Ann Cantrell was born on 17 Sep 1832; and died.
    9. John H. Cantrell was born on 1 Oct 1834 in Cantrall, Sangamon County, Illinois; and died.