William Thomas "W. T." McLemore

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William Thomas (W. T.) McLemore, 90, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 17, 2012 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral Services are 12 Noon today, December 19, 2012 from the Chapel of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Visitation will also be today from 11 am until 12 Noon at the Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 3 pm in Magnolia Memory Gardens in Meridian, MS with Military Honors.

W. T. McLemore was born on January 21, 1922 in Meridian, MS to the late Lee Shackelford and Ruth Graham McLemore. He was a Veteran of World War II, having served in the U. S. Army. He then worked for 35 years with Commercial Credit, retiring as manager/district manager. He had been a resident of Rankin County, MS since 1987. He was a member of Brandon Baptist Church and was a Mason with the Hattiesburg, MS masonic lodge.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Weeks Stanton McLemore; his brother, Lewis "Buddy" McLemore; and his sister, Dorothy Lee McLemore Moore.

Survivors include two sons, John McLemore and wife, Jenny and Don McLemore and wife, Paula all of Brandon, MS; and five grandchildren, Joshua McLemore, Hannah McLemore, Zachery McLemore, Joe Dineen, and Paige Dineen.

Published online in the ClarionLedger.com

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 38-17 SD 9 Sheet 25A Stamped 53
Road from Bonita to Oak Grove School
414-432
McLemore, Ruben S Hd M W 26 M 20 Miss Miss Miss Foreman Building
McLemore, Daisy K Wf F W 24 m 18 Ga Ga Ga
McLemore, Sariann Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Miss Miss Ga
418-436
McLemore, Lee S Hd M W 35 M 23 Miss Miss Miss Machinist Building Supply
McLemore, Ruth Wf F W 36 M 24 Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Dorothy Lee Dtr F W 10 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, William Thomas Son M W 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lewis Lane SOn M W 2 6/12 S Miss Miss Miss

Lee married Ruth Graham about 1918. Ruth was born about 1894 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, SD 1
Page 21 Sd 2 ED 92
Enumerated 11 Jun 1880
HH #5
McLemore, Wm F W M 23 Farmer Miss Ala Ala
McLemore, Alllis S W F 21 Wf Keeps Home Miss Ala Ala
McLemore, Ernestine W F 5/12 Dtr Home Miss Miss Miss

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat One
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 5 ED 12 Sheet 12B
238-238
McLemore, W F Head W F Mar 1859 41 W 8/8 Miss Ala Ala (Appears to be Mrs. W F McLemore)
McLemore, Ernestine Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lawrence Son W M Nov 1882 18 Miss Miss Miss Machinist
McLemroe, Corrinna Dtr W F Feb 1884 16 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lewis Son W M Dec 1887 12 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Octavia Dtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lamar Son W M May 1892 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lee Son W M Spet 1894 5 S Miss MIss Miss
McLemore, William Son W M Dec 1898 1 S Miss Miss Miss
240-240
McLemore, Amos Head W M Dec 1829 70 M 45 Miss NC Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary J Wf W F Dec 1838 61 M 45 9/6 Ala SC SC
McLemore, Drucilla O Dtr W F Oct 1869 30 S Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Lewis K Son W F Mar 1877 23 S Miss Miss Ala Farmer

William married Alice J. Shackleford on 7 Feb 1878 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Alice was born in Mar 1859 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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:

Amos McLemore was a planter of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, born in Chickasaw County, December 3, 1829. His parents, William and Martha (Joiners) McLemore, were born in North Carolina and Tennessee in 1800, respectively, moved to Covington County when he was but a child, and in 1838 they moved to Lauderdale County and settled near where Meridian is now situated. Amos was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Jane McShan, of Lauderdale County, by whom he had nine children: William, Andrew, Virginia, Fannie, Acquila, Laura, Kirkland, and a son who lived only a month. At the opening of the Civil War, Mr. McLemore enlisted in the Confederate Army and upon the return of peace, he turned his attention to planting, notwithstanding the fact that, during the war, his plantation had been rifled of all valuables, and had grown up to weeds. He turned his attention to the culture of cotton, in which he was quite successful and made money. He owned one thousand acres of land, three miles northeast of Meridian, MS. He was considered a self-made man, well posted on general topics of the day, benevolent, charitable, and generous, but not active in politics. (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Volume 2 (1891).

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Census Information:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Twp 6
Enumerated 13 August 1870
Page 114, Stamped 80
938-938
McLemore, Amos 39 M W Farmer $535 $1200 Miss
McLemore, Mary J 31 F W Keeping House Ala
McLemore, William F 13 M W Farm Laborer Miss
McLemore, Cornelius A.J. 11 M W Farm Laborer Miss
McLemore, Jennie M 8 F W Miss
McLemore, Fannie 3 F W Miss
McLemore, Allthe? L. 8/12 F W Miss Oct [indexed by Ancestry.com as Walker McLemore]

1880 Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Oc
cupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Amos MCLEMORE Self M Male W 50 MS Farmer TN TN
Jane MCLEMORE Wife M Female W 40 AL Keeping House SC ---
Andrew MCLEMORE Son S Male W 21 MS Farm Laborer MS AL
Jennie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 18 MS At Home MS AL
Victoria MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 15 MS At School MS AL
Fannie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 13 MS At School MS AL
Aquilla MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 11 MS At School MS AL
Laura MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 8 MS MS AL
Kirkland MCLEMORE Son S Male W 3 MS MS AL
Sarah*** MCLEMORE Sister S Female W 45 MS TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254653 NA Film Number T9-0653
Page Number 59C

***Is this is stepsister, Sarah Alford Fortson? Some researchers speculate that she married her step brother, William McLemore. If so, this would make her both a stepsister and sister-in-law to Amos. Sarah Alford Fortson, however, was born ca 1837 in Alabama. This would make her around age 43 in 1880. Lauderdale, Mississippi marriage records show a Mrs Mary Fortson and William McLemore marrying on 12 July 1840.

1900 Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Beat One
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 5 ED 12 Sheet 12B
238-238
McLemore, W F Head W F Mar 1859 41 W 8/8 Miss Ala Ala (Appears to be Mrs. W F McLemore)
McLemore, Ernestine Dtr W F Jan 1880 20 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lawrence Son W M Nov 1882 18 Miss Miss Miss Machinist
McLemroe, Corrinna Dtr W F Feb 1854 16 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lewis Son W M Dec 1887 12 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Octavia Dtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Miss Miss Miss At School
McLemore, Lamar Son W M May 1892 8 S Miss Miss Miss
McLemore, Lee Son W M Spet 1894 5 S Miss MIss Miss
McLemore, William Son W M Dec 1898 1 S Miss Miss Miss
240-240
McLemore, Amos Head W M Dec 1829 70 M 45 Miss NC Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary J Wf W F Dec 1838 61 M 45 9/6 Ala SC SC
McLemore, Quilla O Dtr W F Oct 1869 30 S Miss Miss Ala
McLemore, Lewis K Son W F Mar 1877 23 S Miss Miss Ala Farmer

Amos married Mary Jane Leanoriah McShan on 14 May 1855 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mary was born on 22 Dec 1838 in Alabama; died on 22 Dec 1908 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane McAshan emailed, in July 2013, that Mary Jane Leanoriah McShan was the daughter of Rhoda Crosby (4 July 1803 - 11 Nov 1841) and Ferdinand Hopkins McShan (12 Jan 1802 - 2 Oct 1847). Both are buried at Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Greene County, Alabama.


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Census Listings:

1900 Federal Census
Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridan, Township #6
Enumerated 10 Jun 1900
SD 5, ED 105, Sheet 1B
East Mississippi Hospital for the Insane

McLemore, Mary W F 60 M Alabama Housekeeper Can read and write

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

FindAGrave also links an additional daughter, Corina Victoria McLemore (1884-1902) to them. She is also buried at the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetety in Meridian. This should be verified due to the significant gap in time between her birth and her older siblings, as well as the age (46) of Mary Jane McShan McLemore at the time of Corina's birth. Finally, a Corina McLemore, born Feb 1884 per census records, was living in Lauderdale County, Mississippi in the home of William F. McLemore and Alice Shackleford.