Lena Atwood Beard

Notes:

Listed, in error, as Rena on the 1900 census. Date of death shown by Robert McLemore Butler both as 21 Mar 1933 and 22 May 1933. Not sure which is corrrect.

Alfred Rose shows her as the daughter of Isaac Calvin Beard and Athaliah Stellington Edge of Bladen County, NC.

Lena married Edward Claudius McLemore on 8 Sep 1887 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Edward (son of Lofton Hayes McLemore and Elizabeth Ann Bullard) was born on 6 Mar 1867 in North Carolina; died on 24 Jun 1930 in South Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia; was buried in Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The 1910 census indicated she had 7 children in total, five of which were still living. It appears that the child that died was Johnny.

1. Ralph Cormack McLemore was born on 20 May 1888 in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Sep 1966 in Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia; was buried in Lafayette Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.
2. Myrtie Ann McLemore was born on 24 Nov 1890 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 16 Jun 1962 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Lafayette Memorial Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.
3. Sidney Lawrence McLemore was born on 8 Sep 1893 in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina; died on 7 May 1946 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #3, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.
4. H. Clebe Norman McLemore was born on 1 Jul 1894 in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina; died on 20 Dec 1946 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
5. Johnny McLemore was born about Apr 1900 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; died about Apr 1900 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
6. Mary McLemore was born about Apr 1900 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; died about Apr 1900 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
7. Amos Leslie McLemore, Sr. was born on 9 Apr 1903 in Cedar Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina; died on 25 Oct 1985 in Vance County, North Carolina; was buried in Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery, Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina.
8. Kathleen Marie McLemore was born on 6 Jun 1910 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina; died on 11 Jun 1978 in Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia; was buried in Butler Family Cemetery, Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina.