Alida R. McLemore

Notes:

Per the SSDI:

Alida LAWRENCE
24 Aug 1897
Feb 1977
Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Maryland, Montgomery County, Wheaton District, Takoma Park Town
Enumerated 14 Apr 1930
ED 16-35 SD 2 Sheet 14B
Carroll Avenue
302-303-368
Lawrence, Ralph L Head 50 R M W 32 m 25 SC SC SC Doctor Public Health Service
Lawrence, Alida R W F W 32 M 25 Ala Ala Ala
Lawrence, Ann Dtr F W 5 S Ala SC Ala

Alida married Ralph L. Lawrence, M. D. about 1923. Ralph was born on 8 Aug 1897 in South Carolina; died in Jan 1980; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Notes:

From Memorial Record of Alabama (a book) published in 1893.

"MOSES McLEMORE, a prominent planter of Montgomery county, was born in this county in 1857. He is a son of Andrew J. and Sarah C. (Smith) McLemore, the former native of Jones county, Ga., the latter of Orangeburgh district, S. C. Andrew J. McLemore came with his parents to Alabama about 1820, received a common school education, and married Margaret Caffey, who died leaving three daughters. In 1854 Mr. Mclemore married again, and spent the rest of his life in the vicinity of Moses McLemore's present home. He owned a fine plantation, and negroes, was never in public life nor performed any military service. He was well read and had a large fund of information. He was for many years a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and died in 1870, aged fifty-five. His father was the Rev. James McLemore, a Missionary Baptist Minister, who came from Georgia to Alabama about 1820, and followed the ministry in this state for many years. He is said to have built the first church in Montgomery county. He was a Virginian by birth, and died before Moses McLemore was born, greatly loved by his people. His wife survived him by a number of years. She was an energetic woman, and attended the plantation affairs very successfully. They raised a large family of sons and daughters, only two of the daughters now surviving [ca.1893]. The mother of Moses McLemore is still living. She is a daughter of Jacob and Mary Smith, natives of South Carolina, where they lived all their lives. Mrs. McLemore came to Alabama with an uncle, Daniel Rast, who settled in Lowndes. She is the mother of four Children, viz.: Mary, Moses, Laura A. and Sterling Price. Moses was educated at the county schools and at Montgomery, and at the age of seventeen began life for himself as a farmer. He married, in 1890, Annie Benom Tanner, daughter of L. H. and Ophelia A. Tanner, who came from Georgia to Alabama. Mr. Tanner died at Union Springs, and Mrs. Tanner is still living. Mrs. McLemore was born in Tuskegee, Ala. Mr. McLemore is one of the leading farmers in the county, owning 2,900 acres of fine farming land. He has followed farming all his life, and for some years he also carried on merchandising, and ran a cotton gin. When he started in life he had but a few hundred dollars, inherited from his father's estate; now he is worth many thousands of dollars, all of which, with the exception just mentioned, he has aquired by his own industry and economy."

(Courtesy of Robert Morris: Lee, Lencionie and Morris Genealogies at RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project)

Obituary
Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore
Pioneer Resident of County is Dead

Moses McLemore of Mitylene, Leading Citizen for Years, Passes Saturday

Moses McLemore, of Mitylene one of the leading citizens of Montgomery county, died Saturday afternoon at ? 30 o'clock at a local infirmary. Mr. McLemore had been in declining health for some months and in February grew rapidly worse, and he was brought to Montgomery for treatment. Saturday an operation was resorted to in a last attempt to prolong his life, but in vain. Members of the family were at his bedside when the end came.

The McLemores were a pioneer Montgomery family. They came to this county and settled on the rich farming lands in the famous old Mount Meigs vicinity 100 years ago. Always they have followed agriculture and with marked success. Moses McLemore, who was 63 years old at his death, had been born and reared on the family plantation on which he resided and which he operated for the whole of his life. He never lived elsewhere. He had long been recognized as one of the most successful planters in Middle Alabama. He was a gentleman of fine personal qualities and universally popular. He was a tender and devoted husband and father and a farmer who found the soil and its products a source of never-ending pleasure. The McLemore residence is one of the prettiest country places in Montgomery county. The numerous Montgomery friends of the family were frequently entertained within its hospitable walls. The dead planter is survived by his wife and three sons: A. J. McLemore, K T McLemore, and Price McLemore, all of Mitylene, and four daughters, Mrs. H. W. Walker of Millstead, Miss Alidah McLemore, Miss Cherita McLemore and Jane McLemore of Mitylene, and by two sisters, Miss Mary McLemore and Miss Adele McLemore, of Montgomery.

Funeral services will take place from the residence on the Mot. Meigs Road Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. Charles A. Blakely of the First Baptist church, officiating. Interment will be at Oakwood.

Date: 1920-04-18 Montgomery Advertiser

McLemore Burying Ground, Montgomery, Alabama

From DAR records 1936

The McLemore Burying Ground is about one mile off the Montgomery -Atlanta
Highway to the right facing east, and is about five miles from Montgomery.
It is on a knoll behind the old James McLemore home built about 1820. In
1936 Mrs. Lizzie Taylor Dickerson occupied it. A low brick wall and
iron fence surrounds the lot. Outside the main cemetery is another smaller
one, also enclosed. There are graves of slaves and faithful servants, mostly
unmarked outside all enclousures. Graves listed begin at the southwest
corner of the plot.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/cemeteries/mclemore.txt



(Research):
Census Listings:

1870 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery county, Twp 16 Range 19, Post Office Mo
ntgomery
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Stamped 342
1994-1999
McLemore, S.C. 39 F W Keeping House SC
McLemore, Elizabeth 30 F At Home Ala
McLemore, M.R. 14 F At Home Ala
McLemore, Moses 12 M At Home Ala
McLemore, Adella 10 F At At Home Ala
McLemore, Price 8 M Ala
McLemore, A.L. 4 M Ala


1880 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Walkers
FHL # 1254026 NA Film # T9-0026
Page 235B
McLemore, Moses Self M W 23 Ala Farmer Ga SC
McLemore, Sarah C Mother F W 49 SC Keeping House SC SC
McLemore, Laura A Sister F W 21 Ala Ga Ala
McLemore, S.P. Brother M W 18 Ala Ga SC


1900 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Beat 3, Montgomery City, Ward 3
Enumerated 4 June 1900
SD 2 ED 99 Sheet 7B
Road South Count(y?)
623-104-122
McLemore, Moses Hd W M Mch 1857 43 M9 Alabama SC SC Landowner
McLemore, Annie Wf W F Dec 1871 28 M9 4/4 Alabama Ga Ga
McLemore, Jackson Son W M Dec 1891 8 S Alabama Alabama Alabama
McLemore, Ophelia Dtr W F Apl 1894 6 S Alabama Alabama Alabama
McLemore, Alida Dtr W F Aug 1897 2 S Alabama Alabama Alabama
McLemore, Klenton Son W M Apl 1900 1/12 S Alabama Alabama Alabama
Simpson, Frank Servant B M May 1882 18 S Alabama Alabama Alabama Waiter
Thomas, Millie Servant B F May 1865 35 M20 1/1 Alabama Alabama Alabama House Girl
Wells, Abbie Servant B F Jan 1860 40 S 2/2 Alabama Alabama Alabama Nurse
Beasley, Rachel Servant B F May 1863 37 Wd 2/2 Alabama Alabama Alabama Nurse

1910 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Pr 3, City of Montgomery, Ward 3
Enumerated 18 April 1910
SD 2 ED 90 Sheet 3A
335-45-49
McLemore, Moses Hd M W 52 M1 19 Ala Ala SC Farmer
McLemore, Annie Wf F W 37 M1 19 8/6 Ala Ga Ala
McLemore, Jack Son M W 18 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Ophelia Dtr F W 14 X Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Alidah Dtr F W 12 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Klenton Son M W 9 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Cheridah Dtr F W 6 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Price Son M W 1 S Ala Ala Ala
Beasley, Rachel Servant F B 51 Wd 5/1 Ga Ga Ga Nurse Private Family

1920 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Pr 20
Enumerated 11 Feb 1920
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 19B
231-231
McLemore, Moses Hd M W 63 M ala Ala Ala Farmer Home Farm
McLemore, Annie Wf F W 48 M Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Klenton Son M W 20 S Ala Ala
McLemore, Cheritah Dtr F W 18 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Price Dtr F (sic) W 15 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Jane Dtr F W 9 S Ala Ala Ala

1930 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Pr 20 Walkers
Enumerated April 17, 1930
ED 51-57 SD 8 Sheet 8B
160-160
McLemore, Jack Hd M W 38 M 27 Ala Ala Ala Farmer Genl Farm
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 35 M 24 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Jack Jr Son M W 9 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Thomas O Son M W 8 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, William H Son M W 11/12 S Ala Ala Ala
161-161
Baxter Family
162-162
Rumple Family
163-163
Robbins, Annie T Wife-Hed F W 53 M 49 Ohio Ohio SC Farmer Genl Farm
Robbins, George Head M W 57 M 43 Ala Ala Ala Manager Genl Farm
McLemore, Jane StepDtr F W 19 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Price StepSon M W 21 S Ala Ala Ala

Moses married Annie Benom Tanner about 1890. Annie was born on 20 Nov 1871 in Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Victoria McLemore writes that "Annie Tanner was my husbands grandmother. He remembers that she was known to most as Mamoo. Though as yet unsourced her birth place and date are: Born 20 Nov 1871 in Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama, USA
Her death is listed as Pittsburgh Pa. My husband cannot understand this unless she remarried after Moses death and moved there. Certainly not something he remembers."

Notes:

Andrew Jackson McLemore
Sept 14, 1814 - Jan 25, 1870

McLemore Burying Ground, Montgomery, Alabama

From DAR records 1936

The McLemore Burying Ground is about one mile off the Montgomery -Atlanta
Highway to the right facing east, and is about five miles from Montgomery.
It is on a knoll behind the old James McLemore home built about 1820. In
1936 Mrs. Lizzie Taylor Dickerson occupied it. A low brick wall and
iron fence surrounds the lot. Outside the main cemetery is another smaller
one, also enclosed. There are graves of slaves and faithful servants, mostly
unmarked outside all enclousures. Graves listed begin at the southwest
corner of the plot.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/cemeteries/mclemore.txt

PAR Number 20185411
State: Alabama Year: 1854
Location: Montgomery Location Type: County

Abstract: A. J. McLemore asks the court to approve the sale of the personal estate, including slaves, of Elizabeth McLemore, deceased. McLemore explains that the estate cannot be properly divided without a sale of the property.

http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/results.aspx?s=3&sid=339&lRec=20185208&lastset=75&perpag=25

(Research):
Census Information:

1840 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County
Folio 17
Stamped 162
Names of Heads of Families
Elizabeth McLemore
One Male 15 to 20
One Male 20-30
One Female 50-60

William McLemore
One Male Under 5
One Male 20-30
One Male 30-40
One Female 15-20

Andrew J. McLemore
One Male 20-30
One Female under 6
One Female 20-30

Moses McLemore
Two Males under five
One Male 5 to 10
One Male 30-40
One Female under five
One female 20-30

James McLemore
One Male 20-30

1850 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Dist. 1
Enumerated 9 October 1850
192-194
Pleasant W. and Martha McLemore
193-195
Andrew J. McLemore 35 M Farmer $4000 Ga
Margaret McLemore 30 F Ala
Martha E. McLemore 11 F Ala
Margaret N. McLemore 6 F Ala
Sally M. McLemore 2 F Ala
John P. Cafey 33 M MD NC

1860 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Division 1
11 and 12 September 1860
Pages 164 (bottom) and 165 (top)
1376-1340
A.J. McLemore 49 M Farmer $22,000 $40,450 Ga
S.C. McLemore 29 F SC
M.E. McLemore 21 F Ala
M.N. McLemore 16 F Ala
M.R. McLemore 5 F Ala
Moses McLemore 3 M Ala
L.A. McLemore 2 F Ala

Andrew died prior to the two census enumerations listed below, which show his second wife, Sarah Caroline, and her children:

1870 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery county, Twp 16 Range 19, Post Office Montgomery
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Stamped 342
1994-1999
McLemore, S.C. 39 F W Keeping House SC
McLemore, Elizabeth 30 F At Home Ala
McLemore, M.R. 14 F At Home Ala
McLemore, Moses 12 M At Home Ala
McLemore, Adella 10 F At At Home Ala
McLemore, Price 8 M Ala
McLemore, A.L. 4 M Ala

1880 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Walkers
FHL # 1254026 NA Film # T9-0026
Page 235B
McLemore, Moses Self M W 23 Ala Farmer Ga SC
McLemore, Sarah C Mother F W 49 SC Keeping House SC SC
McLemore, Laura A Sister F W 21 Ala Ga Ala
McLemore, S.P. Brother M W 18 Ala Ga SC

(Medical):A direct male descendant, still bearing the McLemore surname, participated in the Morrison yDNA study. He was predicted to be in the R1a haplogroup, common in many parts of Eurasia and Scandanavia. However, he does not currently have any matches among the other 15 members with the McLemore surname in the study. It is possible that there were several founding McLemore lines, instead of just one as has been long assumed. Or another possibility could be that undisclosed adoptions have occurred through the generations of descendants of both James and/or Abraham.

Andrew married Sarah Caroline Smith on 8 Nov 1854 in Lowndes County, Alabama. Sarah was born on 18 Apr 1831 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; died on 24 Mar 1915 in Montgomery County, Alabama; was buried in McLemore Taylor Burying Ground, Montgomery County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

" Wife of A. J. McLemore, born in Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery county, Twp 16 Range 19, Post Office Mo
ntgomery
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Stamped 342
1994-1999
McLemore, S.C. 39 F W Keeping House SC
McLemore, Elizabeth 30 F At Home Ala
McLemore, M.R. 14 F At Home Ala
McLemore, Moses 12 M At Home Ala
McLemore, Adella 10 F At At Home Ala
McLemore, Price 8 M Ala
McLemore, A.L. 4 M Ala


1880 Federal Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, Walkers
FHL # 1254026 NA Film # T9-0026
Page 235B
McLemore, Moses Self M W 23 Ala Farmer Ga SC
McLemore, Sarah C Mother F W 49 SC Keeping House SC SC
McLemore, Laura A Sister F W 21 Ala Ga Ala
McLemore, S.P. Brother M W 18 Ala Ga SC

Notes:

Married:
McLemore, Andrew J(ackson)
Smith, Sarah C(aroline)
Nov 08, 1854
Bk 2 Page 223
Lundy, Phillip H., MG

Marriage Book 2, Lowndes County Alabama
Jan. 18, 1843 - Nov. 01, 1855

These marriages records were first compiled from "Lowndes Court House," by Mildred Brewer Russell and/or the Lowndes County Historical and Genealogical Society's newsletters over the years. I then went to the microfilm available through the LDS (Morman) Church Family History Library and compared to the original marriage books. What is here is what was in the marriage books. As with Mrs. Russell's book and the newsletter, there are bound to be mistakes. Check the original books on microfilm to make sure of the information. I would appreciate any corrections you find in the marriage books so I can make those
corrections here.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/vitals/marriages/book2.txt

Notes:

The younger James (IV), a minister, died in 1834 in Alabama, leaving a widow Mary Elizabeth (Harper) and ten children. (James L. McLemore, III, p 50).

"Born in North Carolina and for more than 30 years was a leading divine of the Baptist persuasion. He had finished his pilgrimage on earth and nothing of him now remains but the memory of his virtue."

Melba Gene McLemore notes that the "Alabama Genealogical Register, V. 6, No. 3.4, Sept-Dec 1964 cites a Will for a James McLemore, will dated 31 July 1832, probated 26 Jan 1835.


McLemore Burying Ground, Montgomery, Alabama

From DAR records 1936

The McLemore Burying Ground is about one mile off the Montgomery -Atlanta
Highway to the right facing east, and is about five miles from Montgomery.
It is on a knoll behind the old James McLemore home built about 1820. In
1936 Mrs. Lizzie Taylor Dickerson occupied it. A low brick wall and
iron fence surrounds the lot. Outside the main cemetery is another smaller
one, also enclosed. There are graves of slaves and faithful servants, mostly
unmarked outside all enclousures. Graves listed begin at the southwest
corner of the plot.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/cemeteries/mclemore.txt

James married Mary Elizabeth Harper about 1808 in Hancock County, Georgia. Mary was born on 25 Dec 1786 in Virginia; died on 22 Nov 1853 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama; was buried in McLemore Taylor Burying Ground, Montgomery County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth McLemore
Dec 25, 1786
Nov 22, 1853
(Mary Elizabeth Harper McLemore)
Consort of James McLemore

McLemore Burying Ground, Montgomery, Alabama

From DAR records 1936

The McLemore Burying Ground is about one mile off the Montgomery -Atlanta
Highway to the right facing east, and is about five miles from Montgomery.
It is on a knoll behind the old James McLemore home built about 1820. In
1936 Mrs. Lizzie Taylor Dickerson occupied it. A low brick wall and
iron fence surrounds the lot. Outside the main cemetery is another smaller
one, also enclosed. There are graves of slaves and faithful servants, mostly
unmarked outside all enclousures. Graves listed begin at the southwest
corner of the plot.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/cemeteries/mclemore.txt


PAR Number 20185411
State: Alabama Year: 1854
Location: Montgomery Location Type: County

Abstract: A. J. McLemore asks the court to approve the sale of the personal estate, including slaves, of Elizabeth McLemore, deceased. McLemore explains that the estate cannot be properly divided without a sale of the property.

http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/results.aspx?s=3&sid=339&lRec=20185208&lastset=75&perpag=25

(Research):Census Information:

1840 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County
Folio 17
Stamped 162
Names of Heads of Families

The first four listings below were in consecutive order:

Elizabeth McLemore
One Male 15 to 20
One Male 20-30
One Female 50-60

William McLemore
One Male Under 5
One Male 20-30
One Male 30-40
One Female 15-20

Andrew J. McLemore
One Male 20-30
One Female under 6
One Female 20-30

Moses McLemore
Two Males under five
One Male 5 to 10
One Male 30-40
One Female under five
One female 20-30

James McLemore
One Male 20-30

Also listed in Montgomery county, Alabama in 1840, but on d
iffering pages, were a 50-60 year old Pleasant McLemore, alone in a household, and a J.J. McLemore, with one male 15-20, one 20-30 and one 30-40, one female 15-20 and one 50-60. Relationships unknown.

1850 Census
Alabama, Montgomery County, The First District
Enumerated 20 Sept 1850
Stamped 73
59-61
Elizabeth McLemore 63 $1000 VA
Jas M McLemore 22 M Manager Ga
60-61
Rebecca Smith

Notes:

Married:
Mark Freeman lists their children as William, Martha, James, Joseph, Moses, Rebecca, Andrew, Pleasant and Lousia. He does not list Benjamin.

Mary Lynn Santa shows an additional son, John, being the youngest, as opposed to Benjamin.