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Robert "Bob" Johnson McLemore

Male Abt 1857 - Abt 1911  (~ 54 years)


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  • Name Robert "Bob" Johnson McLemore  [1
    Nickname Bob 
    Born Abt 1857  McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1911  Caddo Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Rosa McLemore Dunkerly recalls that Bob was a "cowboy in his younger days, rode the Chisolm trail--knew all old timers, Ben Thompson, King Fisher and others. Was very good with a gun, wore two. Returned to McDade and killed Tom Bishop and all the members of the gang that were to be found."

      Melba Gene McLemore notes, however, that Tom Bishop actually outlived Bob McLemore. She states that there were news articles about several attempts made on Bishop's life over the years. None of the news accounts, however, gave any indication that Bob might have been involved in these attempts. In Bob's family, a sketchy story was also passed down through the years, indicating that "Robert and two other family members from East Texas rode to Round Rock, Tx to get revenge for the hangings."

      Both the 1900 census and daughter Margie Bell's delayed birth certificate list his occupation as a Physician. His grandson, Sam McLemore, Jr. clarifies that Bob was actually a "medicine man, healer, Indian Doctor." The 1910 Arkansas census, in fact, lists the family as "Indian." The prior Texas census showed them as white.

      Pleasant McLemore wrote that "Bro. Bob and I were opposit characters. I was more like Felix, Bob didn't place much imphisis on justice, but Felix and I did. I roasted Bob many times while visiting him in regard to this. He brought Mollie [his wife] to be with mother before her twins were born, when she went back, I went with her to assist her, I was 16 years of age, I stayed there 5 or 6 months." (From a March 1, 1955 letter to his niece).

      Bob McLemore's life was cut short by violence. When his youngest son, Sam McLemore, had not yet reached his tenth birthday he was in the fields with his father and a hired hand. Rosa reports that "the friend corrected Bob's boy Sam in a very rough manner." Bob and the hired hand shot at each other. Bob was shot in the jaw, but didn't visit a doctor. He developed gangrene from the wound and soon died. Bob was around 54 at the time, and left behind his wife and six children. Pleasant McLemore later wrote to a niece that is was a few miles from Vivian, Louisiana where his brother Bob was buried, in a "saw mill town named Mytis, Louisiana." He presumably is refering to Myrtis, a small town in Caddo Parish, near Vivian.
    • (Research):
      Census Information:

      1900 Census
      Texas, Cass County, JP 3, ED 22
      Enumerated 7 Jun 1900 by C.R Cartright
      SD 1, ED 22, Sheet B 6
      99-99
      McLemore, Robert Hd W M ?? 1852 48 M 15 Tx Ga Ga Physician
      McLemore, Mollie Wife W F ??? 1854 46 M 15 8/6 Al Ga Ga
      McLemore, Maude Dtr W F Sept 1883 16 S Al Ga Ga Farm Laborer
      McLemore, Margie Dtr W F Dec 1884 11 S Al Ga Ga Farm Laborer
      McLemore, Maggie Dtr W F July 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
      McLemore, Keton Son W M Oct 1891 8 S Tx Ga Ga
      McLemore, Robert Son W M Oct 1893 6 S Tx Ga Ga
      McLemore, Nellie Dtr W F Oct 1897 2 S Tx Ga Ga
      Childs, Anthony Boarder B M Jan 1886 20 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

      1910 Census
      Arkansas, Miller County, Sulphur, ED 75
      Enumerated 9th & 10th of May 1910 by Wm. L Duckett
      SD 4, ED 75, Sheet 9A
      124-140
      McLemire, R. Johen Hd M In 42 M1 24 Tx Ga Mo Farmer
      McLemire, Mary M Wife F In 41 m1 24 9/6 Al Tx Al
      McLemire, Keton Son M In 17 S Ark Tx Al Gen Farm
      McLemire, Robt Son M In 15 S Tx Tx Al Home Farm
      McLemire, Sam Son M In 8 S Tx Tx Al
    Person ID I24479  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Keton Jones McLemore,   b. Abt 1809, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1873, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Nancy Jane Johnson,   b. 21 Mar 1835, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1926, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married Aft 1853  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • In his March 1, 1955 letter to a niece, Pleasant McLemore enumerated his own sibling group "Elisabeth, Emma, Bob, Addie, Rose, Pleasant."
    Documents
    McLemore, Keton Jones family info pg1
    McLemore, Keton Jones family info pg1
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 1 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg2
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg2
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 2 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg3
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg3
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 3 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg4
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg4
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 4 of 4.
    Family ID F8159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mollie Ward,   b. Abt 1854, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1928, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1879  [1
    Children 
     1. Maud McLemore,   b. 10 Sep 1882, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Margie Bell McLemore,   b. 29 Dec 1883, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1964  (Age 80 years)
     3. Baby Girl McLemore,   b. 31 Jan 1886, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1886, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Mabel McLemore,   b. 10 Dec 1888, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1889, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Maggie Mae McLemore,   b. 10 Dec 1888, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1965  (Age 76 years)
     6. Keton Jones McLemore,   b. 22 Jun 1892, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1944, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     7. Robert Pleasant McLemore,   b. 21 Oct 1894, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1968, Calhoun County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     8. Nellie J. McLemore,   b. 9 Nov 1897, Cass County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1905  (Age 7 years)
     9. Samuel Donald McLemore, Sr.,   b. 13 Mar 1902, Cass County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F8316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1857 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1911 - Caddo Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S501] McLemore, Melba Gene-Family Researcher/Family Group Sheets, Correspondence, Email (maddoxyellowrose@hotmail.com) ; http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php, (http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php).