Eliza Jane McLemore

1819 - 1883  (63 years)

• Name	Eliza Jane McLemore  [1]
  Born	6 Dec 1819	Lincoln County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 May 1883	Texas   [1]
  Buried	Honey Creek Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County, Texas
  Notes	In Betty Via's book about the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church of Lincoln County, Tennesse, an Eliza Wright, member 1840, joined by letter, June 1844, is listed. Betty notes that this Eliza is believed to be the wife of James Wright. Douglas Wright shows that after James died, she married second, around 1860, Jack Thompson (1815-1870). Melba Gene McLemore reports that Jack was also said to be buried in Honey Creek Cemetery, but if so his headstone is long gone as it can not be seen in this cemetery. Melba Gene McLemore provided the following excerpt of a letter from her ancestor, Keton Jones McLemore, that relates to Eliza Jane McLemore Wright Thompson: Keton's Letter March 1, 1870 (Partial) : "If you hear from Thad, don't fail to let me know immediately, --- I rec'd. a letter from your cousin Jack yesterday, he was then at your cousin Eliza Thompsons in Travis Co. & I have just answered his letter, directed my letter to Onion Creek, care of Sterling J. Wright, and if Jack should be at your home, as he spoke something in his letter of coming there, you can inform him of that fast." (Research):Census Information: 1840 Census Lincoln County, Tennessee Page 11, Line 21 Wright, Wm. One Male 20 to 30, One Female 15 to 20 1850 Census Tennessee, Lincoln County, Subdivision No. 2 Enumerated 6 Nov 1850 by Alfred Bearden Stamped 56 989-989 Martha Pegrim 56 F $1000 Kent (Eliza Jane's twice widowed m other) George A. Pegrim 18 M Tenn Columbus Pegrim 16 M Tenn Attended School during year Martha C Pegrim 13 F Tenn Attended School during year 990-990 James Wright 34 M Shoemaker Kent Eliza Wright 29 F Tenn Martha M Wright 10 F Tenn Mary J Wright 7 F Tenn Sterling J Wright 5 M Tenn Benjamin Wright 2 M Tenn 991-991 Josiah ROUGHTON 1860 Federal Census Texas, Rusk County, Beat No. 9 Enumerated 19 July 1860 P.O. Box New Danville Page 134 864-882 E.J. Wright 40 F $900 Tenn S.J. Wright 14 M Tenn B.H. Wright 12 M Tenn Wm. W. Wright 9 M Tenn P.B. Wright 7 F Tenn James N Wright 5 M Tex 865-883 Columbus Pegrim 25 M $700 Tenn Josephine Pegrim 16 f Tex (nee Nowlin, according to Melba Gene McLemore) 866-884 G.A. Pegram 28 M $500 Tenn Sarah Pegram 30 F Tenn William Pegram 8 M Tenn S.C. Pegram 6 F Tx C.C. Pegram 4 M Tx James M Pegram 1 M Tx
  Person ID	I28465	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Sterling C. McLemore,   b. Abt 1790, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Dec 1823, Lincoln County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Martha C. "Patsy" Whitaker,   b. Abt 1794, Fayette County, Kentucky ,   d. 16 Apr 1877, Lincoln County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1811	Fayette County, Kentucky   [1]
  	Melba Gene McLemore notes this is actually the bond date, not marriage date. Foide Williams, in a post to The McLemore Family Genealogy Forum, writes that "The 1820 census of Lincoln Co, Tn (pg 14) shows Sterling C. McLemore and (pg 30) Signer Allen (who married Rebecca McLemore), Benjamin Wright (who married Hannah McLemore), James R. Brown (who married Martha McLemore), and Joel McLemore. These are all from Fayette Co, KY and apparently traveled together to Lincoln Co, TN. Sterling C. McLemore appears in Lincoln Co court records numerous times and he died there and his estate is there dated March 1825. All of this matches the Goodspeeds story for the family of Sterling J. McLemore (Sr) except the father's name should have been S. C. The heirs of Sterling J. McLemore (Sr) can be found in Partition Case #1072 in Coffee County, TN County Court loose papers." http://www.jenforum.org/mclemore/messages/768.html
  Family ID	F9226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Wright,   b. Abt 1816, Kentucky ,   d. Abt 1855, Mississippi  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1839	Lincoln County, Tennessee   [2]
  	"Lincoln County Tennessee Official Marriage Records 1838-1880", by Helen C. Marsh & Timothy R. Marsh, pub. 1974 McLEMORE Eliza J. McLemore to James Wright 24 April 1839 (Courtesy of Noveda Metzger)
  Children	1. Martha E. Wright,   b. 25 Mar 1836, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Nov 1885  (Age 49 years)   2. Mary Jane Wright,   b. Jan 1842, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Feb 1919, Rusk County, Texas  (Age ~ 77 years)   3. Sterling Jackson Wright,   b. Abt 1845, Tennessee ,   d. Aft 1860, Texas  (Age ~ 16 years)   4. Benjamin Harrison Wright,   b. 18 Apr 1848, Lincoln County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Oct 1917, Itasca, Hill County, Texas  (Age 69 years)   5. William Keaton Wright,   b. 15 Mar 1851, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Mar 1899, Hamilton County, Texas  (Age 48 years)   6. Perlina Berry Wright,   b. 27 Apr 1853, Lincoln County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Apr 1942, Carlton, Hamilton County, Texas  (Age 88 years)   7. James Nicholas Wright,   b. 9 May 1855, Texas ,   d. Bef 1920, Hamilton County, Texas  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	23 May 2008
  Family ID	F9227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Dec 1819 - Lincoln County, Tennessee Married - 24 Apr 1839 - Lincoln County, Tennessee Died - 23 May 1883 - Texas Buried - - Honey Creek Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Thompson, Eliza Jane (McLemore) At the time of her death, Eliza Jane was the widow of Jack Thompson, her previous husband being James Wright

  
  

• Sources

  [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44, Instead shows date as 26 April 1839 (Reliability: 3).