Albert L. McLemore

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Middle name often shown as LYONS.

Albert McLemore was the father of John McLemore, "a native son of Oklahoma....born at Arthur, near Duncan, Oklahoma, March 9, 1892, of the marriage of Albert and Lizzie (Ligon) McLemore, the former a native of Dade county, Missouri, while the latter was born in Illinois. The father came to this state in territorial days, establishing his home near Duncan, in what was then known as Indian Territory, in 1888. Ther he followed agricultural pursuits until 1896, when he removed to Tahlequah, where he resided until March, 1898, and then made his wasy to Stonebluff, in which town he was assasinated on the 16th of March, 1909. The mother passed away on the 31st of January, 1912." From the Biography of John McLemore, from a genealogy collection about "Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma"


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Shot in the Back
A. L. McLemore Assassinated While Setting Out Fruit Trees

Haskell, Okla., Marcy 17--At Stone Bluff, near here, A. L. McLemore was shot in the back while setting out fruit trees on his farm. Another bullet hold in his head and powder marks indicates that the assassin fired into the mans' skull at close range after he had been shot from behind. A negro tenant with whom McLemore had been having trouble over a settlement for rent is suspected and deputy Joe Depew with blood hounds left here for the scene of the crime.

The dead man was wealthy and prominent.

Bryan Morning Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.) Vol. Fourteenth Year, Bryan, Texas, Thursday Morning, March 18, 1909, Page 1


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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Indian Territory, Creek Nation, Twp 16 N Range 15 East
Enumerated 3 July 1900
SD 73 ED 57 Sheet 17A Stamped 233
110-111
McLemore, Albert L. Head W M Aug 1864 35 M 14 Mo Tenn Mo Stock Raiser
McLemore, Lizzie L Wf W F Aug 1867 32 M 14 2/2 Ill Ill Tenn
McLemore, Johnny L Son W W Mar 1892 8 S Ind Terr Mo Ill
McLemore, Ernest F Son W M Dec 1894 Ind Terr Mo Ill

Albert married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ligon on 2 Dec 1886 in Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri. Elizabeth was born in Aug 1867 in Illinois; died on 31 Jan 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Among the progressive and wide-awake young business men of Haskell is numbered John McLemore, a native son of Oklahoma, who has been an important factor in developing the oil fields of this section of the state and also has financial and real estate interests. He was born at Arthur, near Duncan, Oklahoma, March 9, 1892, of the marriage of Albert and Lizzie (Ligon) McLemore, the former a native of Dade county, Missouri, while the latter was born in Illinois. The father came to this state in territorial days, establishing his home near Duncan, in what was then known as Indian Territory, in 1888. There he followed agricultural pursuits until 1896, when he removed to Tahlequah, where he resided until March, 1898, and then made his way to Stonebluff, in which town he was assassinated on the 16th of March 1909. The mother passed away on the 31st of January 1912.

John McLemore was reared and educated at Bacone, three miles north of Muskogee, and was sixteen years of age at the time of his father's death. In partnership with his brother he continued to operate the home farm until March, 1916, when he came to Haskell. In this locality he also engaged in farming but subsequently disposed of all of his stock and on March 15, 1919, purchased an interest in the Creek Land & Loan Company, which had been organized by Frank B. Glascock and his two daughters, Nellie C. and Sarah S. He and B. K. Williams now own that concern. He also owns about six hundred acres of land, which he leases profitably. He is a stockholder and director of the Haskell National Bank, also has large oil holdings, and it was largely through his efforts that the Stonebluff oil field was developed. He displays marked business sagacity for one of his years and through the capable management of his interests has already advanced to a substantial point on the high-road to success.

At Muskogee, Oklahoma, on the 8th of November, 1912, Mr. McLemore was united in marriage to Miss Grace Hendrickson, a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Morgan) Hendrickson, natives of Kentucky and pioneers of Kansas and Oklahoma. Her father
was one of the early agriculturists of Okmulgee county and there passed away in April, 1914. Her mother still resides on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. McLemore have become the parents of four children: Helen May, who was born August 19, 1913; Ernestine, born April 30, 1916; Margaret N., born April 27, 1918; and Hilda Jean, born October 23, 1920. Mrs. McLemore is a native of the Blue Grass state and was born May 6,1892.
Mr. McLemore is independent in his political views, reserving the right to vote according to the dictates of his judgment, and he has been called to public office, serving for two years as mayor of Haskell and giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration. He attends the Christian church and fraternally is identified with the Elks lodge at Muskogee, of which he is a life member, and he is also a prominent Mason, belonging to the commandery and the Shrine at Muskogee, while in the consistory at McAlester he has taken the thirty-second degree. He is a young man who has not yet reached the zenith of his powers, but in the development of his talents he has established himself in a foremost position in business circles of Haskell, and judging by what he has already accomplished the future holds for him unlimited possibilities.

(Source: Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume 3, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912; transcribed by Vicki Bryan)

John married Grace Hendrickson on 8 Nov 1912 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Grace was born before 1894; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"PFC US Army World War I" enlisted 2 Apr 1918