Alonzo Alva McLemore

Alonzo married Leona Elvira Johnson on 10 Jul 1887 in Van Zandt County, Texas. Leona was born on 10 Dec 1871 in Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 24 Feb 1941 in Willis Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the SSDI:

IVON MCLEMORE 25 Dec 1888 Oct 1975 79763 (Odessa, Ector, TX ) (none specified) 457-10-0164 Texas

From the Texas Death Index:

Mclemore Ivon N 10-08-1975 ECTOR M

Name: Ivon Nolen Mclemore
Death Date: 08 Oct 1975
Death Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 86 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1889
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Wills Point, Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Alonzo Mclemore
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Leona Johnson
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Fireman, Fire
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243831
Digital Film Number: 4167879
Image Number: 3158
Reference Number: 3194
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Ethel Elminey Liles. Ethel was born on 22 Oct 1898; died on 17 Mar 1984; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Odessa, Ector County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was listed as single, and working in Pooleville, Oklahoma. DOB was 18 Nov 1894 in Wills Point. He was of medium heighth and build, with brown eyes and dark red hair. When he again registered for the World War II draft, his full name was shown as Aryel Alvie McLemore, and his residence was 353 No. Mirage Ave, Lindsay, Tulare, California. His date and location of birth was 18 Nov 1893, Wills Point, Texas. When asked for the name and address of a person who would always know his address, his answer was "none." Employer was shown as Ray Shivers of Lindsay, California.

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 census, 13 year old Calvin was a boarder and farm laborer in the home of Chester and Virgie VARNELL of Van Zandt County, Texas.

He shared a headstone with Ethel B. McLemore (1906-2000), and under his name was a masonic symbol.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1940 Census
Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Jamestown, Seward
SD 30 ED 43-42 Sheet 5B
Enumerated April 8, 1940
Depot J Street
123 Own Home, Value 2500
McLemore, Calvin Head M W 43 M High School, 3 years, Texas, 1935 Residence Lowellvith PY, Occupation CONSTRUCTION
McLemore, Ethel Wf F W 33 High School, 2 Years Pennsylvania 1935 Residence same, Occupation Beauty Operator
McLemore, Maxine Dtr F W 11 S 3rd grade Penn 1935 Residence Same
McLemore, Patritia Dtr F W 7 S 2nd Grade Penn 1935 Residence Same
McLemore, Harry Dale Son M W 6 S 1rst Gradee Penn 1935 Residence Same

Family/Spouse: Ethel Edna B. Johns. Ethel was born on 11 May 1906 in St. Clair, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; died about 2000; was buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name John Travis Mclemore
Event Type Death
Event Date 14 May 1947
Event Place Levelland, Hockley, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 23 Oct 1917
Birthplace Limestone, Texas
Father's Name I N Mclemore
Mother's Name Ethel Liles
Informant I N McLemore
Burial Odessa
Certificate Number 21728
GS Film number 2218599
Digital Folder Number 005145026
Image Number 01901

His death certificate further shows he was a truck driver for Marathon Oil, and died of burns as a result of an accident in Cochran County, Texas, when the Butane truck he was driving turned over and caught fire.


Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K39V-9QG : accessed 20 Sep 2014), John Travis Mclemore, 14 May 1947; citing certificate number 21728, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2218599.

Notes:

Maxine can be found in the Jamestown, PA Phone directory in 1996 and 1997, so likely died in that area in 1999. The "Obituary Dailey Times Index, 1995-2012" shows her death as in Jamestown.