Sarah "Sallie" ???

Notes:

In 1860, in Little Coharie, Sampson County, the following family can be found.

431-414
Sarah McLemor 70 F $125 North Carolina
Tobias " 24 M Turpentine Maker North Carolina
Sarah " 30 F North Carolina

Based simply on his name, 24 year old Tobias McLemore appears to be a son of Tobias McLemore, and grandson of Archibald McLemore, both of Sampson County.

The older Tobias McLemore, born between 1780 and 1790, can not be located on the 1850 or 1860 census. It appears he was already dead. However, there was NOT a son under the age of 5 listed in his household in 1840.

Shown on the THACKER FAMILY TREE on Ancestry.com as Sarah CARVER. Also shown on Family Search by this name.

Sarah married Tobias McLemore, Sr. before 1810. Tobias (son of Archibald McLemore and ??? ???) was born between 1788 and 1790 in North Carolina; died between 1840 and 1852 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Based on the 1860 census, Amos appears to have been born ca. 1813.

Amos was said to be the son of Raiford McLemore by researcher Robert McLemore Butler. However, based on the 1820 and 1830 Sampson County, NC census enumeration, Raiford did not appear to have any sons that were this age. Additionally, Raiford McLemore appears to have also been the father or otherwise closely associated with an Amos McLemore who was born ca 1845. Finally, in the Division of the lands of Raiford McLemore, done ca 1864, Amos was not mentioned.

Due to all of these factors, it seems unlikely to me that Amos was a son of Raiford McLemore. It would therefore seem likely a that he was actually the son of one of Raiford's three older brothers, Hezekiah, Henry or Tobias.

Very little is known about the makeup of HEZEKIAH's family. It appears that Hezekiah may have died sometime after 1813 when his last land transaction in Sampson County is recorded. It is possible, however, that he left surviving children in or around Sampson County. It is also possible that he moved away from North Carolina, presumably taking his family with him. James L. McLemore, III thinks it a strong possibility that Hezekiah moved to South Carolina, where he died ca. 1818. Based on naming patterns, however, it seems Hezekiah was more likely the father of Raiford McLemore, born ca 1815 than of Amos, born ca 1813. It is possible, however, that he was the father of Amos.

HENRY had a son that was born between 1810 and 1820, and therefore he could be the father of Amos McLemore. Henry's family was in Bladen County, which was adjacent to Sampson County, at the time of the 1820 and 1830 census. Additionally, in 1870, a deed shows that Amos & Jemima McLemore sold property in Sampson County that was described as "Beginning at a stake on the old Pond two pines as pointers below his old house, whence with Henry McLEMORE's line...." That Amos's land adjoined land once owned by Henry adds weight to this possibility. However, James L. McLemore, III has ruled out Henry due to a Will filed by Henry in Georgia, and Amos is NOT included in his list of children by either of his two wives. Henry's sons born between 1910 and 1915 appear to have been John Wright McLemore and Wilson McLemore, and therefore Henry could not have been the father of Amos.

Finally, TOBIAS McLemore, was also listed as having a son born between 1810 and 1815. By process of elimination, Tobias seems to be the most likely fit as being the father of Amos, unless of course Amos was the son of Hezekiah and Raiford, also born ca 1810-1815, was the son of Tobias.

Based on all of the above, it is assumed that Amos is the son of Tobias, and Raiford the son of Hezekiah. Further proof should be sought out to support both assumptions.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 24, page 56 Abstract of Deed

Amos McLEMORE to Raiford McLEMORE

This indenture made the fourteenth day of February in year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty five between Amos MACLAMORE of the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina of one part & Raiford MACLAMORE of the State and County aforesaid of the other part....I the said Amos MACLAMORE for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-five dollars to me paid in had by said Raiford MACLAMORE the receipt whereof the said Amos MACLAMORE doth hereby acknowledge have given granted and by these presents doth give grant convey and confirm unto the Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs or assigns a certain tract or parcel of land in the County aforesaid containing by estimation one hundred acres of Land to the same more or less lying on the East side of Little Cohara between the tract of land occupied the said MACLAMORE and another tract...by Thomas PAGE and other wise bounded by the Big Branch on the North and the Big Branch on the South log...to have and to hld to him the said Raiford MACLAMORE his heirs and assigns forever in fee Simple and free from all encumberances...the said Amos MACLAMORE doth convenant and agree to and with the said Raiford MACLAMORE to warrant and forever defend the above mentioned land....In witness whereof said Amos MACLAMORE had her unto set his hand and fixed his seal the day and date above written by Amos (his mark) MACLAMORE Signed Sealed & delivered presents of Lott RICH, SR. and Lott RICH Registered the 3rd of April 1835 W. ROYAL, Registar

(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong 30 May 2005)

An Amos McLemore, Cumberland County NC is listed on the index of the US Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880, Office number 819 , Report number 3, year 1873, Status B.

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Federal Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, McDaniels District, PO Warrensville
Enumerated 14 July 1860
Page 83 Stamped 433
Amos McLEMORE 47 M Farmer 1500 1000 NC
Jemima McLEMORE 51 F NC
Mary J McLEMORE 21 F NC
Anna McLEMORE 20 F NC
Lofton McLEMORE 17 M Farm Laborer NC
Haywood McLEMORE 15 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cedar Creek Twp, PO Cedar Creek
Enumerated 9 Aug 1870
162-170
Maclamore, Amos 59 M W Farmer 1500 350 NC
Maclamore, Jemima 59 F W Keeping House NC
Maclamore, Ann 28 F W At Home NC
Maclamore, Edward 23 M W Farm Hand NC [Is this a son, Edward, or grandson Edward C (age 3), likely a son, missing from the 1850 census, as the younger Edward is enumerated with his parents in Sampson County in 1870]

1880 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cedar Creek Twp
Enumerated 15 and 16 Jun 1880
Page 36D SD 3 ED 59
MACELMORE, Amos W M 64 Farmer NC
MACELMORE, Jemima W F 65 Wife Keeping House NC
MACELMORE, Ann W F 36 Dtr Laborer NC
MACELMORE, Edward C W M 18 Grandson Laborer NC

Amos married Jemima Simmons after 1833 in North Carolina. Jemima was born between 1809 and 1814 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died after 1884 in Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is assumed that since John McLemore, at a relatively young age, was married to Sarah Morgan of Sampson County, NC that he was also almost certainly a native of Sampson County, NC himself. It further appears, based on the 1840 head of household census, that he was probably already living with the Morgan family by 1840, when he would have been just 18. It is not known if he and Sarah were already married, or if he was simply a farm hand. Furthermore, an analysis of all the McLemore families in Sampson County, NC (both through and examination of census enumerations and land transfer deeds) indicate that if John McLemore was indeed from Sampson County, he would almost certainly have to be a son of Tobias McLemore. There is no other family into which he would fit. This relationship is therefore based on circumstantial evidence, and is not absolutely certain. Any additional information, which would either help prove or disprove this relationship, is most welcome. Please email: strong@texas.net

In a letter written by Johnnie Mae Speights, she recounted a story told by her Uncle Ira "...his father ran away from home at age 14 in the dark of night because he was smoking in the barn and set it on fire and it burned up, horses and all." Henry McLemore heard a slightly different version of this story. As told to him by Ira's son, DeFord "...the father was a mean drunk. He came home with a group of men after a night of heavy drinking. He woke him up in the middle of the night and ordered him to go tend to the horses. He stumbled out in the dark to the barn to do this. As he was working, one the horses kicked over a lantern, and the barn started on fire. Scared to death of his facing his father's wrath, he jumped onto a horse and took off, never looking back."

According to Nan McCoy Kittell of Jasper, a descendant of John McLemore, it was actually John McLemore (our common ancestor), and not his son John Finn, "who ran away after burning down the barn." Nan also thinks John may have had the middle initial "M", but does not know what that stood for. Nan's mother, who also did much research on this branch of the McLemore family, noted that "John left S. C. (sic) with an older brother when he was 16 years old."

Jim White, also a McLemore family researcher,stated that a databse he had access to noted a Philadelphia Insurance company (Pioneer) which had records of a claim on a Barn owned by Tobias McLemore for $203 around 1830. He also referenced the Draper papers for this claim.

John and Sarah McLemore can first be positively identified on the 1850 Decatur County, Georgia federal census. John McElmore, a 28 year old Farmer born in North Carolina, is shown with wife Sarah (age 24, also born in North Carolina) and children William (age 5), James (age 3), and Sarah (11 months), (household #516-516). All the children were shown on this census as being born in Georgia. Based on the relatively young ages of John and Sarah at the time of the birth of their eldest son William, it was likely a first marriage for them both. It is not known if they married in North Carolina, Georgia, or elsewhere. It further appears they were in Georgia by about 1845, based on William's age. No other McLemore's were found on the Decatur 1850 census.

Just a few homes away from them in 1850 were Sarah's parents, Daniel and Mary Morgan. The Morgan family can be found in Sampson County, North Carolina at the time of the 1830 and 1840 census. Additionally, when the 1840 Sampson County census was taken, Daniel and Mary Morgan had an otherwise unaccounted for "male between 15-20" living with them. It is presumed this was their son-in-law/son-in-law to be, John McLemore, who was said to have "run away from home" circa 1836.

John McLemore and family followed the Morgan family from Decatur County, Georgia to Newton County, Texas sometime after 1850. Sarah died either enroute, or shortly after arriving to Texas.

Per a marriage license on file in Jasper County, "John McLemore married Sarah Ann Boit (Boyett) on July 26, 1859". Based on the ages of the five children listed with them on the 1860 Newton County, Texas Census, they would have all been his from his first marriage to Sarah Morgan. The children shown on the 1860 census were William H (age 14), James H (age 12), John F (age 7), Daniel F (age 3), and Mary A (age 2). William and James had both appeared on the earlier 1850 Decatur County, GA census. Sarah, who had been shown as an 11 month old toddler in 1850, but not on this subsequent census, had apparently died.The family was located in adjacent Jasper County, Texas at the time of the 1870 census.

Nan Kittell located the following land record from Newton County:

No. 79, Vol. 29 In the Name of the State of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come, know ye, I Sam HOUSTON, Governor of the State of Texas aforesaid by virtue of the power vested in me by law and in accordance with the laws of said State in such case made and provided do by these presents grant to John MacLAMORE assignee of James A. WALTERS his heirs or asigns forever, 160 acres of land situated and described as follows. In Newton County on the waters of Slaydons Creek a tributary of Sabine river 17 mile S.16 degree W. from Newton by virtue of Premption Certificate No. 5 issued to John MacLEMORE as assignee of James A. WALTERS by the Chief Justice of Newton County 20th day of December 1858. Beg. at a stake on the W. line of H. KELLY's 160 acre survey...and on the N.line of L. DONAHOS 1/2 league survey..... Hereby relinquishing to him the said John MacLEMORE and his heirs or assigns forever all the right and title in and to said land, heretofore held and possessed by the said State, and I do hereby issue this Letter Patent for the same. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the State to be affixed as well as the seal of the Genral land office. Done at the City of Austin on the 6th day of February 1860. Francis M. WHITE, Comm. G.L. Office Sam HOUSTON, Gov. Filed--Sept 24th, 1860 at 2 p.m. Recorded--Vol. "C" p 534

On October 7, 1874, John sold this same 160 acres of land to James R. RICHARDSON for $1 an acre. John apparently could not write, as he signed the land conveyance with his mark. His name on this document was spelled as "McClemore."

Even after his second marriage to Sarah Ann Boyett, there continued to be a close connection between John McLemore and the Morgan family. Robert Lee McLemore sent me copies of deeds from the late 1860's in which Malichi Morgan, Kizzie Kelly, and John McLemore transfered property they jointly held to Dunkin and Eliza Morgan. Furthermore, J.F. and Mary Ann McLemore were mentioned by name as grandchildren of Daniel and Mary Morgan in a deed dated January, 1889. Dorine Speights also wrote that "Aunt Julie Morgan was closely related to Pap (Finn McLemore). He and mother used to go by buggy to Jasper to see her." From Jasper Cemetery records, it appears numerous members of both the McLemore and Morgan family are buried near each other at the Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper. The Zion Hill Baptist Church is the oldest Protestant Church in Jasper County.

John McLemore died in January 1891. In 1899, Sarah Ann applied for a Widow's Pension, based on John's service in the C.S.A. Her application stated that John served in Co K, Speights Regiment, 21st Texas from the fall of 1864 to the Spring of 1865.

The War Department indicated, however, that there were "no rolls on file in this office of Company K, 21st Texas Infantry, C.S.A., and no record has been found of the service, capture or parole of a man named John McLemore, as a member of this organization." Sarah's original application (File No. 2267) was rejected on September 28, 1899. Sarah reapplied for a pension almost 10 years later, in October of 1907. On this application she indicated that John served for about 3 years, from April 1862 to 1865. Both J. W. Claud and M. Morgan testified that they had served alongside him. This application (File No., 13383) was approved in March, 1908. Sarah Ann died sometime shortly thereafter.

In Zion Hill Cemetery is a double tombstone reading simply: McLemore
John Sarahan E.
Father Mother
Age 70 Age 70

Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, circa 1998 and revised periodically

(Research):Census Information:

1830 Census (p 186) Tobias MacLemor
Sampson County, NC

2 males under the age of 5 <---Maybe Redden and Tobias, Jr.
1 male between 5-10 <---(Appears to have been the John McLemore b. ca 1822 who married Sarah Morgan of Sampson County and later moved to Texas with the Morgans)
1 male between 15-20<---Could be either Amos (b ca 1813) who married JEMIMA SIMMONS or Raiford (b ca 1815) who married Polly UNDERWOOD
1 male between 40-50 <--Tobias (born between 1780 and 1790)

1 female under 5 <---Sarah?
2 females between 5-10
2 females between 10-15
1 female between 15-20
1 female between 40-50 <--his wife (born between 1780 and 1790)

1840 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina
(p. 9) Danl Morgan
1 male between 5-10 (Owen)
1 male between 10-15 (James)
1 male between 15-20 (This appears to have been JOHN McLEMORE, son-in-law of Daniel, who married his eldest child, Sarah. The date of their wedding is not known, so John may have actually been living with the family prior to his marriage to Sarah)
1 male between 40-50 (Daniel)
2 females between 5-10 (Dorcus, Elizabeth)
1 female between 10-15 (Sarah)
1 female between 40-50 (Mary)
Why isn't there a listing for a male, under the age of 5? (Daniel/David, born ca 1838)

1850 Census
Georgia, Decatur County, District 22
Enumerated 28 Aug 1850
Stamped 63
576-576
John McElmore 28 M Farmer N. ca.
Sarah McElmore 24 F N. ca.
Wm. McElmore 5 M Ga
James McElmore 3 M Ga
Sarah McElmore 11/12 F Ga
577-577
G. and Martha Boyet, Occ Miller, both born in Georgia
578-578
Daniel and Mary Morgan (the parents of John's wife, Sarah Morgan)

1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, Post Office Newton
Enumerated 3 July 1860
Page 25 Stamped 258
159-159
McLemore, John 37 M Farmer $470 $400 North Carolina
McLemore, Sarah A 23 F Alabama
McLemore, William H. 14 M North Carolina (?)
McLemore, James H. 12 M Georgia
McLemore, John T(F?) 4 M Georgia
McLemore, Daniel F. 3 M Georgia
McLemore, Mary A. 2 F Texas


1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Subdivision 23
Enumerated by T.J. Carraway on 9 July 1870
Page 16
#116-118 McLamo, John 48 M W Farmer $250 $100 North Carolina Can't read or write
" , Sarah E. A. 33 F W Keeping House Georgia Can't write
" , John F. 16 M W Farm Laborer Georgia Can't write
" , Daniel F. 14 M W Georgia Attended school, Can't write
" , Mary A 12 F W Texas Can't read or write
" , Thomas E 9 M W Texas
" , Samuel M 7 M W Texas
Enumerated by T.H. Carraway on 8 and 9 Aug. 1870
page 56
#428-430
" , Earnest E 6 M W Texas
" , Noah 4 M W Texas
" , Martha A 3 F W Texas
" , Julia 1 F W Texas

Note: The family was listed in two separate households, as shown above. It appears that this was simply a transcription error.

1880 Federal Census Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313
National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 14
RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace
John MCLEMORE Self M M W 61 NC Occ:FarmerFa: NC Mo: NC
Sarah Ann MCLEMORE Wife F M W 44 GA Occ:Keeping HouseFa: SC Mo: SC
Daniel MCLEMORE Son M S W 23 GA Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: NC
Thomas MCLEMORE Son M S W 19 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Samuel MCLEMORE Son M S W 16 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Earnest MCLEMORE Son M S W 15 TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: NC Mo: GA
Julia Ann MCLEMORE Dau F S W 11 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
Eliza Jane MCLEMORE Dau F S W 9 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
George W. MCLEMORE Son M S W 8 TX Occ:At SchoolFa: NC Mo: GA
Josephine WILSON Other F S W 14 TX Occ:At HomeFa: GA Mo: LA
(Josephine is a niece of John's first wife, Sarah Morgan)

(Medical):Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup:

R1b1c (R-M269)

A direct male descendant volunteered to have his DNA tested. The results can be found at www.ysearch.org, under the user ID #4E4HJ. The FamilyTreeDNA kit number is 33104.

A direct male descendant of John McLemore was a participant in the Morrison DNA study. This DNA was a high definition match to two other McLemore's (not previously proven to be related), as well as to a McElmurry from Kentucky. See the results for Group O at the following website:

http://www.geneticousins.com/morrison/

The McLemore's that he matched were (1) a descendant of Keton Jones McLemore, whom in 1850 lived just across the border from Sabine County, Texas, where some of John's descendants later settled and (2) Wright McLemore, born in North Carolina and living in Arkansas, next to Keton Jones McLemore, at the time of the 1830 census. The two matches are one-step and two-steps removed, respectively, at twenty five markers. The differences in both cases are on rapidly mutating markers.

According to FamilytreeDNA in Houston, the probability that the two DNA donors share a common ancestor, is as follows:

In comparing 25 markers, the probability of sharing a common ancestor within the last...

4 generations is
27.54%
8 generations is
58.22%
12 generations is
78.24%
16 generations is
89.3%
20 generations is
94.93%
24 generations is
97.66%

In addition to this above matches, the Wright McLemore, John McLemore, and Keton Jones McLemore descendants were also 12 marker Y DNA matches to a proven descendant of Abraham Macklemore, the immigrant, thought be a brother to James Macklemore, immigrant. This 12 marker match was through the line of Robert McLemore, born 1769 in North Carolina, a grandson of Abraham's.

Each of these matches, including the McElmurry, can be found indexed in these files.

The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.

Edwin Holcombe writes that "the marker values...are close enough to modal values for Haplogroup R that there are matches to this family in Scotland, Ireland, England, and other locations in Europe even at 67 markers. The family's haplogroup is projected in the project Results listing to be R-L21, but this has not been confirmed by a SNP test. With the common values that this group has for its STR markers, SNP testing may be the key to learning more about the origins of this family through DNA research."

John married Sarah Morgan before 1844. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary ???) was born about 1826 in North Carolina; died before 1859 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Ann E. Boyett on 26 Jul 1859 in Jasper County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of Ethel Dred Boyett and Sarah Ann Saucer) was born on 22 Jan 1836 in Lowndes County, Alabama; died about 1916 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Terri Carter Ellis is also researching family of Reddin McLemore b abt 1825 Sampson/Cumberland Co., NC. m. 1st Susan Register 24 Aug 1847 Sampson Co NC, m. 2nd Caroline Isel 1877 Cumberland Co., NC. Trying to determine proof of Redden's parents and family of origin. She suspects him to be a son of Tobias McLemore of Sampson Couty. She also notes that several of his children moved on Colquitt Co, Georgia, and that Redden may have died there.


Sampson County Deed Book Book 28, Page 64 Abstract of Deed Reddin McLEMORE to Wm D PETERSON

State of North Carolina, Sampson County

This indenture made this Twenty-fifth day of January...one thousand Eight hundred and forty five... between Redin McLEMORE ...and Wm. D. PETERSON...both of the County and State aforesaid...Redin McLEMORE for and in consideration of the Sum of Forty Seven dollars to me in hand...have sold ...unto him the Said Wm. D. PETERSON one certain tract of land on the West Side of Little Coharie and on the East side of the old negro Road bounded as follows Beginning at a Stake Rich. SMITH corner....to a Stake by Harman SMITH fence thence...by the old negro head road thence with the road....byt the side of the road Rich. SMITH corner t the beginning containing one hundred and Eleven acres ... ...I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the date above written Redin (his mark) McLEMORE ...Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Allen M. BLACKBURN and Daniel H. WASHBURN ...Sampson County Court Feby Term 1845 Thus was the foregoing Deed proven by the oath of Allen M. BLACKBURN and ordered to be registered Tho. J. FAISON, Clk ...Registered the 11th of April 1845 W. ROYAL Regr.

Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 22 July 2005

Sampson County Deed Book Book 28, Page 480 Abstract of Deed Reddin McLEMORE to William D. PETERSON State of North Carolina, Sampson County This indenture made this 1st of April....one thousand Eight Hundred and forty Seven between Redin McLEMORE...and Wm. D. PETERSON of the other part of the County & State aforesaid...I the Redin McLEMORE for and in consideration of the Sum of Fifty dollars to me in hand...sold....unto him the said Wm. D. PETERSON on certain tract of Land on the West Side of Little Cohara and on the East Side of the old Negro head road Bounded as follows...Beginning at a Stake Rich. SMITH corner then.....by Harman SMITH fence....thence by the Side of the old Negro head road ....containing one hundred and Eleven acres... ...In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the date above written Reddin (his mark) MACLEMORE ....Signed sealed and delivered in presence of G.W. ROBINSON and A.M. BLACKBURN ...Court of Pleas and Register...May Term 1847 Then was the foregoing deed duly proven in Open Court by the oath of A.M. BLACKBURN...Thomas J. FAISON Clk ...Registered the 17th of July 1847 W. ROYAL Regt.

Abstracted from the original by Melinda McLemore Strong 22 July 2005

Robert McLemore Butler shows that Redden McLamore of Cumberland County married Susan J REGISTER of Sampson County on 19 Aug 1847. She was the daughter of William and Susan Register.

1851-Sampson County, NC Will 26 Jul 1851 William REGISTER Wife Susan REGISTER Daughters Margaret EZZELL Sarah WALKER Susan McLEMORE and Dorcas BRATCHER

1872-Cumberland County, NC Deed Bk 60, Reddin McLEMORE to Branson McLEMORE, 25 Nov 1872, $395 South of Rockfish Creek on East side of Elizabeth Road; Joining lands of R. McLEMORE and John B. SMITH; the dividing corner on sd. R McLEMORE and wife Susan...Wit A. McPHERSON, Jr.

1873 Cumberland County NC Deed 1873 Bk 61 pg 266 Reden & Susan McLEMORE to Henry McDONALD

1877 Cumberland County NC Deed Bk 64 p 469 Reden & Susan McLEMORE to Wright BRANCH...297 1/2 acres adjacent Harrison Creek

Jim White, who also reasearched this McLemore line, stated that Redden may have been names in honor of James Redden of Virginia.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
North Carolina, Robeson County, Upper Division
Enumerated 5 Sept 1850
Stamped 343
438-438
Reddin Maclimore 24 m Farmer 53 Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
Susan 21 F Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
William 2 M Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.
Branson 4/12 M Location of birth not listed, presumably N.C.

1860 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cumberland East, P.O. Fayetteville
Enumerated 28 July 1860
Stamped 174
636-642
Reden McLemore 45 (sic) M Farmer 140 N.C.
Susan McLemore 24/5 F NC
William McLemore 13 M NC
Branson McLemore 11 F (sic) NC
McNoby McLemore 5 M NC
Ammy McLemore 1 M NC

1870 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Rock Fish Township, P.O. Box Fayetteville
South Side Plank Stage Road
Page 65, Stamped 71
Enumerated 12 and 13 September 1870
494-501
MacLamore, Redding 50 M W Farmer $1200 $400 NC
MacLamore, Susan 40 F W Keeping House NC
MacLamore, William 23 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Branson 19 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Macnobue 13 M W Farm Hand NC
MacLamore, Any 11 F (sic) W At Home NC
MacLamore, Susan 8 F W At Home NC
MacLamroe, Charles 6 M W At Home NC
MacLamore, Wiley 2 M W At Home NC
MacLamore, Hector 2/12 M W at Home NC

1880 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Grays Creek Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 29, SD 3, ED 61
249-249
McLemore, Branson and Sarah
(and Branson's 17 year old sister, Susannah)
250-250
Maclomor, Reden W M 55 Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, Caroline W F 52 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
Maclomor, Charles W M 16 Son Laborer NC NC NC
Maclomor, Wiley Alen W M 12 Son NC NC NC
Maclomor, Hector W M 10 Son NC NC NC
Maclomor, Elizabeth W F 8 Dtr NC NC NC
251-251
Maclomor, Ammi W M 23 Single Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, McNob W M 24 Married Farmer NC NC NC
Maclmore, Lokay Ann W F 18 Married Wife Keeping House NC NC NC
Maclemore, Reden W M 6/12 Son NC NC NC

Redden married Susan J. Register on 19 Aug 1847 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Susan was born about 1829 in North Carolina; died after 1872 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Redden married Caroline Hollingsworth on 22 Feb 1877 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Caroline was born about 1830; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Might this have actually been a son, as the age would fit for Tobias McLemore, born ca 1838 in North Carolina?

Notes:

In 1860, in Little Coharie, Sampson County, the following family can be found.

431-414
Sarah McLemor 70 F $125 North Carolina
Tobias " 24 M Turpentine Maker North Carolina
Sarah " 30 F North Carolina

Based simply on his name, 24 year old Tobias McLemore might be a son of Tobias McLemore, and grandson of Archibald McLemore, both of Sampson County.

The older Tobias McLemore, born between 1780 and 1790, can not be located on the 1850 or 1860 census. It appears he was already dead. However, there was NOT a son under the age of 5 listed in his household in 1840.

It was also indicated that neither Sarah's could read or write. Presumably Tobias was able to.

Robert McLemore Butler notes that a Tobias McLEMORE was a private in Company A, 30th Regiment N.C.T, under the name "Sampson Rangers." He was born in 1838 in Sampson County. He was a turpentine distiller. Enlisted September 1, 1861 in Clinton. Hospitalized August 1862 at Lynchburg Virginia. Never returned to unit and supposed died.

A condensed history of the Rangers, as published in the Fayetteville Observer on Monday, April 4, 1864 follows. In the article, Tobias was listed as "missing since August, 1862"

This article was transcribed by Christine Spencer in August, 2007 and was copied from the following website:

http://www.ncgenweb.us/nccivwar/30coanewspaperarticles.htm

(Research):THE SAMPSON RANGERS COMPANY A, 30th N.C.R. Fayetteville Observer, Monday, April 4, 1864 Messrs Editors: I have been intending for a long time to give you a condensed history of Company A, 30th Regiment N.C.T., the company to which I belong, not with a view of extolling the deeds we have done but to do justice to the "noble dead". The company was organized at Clinton, Sampson Co., N.C. April 20, 1861 under the name Sampson Rangers by electing F.J. Faison as captain, R.A. Moseley as 1st Lt., and J.C. Holmes and G.W. Marsh as 2nd Lts. It was the first company organized in Sampson County. Under this organization we were ordered to Fort Johnson, which post was commanded by Captain Jones. The first three months we spent at this place, during which time the 20th Regiment N.C.T. was being organized by electing A. Iverson colonel and Capt. F.J. Faison as Lt. Colonel and ----- Toon as Major. Under this organization, about the latter part of August, we were sent to Fort Caswell, as an attack on the fort was daily expected. Lt. Col. Faison was in command of the fort. Our captain having been promoted and Lts. Moseley and Marsh having resigned, 2nd Lt. J.C. Holmes was elected captain, W.W. Sillers 1st Lt., C. Patrick and C.T. Stevens as 2nd lieutenants of the company. Here we had a great deal of hard work to do, putting the fort in a better state of defense and mounting heavy guns, etc. We suffered very much at the fort from the hot weather and scarcity of good water. The water in the fort entirely gave out and we were forced to dig wells to get water, which was not good, and consequently created thirst. The men not being accustomed to hardship and privation, considered this very hard. Very soon, we were transferred to the 30th N.C.T., which was organized by electing F.M. Parker as colonel and Walter Draughen as lieutenant colonel and Jas. T. Kell as major. The regiment was then ordered from Raleigh to Wilmington, N.C., and thence to Smithville, at which place our company joined the regiment. After remaining at Smithville about three weeks we were ordered to South Carolina; the order being countermanded, the regiment was sent to Camp Wyatt, where we built winter quarters and remained until the Battle of Newbern came off. The regiment was ordered to Newbern and got as far as Wilmington, but could not get transportation in time to partake in the fight, consequently, the order was countermanded and the regiment went into quarters at Camp Lamb. From there we went to Camp French, thence to Camp Holmes, and thence to Camp Saunders in Onslow County, where, on the 1st May, 1862, the regiment was re-organized, by electing F.M. Parker as colonel, J.T. Kell as lieutenant colonel, and W.W. Sillers as major. The company re-elected J.C. Holmes as captain, G.F. Williams as first lieutenant and S.(?) T. Stevens and L.M. White as 2nd lieutenants. From Camp Saunders we were ordered to Wilmington and about June 11, 1862 we were ordered to Richmond and became one of the regiments of G.B. Anderson's Brigade About the 21st June we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy on picket near Seven Pines in which Private A.A. Lewis was seriously wounded in the left arm. About the 26th June we were under a heavy fire of shot and shell at Mechanicsville. On the 27th we pursued the retreating enemy to Cold Harbor. In this engagement we lost two killed and Sergeants R.M. Crumpler and H.S. Royal and Private Nevil Royal wounded. About the 1st of July at Malvern Hill we again met the enemy in deadly conflict. At this place we lost three killed and Wm. H. Johnson and Privates R.G. Cox and T.M. Howard wounded; also others were slightly wounded and two captured by the enemy. We very soon went back to Richmond to recuperate and rest. August 19, 1862 we were ordered to report, together with our division, D.H. Hill's, to General Jackson. We reached the main army under General Lee near the Potomac and crossed over into Maryland on Sept. 5. Our division fought in the Battle of South Mountain Sept. 14 and then marched to Sharpsburg and engaged on Sept. 17. We lost one killed and Sgt. A. Hobbs and Privates F.H. Howard, J.R. Holland and Willis Lee wounded. The company stood firm and immovable, assisting in repulsing onset after onset of the heavy columns of the enemy. The night of the 18th the Potomac was re-crossed and we remained in the Valley until the middle of November and then marched to Fredericksburg. The 13th (?) December the company was carried into the Fredericksburg fray, but fortunately none were seriously wounded. We had nothing but picket duty to do during the winter and spring until the 27th April, when the enemy came across the Rappahannock and thanks be to God Hooker was defeated. The brigade, headed by the gallant Ramseur, on Sunday morning May 3, attacked the enemy in their entrenchments and drove them from two lines of breastworks and sent them howling into the Wilderness. Our loss was severe. The company went into the fight 38 strong and came out five killed and eighteen wounded. At Chancellorsville the following were wounded: Sgts. R. M. Crumpler, H.S. Royal, H. Williamson, Corp. J.M. Crumpler and Privates J.M. Kelly, Jas. Williamson, W.J. Taylor, J.M. Parker, E.N. Butler, Joseph Butler, G.W. Rackley, A.H. Brewer, H. Butler, J.A. Weeks, mortally, C.W. Duncan, mortally, J.C. Walker, Corp. S. Boon and N. Godwin. After the battle of Chancellorsville, we returned to our old camp near Fredericksburg and remained until the 10th June when the advance into Pennsylvania commenced. The company did its noble duty in the taking of Berrysville and Martinsburg. Our brigade was the first to cross the Potomac and to occupy Williamsport, Maryland. Several places were taken and hard marching done in Maryland and Pennsylvania until at last we reached Gettysburg. The company was in the three days fight and acted well and fortunately none killed and only two wounded'97 Sgt. J.W. Merritt and A.H. Brewer, who were taken prisoners. Soon we re-crossed the Potomac and our march commenced to the Rapidan. At Manassas Gap, we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy. We reached Orange Court House on August 2 and remained near this place until September 8 when we assisted in driving Meade to Centreville. Then we re-crossed the Rappahannock and camped near Kelly's Ford; and on Nov. 7, our regiment being in reserve on picket near Kelly's Ford to support the 2nd Regiment N.C.T., was ordered to the river to reinforce the 2nd N.C.T. The enemy being in strong force and having taken advantage of a strong position poured a deadly fire of musketry into our ranks while we were going into the river. Soon after reaching the river, we were ordered to fall back; the regiment fell back to the woods about a half mile from the river, under a tremendous fire of shot and shell. About that time, Lt. Col. Sillers, commanding the regiment, was ordered by Col. Bennett, commanding the brigade, to deploy the regiment on a hill near by and hold the enemy in check at all hazards, this being done but the position was maintained with difficulty. Late in the evening Lt. Col. Sillers received a mortal wound. At 11:00 that night, we drew off. The company lost one killed and the following wounded: Sgt. R.M. Crumpler, O.B. Cobb, Jas. Williamson, T.J. Warrick, M. Dove, J. Frizeland; also we lost 13 men as prisoners. We soon re-crossed the Rapidan and camped near Morton's Ford. Our regiment was under heavy fire at Mine Run and Morton's Ford. We have been in various skirmished too tedious to tell. A Member List of Deceased of Company A, 30th N.C.T. M.S. Dudley, Wilmington, N.C. November, 1861 Marshall Royal, Sampson County Neil Lewis, Richmond, August, 1862 W.D. Strickland, Guinea Station, Va., Jan. 9, 1863 Corp. L.H. Pipkin and J.W. Baggot, killed, Malvern Hill, July 1, 1962 Corp. Sherman Royal, of wound, Richmond, Va., July 9, 1862 Blackman Taw and Jas. T. Goodrich, killed, Cold Harbor, June 27, 1862 George E. Brown, killed, Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862 Willis Gilbert, Lynchburg, Oct. 15, 1862 George H. Draughton, Clinton, Dec. 26, 1862 Owen Page, Richmond, Dec. 29, 1862 J.W. Jackson, Richmond R.M. Bradshaw, Palmyra, March 17, 1863 W.K. Bradshaw, of wound, May 5, 1863 J.R. Holland, Ransom Naylor and Daniel R. Underwood, killed at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 H.R. Robinson, Martinsburg, June 19, 1863 Wm. Autry, Gordonville, Dec. 18, 1862 J.R. Butler, Lynchburg, Jan. 2, 1863 C.W. Duncan, of wound, Richmond, May 26, 1863 C.H. Reynolds, Guinea Station, January 11 J.L. Faircloth, Richmond, January 16 Jno. Faircloth, Feb. 10 Henry Mitchell, Feb. 14 E.M. Register, Feb. 15 Sgt. J.M. Thrailkill, Fredericksburg, Feb. 21 Martin Weldon, Royal, March 8 J.A. Weeks, of wound, Richmond, May 16, 1863 Thomas N. Clarkson, Mt. Jackson, November 14, 1862 W.H. Boswell, killed, Kelly's Ford, Nov. 7, 1863 Wiley Tew, Lynchburg Tobias McLemore, missing since August, 1862

Notes:

Bonnie Seiler shows that she married Alexander SMITH on 20 October 1868 in Cumberland County, NC

Could this deed be attributable to her? 1882 Cumberland County NC Deed Bk 71 p 371 Mary J. McLEMORE to David S. BOWLES If it is, it is not known why she was using her maiden name

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 Cumberland County, NC census, a 54 year old Annie McLemore was living in the home of Edward C. and Lena McLemore. She was listed as "Aunt," and her date of birth was shown as Nov. 1845. She was single.

Bonnie Seiler shows her instead as the mother of an Edward C. McLemore.

It appears to have been Anna, and not her cousin Ann McLemore (daughter of Raiford McLemore and Polly Underwood) who sold the following land in 1885: Cumberland County, NC Deed Book 79, p 353 Ann McLEMORE to John AVERITT 197 1/2 acres adjacent JESSUP and in 1890: Cumberland County NC Deed Bk 90 p 403 Ann McLEMORE to Wm. BYRD 42 acres on Harrison Creek. Her brother, Haywood, also sold land adjacent to the Jessup's in Cumberland County.

Notes:

According to Robert McLemore Butler, he was Pvt 2nd Co A 2nd Artillery Regt during the Civil War. He was born ca 1843 in Sampson County and the son of Amos McLemore (b. 1813). Lofton enlisted July 15, 1862 in Wake County. He was wounded May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Va. Reported absent for the next 11 months due to wounds. Discharged April 24, 1864 due to phthisis pulmonalis affecting both lungs. The Cumberland Plough Boys website instead shows that he servied in the North Carolina Regiment, 2nd Company E.

http://ploughboys.org/tag/2nd-battalion-north-carolina-local-defense/page/2/

In 1869, Lofton was a witness, along with Zachariah ROYAL, to the Will of Zachariah ROYAL dated 28 Jun 1869. It was probated 12 Mar 1870. Zachariah's wife was Louisa ROYAL, and she was left the furniture, enough provisions for her support for one year and livestock...at her death to be divided equally between all five (5) children---Oliver ROYAL, Allen ROYAL, Rice ROYAL, Emely ROYAL and Nancy ROYAL. (Courtesy Robert McLemore Butler, who noted that Emily Royal was Lofton's wife).

After Lofton's death, his oldest sons, Edward and Amos, conveyed land they had inherited from him to their younger half brothers, O.B, Alvin and Dennis. As son Abner was not mentioned in the deed, it appears they may have died prior to its execution in 1910. Edward and and Amos's sister, Ida, was also not mentioned in the conveyence.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 183, Page 554 Abstract of Deed Amos B. McLEMORE and Others to O.B. McLEMORE & others

State of North Carolina, Sampson County. This indenture made the 27th day of October 1906, by Amos B. McLEMORE and wife Katie McLEMORE of the town of Mooringsport, County of Caddo in the State of Louisiana, and E. C. McLEMORE and wife Lena McLEMORE of the town of Fayetteville and State of North Carolina of the first part to O. B. McLEMORE, Alvin H. McLEMORE and Dennis L. McLEMORE of the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina of the second part. Witnesseth: That the Said Amos B. McLEMORE and wife Katie, and E.C. McLEMORE and wife Lena of the first part for and in consideration which they may have bear for the said O.B. McLEMORE, Alvin H. McLEMORE, and Dennis L. McLEMORE and in futher consideration of one Dollar to them paid by the said parties of the second part....(do) convey...unto the said parties of the second part....all their right...in and to all the real estate of which Lofton H. McLEMORE, last of the County of Sampson, and State of North Carolina died....mor particularly designated as follows: First tract...being known as Boykin Land and is situated on the East side of Bearsking Swamp in Sampson County...adjoining the lands of Amos CRUMPLER and others and is that tract of land described in a certain deed made by W. H. Boykin to L.H. McLEMORE and recorded in Book 70, page 18....containing 70 acres more of less....Second tract, situated on the East side of said Bearskin Swamp in said county of Sampson, adjoining the Amanda FAIRCHILD and Lewis LEW lands and is fully described in a deed from W.E. PRIDGEN and wife to L.H. McLEMORE which deed is recorded in Book 37 at Page 478 of the said Register's office and said tract contains 109 acres more or less...Third tract, being composed of three separate tract is situated on the East side of the said Bearskin Swamp in the said county of Sampson, adjoining the land of S. B STEVENS, J.R. AUTRY and others and being the three tracts conveyed by deeds to L.H. McLEMORE by J.O. TEW and wife which deeds is duly registered in Book 91 at page 500 of the Registers office of said County of Sampson, to which record reference is hereby made for a description of said three tracts of land by meters and bounds said three tracts containing two hundred and twenty one acres more or less....

...In testimony whereof the said parties of the the first part have hereto set their hands and seals the day and year above written.. A.B. McLEMORE, Katie McLEMORE, E.C. McLEMORE, L.A. McLEMORE

...North Carolina, Cumberland County...Superior Court Clerk...attests that E.C. McLEMORE and Lena McLEMORE personally appeared...4 June 1910...

(Abstracted by Melinda McLemore Strong on 1 August 2005)

(Research):
Census Information:

1870 census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Little Coharie Twp, Dismal P.O.
McLemore, Lofton 25 M W Farmer $700 $500 N. Carolina
McLemore, Elizabeth 26 F W Keeping House N. Carolina
McLemore, Edward C 3 M W At Home N. Carolina
McLemore, Amos 1 M W At Home N. Carolina

1880 census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Little Coharie Twp, ED 199
McLamore, Loften W M 35 Farmer NC NC NC
McLamore, Nancy E. W F 22 Wife Can't R/W Keeping House NC NC NC
McLamore, Owen A W M 2 Son NC NC NC
McLamore, Amos W M 9 Son NC NC NC
McLamore, Ida L W F 8 Dtr NC NC NC

1900 Census
North Carolina, Sampson, Little Coharie, ED 96
McLemore, Lofton Hd W M Mar 1844 56 M 23 NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Nancy Elizabeth Wife W F Mar 1859 41 M 23 4/4 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ida Dtr W F Sept 1874 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Osker B Son W M Jun 1881 19 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Alvin Son W M May 1884 16 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Lofton D Son W M Jun? 1889 10 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Owen A Son W M Feb 1878 22 S NC NC NC
Shell, Nancy Nephew (sic) W F Mar 1825 75 S

Lofton married Elizabeth Ann Bullard on 18 Sep 1866 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of James Bullard and Sarah Elizabeth Jones) was born on 12 Feb 1843 in Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 15 Apr 1875 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lofton married Nancy Elizabeth Spell about 1877. Nancy was born on 10 Mar 1860 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 6 Aug 1930 in Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bonnetsville, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert McLemore Butler writes that Haywood was the son of Amos McLemore b. 1813 and the brother of Lofton. He was a Private, Co B, 2nd Battalion, N C Troops. Born in Sampson County and was by occupation a laborer prior to enlisting in Cumberland County at age 17, August 17, 1863, for the war. Present and accounted for on company muster rolls through December 1864. Admitted to hospital at Wilmington February 18, 1865, and was transferred to another hospital February 20, 1865.

Could his middle name have been EDWARD?

(Research):
Census Information:

1900 Federal Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Mingo Twp, ED 98
McLemore, Hawood Hd W M Sept 1845 54 M 16 NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Mary A Wife W F Jul 1863 36 M 16 6/5 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ab C Son W M July 1885 14 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Edgar L Son W M Oct 1889 10 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Ozzie L Son W M Oct 1893 6 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Bula C Dtr W F Nov 1896 3 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Lula F Dtr W F Nov 1899 6/12 S NC NC NC

Haywood married Becky Eliza Branch on 18 Jan 1872 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Becky was born before 1853; died before 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Haywood married Mary Ann Simmons on 12 Dec 1883 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 22 Jul 1864 in North Carolina; died on 9 Dec 1934 in Mingo Township, Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in McMillan Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Wade, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Why is he not on the 1860 census with his parents and siblings? Maybe this is actually Haywood, going by a middle or nickname?

Notes:

In the 1850 Decatur County, Georgia census, he is listed as born in Georgia. On the 1860 census, his birthplace is instead shown as North Carolina.

Nan Kittell could find no further record of William McLemore after 1860, and presumed he did not survive the Civil War.

In the Fall 1998 issue of the Red River County Texas Genealogical Society, a list is included of "the John C. Burkes Camp # 656 of the United Confederate Veterans was established in Red River County, Texas in the summer of 1890. This organization met yearly, usually in August, on campgrounds that were located about one mile northeast of Clarksville. It eventually became a four or five day affair with dancing, ball games, food, music, carnival attractions and patriotic speeches. It disbanded after the last Confederate Veteran member died and the campground was sold June 23, 1942. The actual list was found in the RRCTGS files and was transcribed from original records that were in poor condition. The listing includes a W.H. McLemore

There is a William H. McLemore, parents unknown born, on a WorldConnect Tree on RootsWeb that is connected to Red River county. If the tree is accurate, he was actually born in Red River County versus Georgia, so he would not be the same William McLemore as our son of John and Sarah.

He is listed as William H. McLemore, head of household, in the 1870 census for Jasper Co., MO, age 27, born TX.

He is listed as W. H. McLemore, head of household, in the 1880 census for Red River Co., TX, age 37, born TX, father born VA, mother born AL.

He is listed as W. H. Mclemore, head of household, in the 1900 census for Red River Co., TX, age 57, born June 1843, married 33? year, born TX, father born VA, mother born AL.
I have found a Mrs. A. A. Mclemore who was married to W. H. McLemore.he died
2 nov. 1912. Mrs. A. A. was born in Lamar County, Tx and applied for a widows of soldiers
pension in Red River Co. Tx. March 1913. She states they were married 13 Nov. 1866 in Jasper Co. Missouri-----a copy of the marriage license for the old William Henry McLemore, born 14 Jan 1843, died 2 Nov 1912 and Artha Ann Hall , born 18 Mar 1846, died 16 Jan 1930, from Jasper County, Missouri dated 8 Nov 186
Children

Deed Bk 2 O pg 231: State of Texas, Red River Co.: W. H. and A. A. McLemore husband and wife sell to C. M Faulkner of Lamar Co., one hundred and five acres of land for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Said land being a part of the Wiley Weatherspoon survey in Lamar Co., Tx on the waters of Lower Pine Creek. April 1st, 1882

WOODLAND GRAVEYARD -- located about 17 1/2 miles N of Clarksville. At Detroit take FM 410 North to FM 195 turn east and the graveyard is on the north side of the road.

McLEMORE, W.H.
b. 14 Jan 1843, d. 2 Nov 1912
SSW Artha A.
(next to A.H. & Daisey)

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=boballen1948&id=I38526

There is at least one other William McLemore was was a veteran of the Civil War, as he is buried in Austin and not in the Woodland Graveyard in Norht Texas. Tom McLemore emailed Melinda Strong on June 9, 2003 that "Last week Bonnie and I were in Austin....(and) we stopped at the Texas State Cemetery which is on 7th Street, near downtown. There is a veteran of the Civil War by the name of William McLemore buried there in a section reserved for veterans of that war. I wonder if it might be the McLemore that Nan Kittrel mentioned to you. I don't remember any other details like date of death."

However, this William buried in Austin could be yet another William McLemore of around the same age as the William McLemore who was a son of John and Sarah (Morgan) McLemore.

Notes:

Nan Kittell speculates she died in Alexandria, Louisiana, in transit to Texas.

Notes:

Finn's middle name could have been Fenton (based on a poll tax receipt from Jasper) or Finerel (based on the middle name of his son, Rufus) or Finn, as he was commonly called.

At the time of the 1880 census, he was widowed, and living in the home of his in-laws with his young daughter.

He was a farmer. On the 1900 Sabine County census, he is shown in household 22, next to the Henry S. White family, his wife's brother. Household 36 is that of Thomas E. McLemore, his half brother.

Finn died in at the home of his son, Vessie McLemore. Vessie and Nina had been caring for him. Granddaughter Evon remembers she and some cousins going out into the woods to gather wildflowers for him while her father built a coffin. Her father and his brothers took the coffin by cart to the Gravel Hill cemetery a few days later.

(Research):Census information:

1880 Census
Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313
Page 14 Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
J.F. MCLEMORE Self M W W 25 Texas Occ: Laborer Fa: AR Mo: GA
Vilona MCLEMORE Dau F S W 7 M Texas Fa: Texas Mo: MS
Frances WIGLEY Self M M W 69 GA Occ: FarmerFa: VA Mo: VA
Sarah WIGLEY Wife F M W 67 SC Occ: Keeping House Fa: SC Mo: SC
Martha WIGLEY Dau F S W 31 MS Occ: At HomeFa: GAMo: SC
Alexander WIGLEY Son M S W 25 Texas Occ: Printer Fa: GA Mo: SC

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93
22-23
McLemore, John Head W M Dec 1853 46 M 17 Ga NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Ruth T Wf W F Dec 1859 40 M 17 7/6 Tx Miss Miss
McLemore, Vessie E Son W M Feb 1885 15 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Rufus F Son W M July 1886 13 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Earnest Son W M May 1887 13 S Tx Ga Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Mellie Dtr W F Feb 1891 9 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Ira Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Ga Tx

1910 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 16 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1B
Milam Road
12-13
McLemore, John F. Head M W 51 M2 26 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
McLemore, Ruth T Wf F W 50 m1 26 8/7 Tx Ala Miss
McLemore, Ernest E Son M W 20 S Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Mellie M Dtr F W 19 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Elvie R Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ga Tx
McLemore, Ira W Son M W 14 S Tx Ga Tx Laborer Farm
McLemore, Emma L Dtr F W 9 S Tx Ga Tx

John married Lucinda Wigley on 20 Dec 1878 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. Lucinda (daughter of Francis Wigley and Sarah Ann Felder) was born on 16 Oct 1852 in Amite County, Mississippi; died on 21 Oct 1879 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Annie Irene Boyett on 23 Dec 1880 in Sabine County, Texas. Annie (daughter of James Thomas Boyett and Mary Sallier) was born about 1865 in Arkansas; died about 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Rutha Triphene White on 11 Dec 1883 in Sabine County, Texas. Rutha (daughter of Henry Strickland White, Sr and Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman) was born on 27 Dec 1859 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 1939 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edythe McLemore McCoy indicates he "died young." He can be found living with his parents at the time of the 1860 through 1880 census enumerations, but not thereafter.

Mary married Elmer Augustus Horn on 2 Nov 1880 in Jasper County, Texas. Elmer (son of Aurin Goodgame Horn and Eleanor Deckle) was born on 7 Apr 1842 in Georgia; died on 5 Aug 1920 in Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His tombstone is inscribed "Remember me as you pass by as you are now so once was I, As I am now so you shall be, prepare for death and follow me."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheets 2B and 3A
34-35
Clark, Elias Head m W Jan 1845 57 M 30 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
Clark, Mary Wf W F Feb 1851 49 M 30 11/10 Tx Miss Miss
Clark, Thos F Son W M July 1881 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Elijah W Son W M Oct 1884 16 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Clark, Ara J Dtr W F Nov 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Agnes E Dtr W F Nov 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Minnie S Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Edward Nephew W M Jan 1879 21 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
35-36
Clark, Jeff E Head W M Jan 1879 21 S Tx Tx La Farm Laborer
Clark, Allice Wf W F Mar 1879 21 M 1 1/1 Tx --- ---
Clark, Jefferson H Son W M Dec 1899 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
36-37
McLemore, Thos Head W M Jan 1863 37 M 9 Tx Nc Nc Farmer
McLemore, Sopha Wf W F Mar 1876 24 M 9 4/4 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, John E Son W M aug 1892 9 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Myrtie Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Fannie B Dtr W F Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Maggie Dtr W F Nov 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1A Stamped 85
San Augustine and Hemphill Road
1-1
McLemore, Thos. E. Head M W 48 m1 19 Tx Ga Ark Farmer
McLemore, Sophia A Wf F W 34 m1 19 6/5 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, John E Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
McLemore, Myrtie J Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Fannie B Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Maggie L Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Aary A Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1920
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
702-725
McLemore, Thomas E Head M W 57 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McLemore, Sophia A Wf F W 44 M Tx Tx Miss
McLemore, Maggie L Dtr F W 22 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ara A Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Elvis L Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Gladys M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

Thomas married Sophia Ann "Anna" Clark on 5 Jan 1891 in Sabine County, Texas. Sophia (daughter of Elias Clark and Mary Josephine Wallace) was born on 15 Mar 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Feb 1930 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Minnie McLemore, he could not read or write; Rose Ella taught him as well as her children. According to Othalia (Mrs. Lee) McLemore, Sam wore two sets of glasses at once, pushing one up on his forehead. He died after getting a stone bruise on his heel at his home in Erin, Texas.

The information about Samuel McFarland McLemore and his descendants was generously provided by Nan McCoy Kittell. It is from a Living Family History loose leaf notebook she prepared for the fifth anniversary of the Samuel McFarland McLemore reunion held in June 1984. Her information was updated at subsequent reunions. The final reunion was held in 1999 at the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Jasper.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Pr. No. 3
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 29 Sheets 21 B and 22A
355-358
McLemore, Sarah Head W F Jan 1845 55 Wd 9/5 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
McLemore, George Son W M Mar 1873 27 S Tx Nc Ga Farm Laborer
356-359
McLemore, Sam Head W M Oct 1861 38 M Tx Nc Ga Farmer
McLemore, Rosella Wf W F Nov 1861 38 M 25 10/10 Tx Ga Ga
McLemore, Frank Son W M Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Ivey Son W M Dec 1888 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Bulah Dtr W F Oct 1892 7 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ollie Dtr W F Jan 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Roy Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Minnie Dtr W F Jun 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Lee Son W M Mar 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Cecil Stepson W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Turner, Hattie Stepdtr W F Jun 1884 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Annie Stepdtr W F July 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 8
Enumerated 12 Feb 1920
SD 326 ED 80 Sheets 8B
145-155
McLemore, Samuel Head M W 59 m Tx NC Ark Farmer
McLemore, Rose Wf F W 58 M Tx Ga Ga
McLemore, Lucy Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx

Samuel married Mary Palmyra Horn on 12 Dec 1886 in Jasper County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Elmer Augustus Horn and Sarah Hester Haynes) was born on 15 Oct 1869 in Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas; died after 1888 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Rose Ella Bean on 20 Dec 1891 in Jasper County, Texas. Rose (daughter of James Bean, Sr. and Martha Sarah Garrett) was born on 24 Nov 1862 in Texas; died on 29 Mar 1943 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earnest married Caroline Smith on 9 Sep 1885. Caroline was born before 1867; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was married three times: to Moses Carruth, a Mr. Thompson and to Jesse Morgan. At the time of the 1900 Jasper County Census, she was listed as the mother of 4 children, all of whom were living. At the time of the 1910 Sabine County Census, she was shown as having been married for 14 years and as the mother of 7 children, all still living.

Julia married Moses Carruth before 1892. Moses was born about 1857 in Texas; died after 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Jesse James Morgan, Sr. after 1893. Jesse (son of Rueben Morgan and Susan Neal) was born on 8 Dec 1859 in Texas; died on 4 Sep 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Pr. No. 3
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 29 Sheets 21 B and 22A
355-358
McLemore, Sarah Head W F Jan 1845 55 Wd 9/5 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
McLemore, George Son W M Mar 1873 27 S Tx Nc Ga Farm Laborer
356-359
McLemore, Sam Head W M Oct 1861 38 M Tx Nc Ga Farmer
McLemore, Rosella Wf W F Nov 1861 38 M 25 10/10 Tx Ga Ga
McLemore, Frank Son W M Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Ivey Son W M Dec 1888 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Bulah Dtr W F Oct 1892 7 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ollie Dtr W F Jan 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Roy Son W M Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Minnie Dtr W F Jun 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Lee Son W M Mar 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Cecil Stepson W M Jan 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Turner, Hattie Stepdtr W F Jun 1884 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Turner, Annie Stepdtr W F July 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Frances "Fannie" M. Burkhalter on 1 Dec 1901 in Sabine County, Texas. Frances (daughter of Henry Thomas Burkhalter and Mary E. Cheatham) was born on 7 Sep 1879 in Texas; died on 14 Jun 1974 in Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Information:

1880 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Grays Creek Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 29, SD 3, ED 61
249-249
Maclemor, Branson W M 31 Farmer NC NC NC
Maclemor, Sarah W F 26 W Keeping House NC NC NC
Maclemor, Elizabeth W F 6/12 Dtr NC NC NC
Maclemore, Susanneh W F 17 Sister NC NC NC
Fowler, John W M 41 Boarder Laborer NC NC NC
250-250
Maclomor, Reden
251-251
Maclomore, Ammi

Branson married Sarah Ann Smith on 21 May 1874 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Sarah was born about 1857 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown also as Knobb, and said to have married Lockey Ann AUTRY, with whom he had eight children. They are shown as moving first to Cumberland County, NC, on to Georgia, and later still to Dalkeith, Florida.

(Research):1880 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Grays Creek Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 29, SD 3, ED 61
249-249
McLemore, Branson and Sarah
(and Branson's 17 year old sister, Susannah)
250-250
Maclomor, Reden and Caroline
251-251
Maclomor, Ammi W M 23 Single Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, McNob W M 24 Married Farmer NC NC NC
Maclmore, Lokay Ann W F 18 Married Wife Keeping House NC N
C NC
Maclemore, Reden W M 6/12 Son NC NC NC

Notes:

(Research):
Census Information:

1880 Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Grays Creek Township
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
Page 29, SD 3, ED 61
249-249
Maclemor, Branson and Sarah
250-250
Maclomor, Reden and Caroline
251-251
Maclomor, Ammi W M 23 Single Farmer NC NC NC
Maclomor, McNob W M 24 Married Farmer NC NC NC
Maclmore, Lokay Ann W F 18 Married Wife Keeping House NC N
C NC
Maclemore, Reden W M 6/12 Son NC NC NC

Ammy married Ella Webster on 12 May 1881 in Grays Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Ella was born about 1858; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, she was living with her brother and sister-in-law, Branson and Sarah McLemore, in Grays Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Her North Carolina marriage record to David M. Pope shows her as a daughter of R. and S. McLemore.

Susan married David M. Pope on 26 Mar 1885 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. David was born about 1858; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Lucinda McLeod on 10 Feb 1884 in Grays Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Lucinda was born about 1868; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have married Jemima Tucker.

Hector married N. H. Braxton on 1 Jan 1890 in Cumberland County, Maine. N. was born about 1872; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Arch Smith on 21 Sep 1889 in Grays Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Arch was born about 1868; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived with his grandparents, Amos and Jemima McLemore, at the time of the 1880 census. Listed as Edward C on the 1900 census, and Claud E in 1910.

He was listed in the 1909-1910 Fayetteville NC City Directory as Edward C. McLEMORE, Clerk, A. J. BULLARD & Son....Home, 233 Davis Street

He was listed in the 1915-1916 Fayetteville NC City Directory as Edward C. McLEMORE, Agent, Life Insurance Co. of Virginia Res. 907 Person Street Wife: Lena

It appears they moved to Virginia prior to 1930.

Bonnie Seiler writes that his death was reported in the Virginia Pilot Newspaper on June 24, 1930. He apparently jumped from the upstairs window of his home and committed suicide.

(Research):
Census Information:

1900 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Cedar Creek
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900 By Duncan Dowering
SD 4 ED 20 Sheet 19A Stamped 71
256-254
McLemore, Edward C Head W M Mch 1867 33 M NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Rena A Wife W F Nov 1868 31 M 12 6/4 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ralph C Son W M May 1888 12 S NC NC NC Farm Laborer
McLemore, Mettie A Dtr W F Nov 1890 9 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Sidney L Son W M Sept 1891 8 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Clebe N Son W M July 1894 5 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Annie Aunt W F Nov 1845 54 s NC NC NC

1910 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville
ED 49
16 April 1910
McLemore, Claud E Hd M W 47 m 22 NC NC NC Bookkeeper Lumber Mill
McLemore, Lena Wife F W 42 Md 22 7/5 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ralph C Son M W 21 S NC NC NC Laborer Lumber Mill
McLemore, Sydney Son M W 18 S NC NC NC Wagon Driver Lumber Mill
McLemore, Clebe C Son M W 15 S NC NC NC Laborer Lumber Mill
McLemore, Amos L Son M W 7 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Elizabeth Mother F W 52 NC NC NC
McLemore, Dennis Brother M W 20 S NC NC NC Laborer Lumber Mill
McLemore, Duncan Boarder M W 40 We NC NC NC Grading Agent
Gray, Ira Boarder F W 10 S
Danaby, William M M W 33 Wd Kansas Eng Ire Hackdriver Livery Stable

1920 Census
Virginia, Norfolk, South Norfolk Town
Commerce Street 172-108-110
Enumerated 9 and 10 January 1920
SD 2 ED 150 Sheet 6B
McLemore, Edward Head W M 52 NC NC NC Carpenter House
McLemore, Lena Wife W F 51 NC NC NC
McLemore, Sidney Son W M 24 NC NC NC Salesman Pepsicola
McLemore, Lesley A. Son W M 16 NC NC NC Laborer Kicking Horses?
McLemore, Kathleen Dau W F 9 NC NC NC
Johnson, William Boarder W M 37 VA VA VA Carpenter Dry Dock

1930 Census
Virginia, Norfolk County, South Norfolk, ED 9
McLemore, Edward C 63 W M M @ 20 NC NC NC Watchman Lumber Mill
McLemore, Lena R 61 W F M @19 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ralph C 40 M @ 21 Carpenter House
McLemore, Sidney L 36 W M NC NC NC Watchman Boat
McLemore, Amos L 26 W M Wd NC NC NC Bookkeeper Wholesale House
McLemore, Kathleen 18 W F NC NC NC Machine Operator Laundry
McLemore, Ludonia 40 W F M @ 21 NC NC NC <---Ralph's wife
McLemore, Amos 11 months W M Virginia NC NC

Edward married Lena Atwood Beard on 8 Sep 1887 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Lena was born on 3 Nov 1868 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 22 May 1933 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #3, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bonnie Seiler has him instead listed as Amos Leslie, with a date of birth in 1866.

His granddaughter, Diane McLemore Harrison, writes that "Amos was hired by Gulf Oil around the turn of the 20th century and move to the Shreveport area from North Carolina. He drilled offshore platforms in Caddo Lake for Gulf. Allegedly, not proven yet, he help drill the first offshore well."

Name Amos Bullard Mclemore
Titles and Terms
Event Type Death
Event Date 03 Feb 1944
Event Place Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
Gender Male
Age 74
Race (Original) White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1870
Birthplace North Carolina
Father's Name L H Mclemore
Father's Titles and Terms
Mother's Name Elizabeth Parker
Mother's Titles and Terms
Spouse's Name Katherine
Spouse's Titles and Terms
Certificate Number 1720
Page
GS Film number 1220636
Digital Folder Number 004213508
Image Number 02025



Citing this Record:
"Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSB3-M65 : accessed 29 Sep 2014), Amos Bullard Mclemore, 03 Feb 1944; citing Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, certificate number 1720, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1220636.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910
Not located

1920
Not located

1930
Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Shreveport City
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 959 SD 1 Sheet 11A Stamped 220
East Delaware
246-251
McLemore, A. B. Head M W 61 M 32 NC NC NC Driller Oil
McLemore, Elizabeth K Wf H F W 52 M 26 NC NC NC
McLemore, Corless A Son M W 25 S Tx NC NC Laborer Oil
McLemore, Lena May Dtr F W 21 S Tx NC NC Clerk Hearon Dry Goods
McLemore, Santford Son M W 20 S La NC NC
McLemore, Agaretha Dtr F W 17 S La NC NC
McLemore, Aran Son M W 13 S La NC NC
McLemore, Katherine Dtr F W 13 S La NC NC

Amos married Elizabeth Catherine Rich on 28 Dec 1901 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born about 1878 in North Carolina; died on 28 Sep 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census instead shows him as Owen A, born ca 1878? May have died prior to 1910, as his mother indicates at the time of the 1910 census that she was the mother of 4 children, three of them still living.

Notes:

1906 Sampson County, NC Voter Records Little Coharie Twp O.B. McLEMORE age 25 Ancestor: ---------- (Courtesy Robert McLemore Butler)

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was listed as a farmer in Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina. His nearest relative was his mother, Elizabeth McLemore. He was shown as being of medium heighth and build, with Gray eyes and dark hair.

Name: Oscar Bernice Mclemore
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 20 May 1949
Burial Place: Rosebaro, N. C. R #1
Death Date: 20 May 1949
Death Place: Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina
Age: 68
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1881
Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation:
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Lofton Mclemore
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nancy E. Spell
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02032-4
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1926699
Reference Number: v 9B cn 9830
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994




(Research):
Could Oscar have first married Margaret Emaline SESSOMS? Robert McLemore Butler has, in his notes, the following death notice:

Sampson County, NC Died Roseboro, NC 19 Dec 1956 Margaret Emaline McLemore b. 9 Feb 1861 F John Elson Sessoms M Penny Fisher Spouse OSCAR BERNICE McLEMORE Bk 44 p 251.

However, I don't think that the Oscar McLemore that Margaret married was Oscar Bernice McLemore, the son of Lofton. I believe this was another Oscar McLemore.

Oscar Bernice doesn't seem to be a likely fit for at least three reasons three reasons:

1) Oscar Bernice (assuming his date of birth is accurate) would have only been about 14 in 1895, when W. Oscar and Margaret got married.

Marriage record per Robert McLemore Butler:

* 1895 - Sampson County, NC .. Married .. 9 Mar 1895 .. M.O. McLemore (19) to Margaret E. Sessoms (21) .. Wit. J.W. Underwood, J.O. Johnson, S.B. Sessoms .. married at brides home.

2) Oscar Bernice was still listed with his parents in 1900, only five years after the date of the marriage, so it was either another Oscar that married Margaret, or Oscar Bernice had already been married and divorced. However, W.O. and Margarett McLemore executed a deed, referenced below, in 1905, so appear to have remained married.

Sampson County Deed Book Book 139, Page 133 Abstract of Deed W.O. McLEMORE to A. F. FISHER

Made this first day of September 1905 by W.O. McLEMORE wife Margrett McLEMORE of Sampson County and state of North Carolina of the first part to A.F. FISHER of Sampson County and state of North Carolina of the second part...in consideration of the sum of Three Dollars to them paid by A.F. FISHER....convey to said A.F. FISHER....a certain tract or parcel of land in Little Coharie Township....adjoining the lands of J.L. BULLARD A.F. FISHER house tract, and others....containing one acres of land more or less..

...whereof the said W.O. McLEMORE hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written W.O. McLEMORE MARGRETT McLEMORE Attest W.J. FAIRCLOTH, J.P.

...North Carolina Sampson County the foregoing certificate of W.J. Faircloth J.P of Sampson County is adjudged to be correct and sufficient Let the instruments with the certificate be registered Witness my hand this 31st day of Oct 1905 W.F. SESSOMS Clerk Superior Court Recorded Oct 31st, 1915 R.A. INGRAM Regr. of Deeds

3) The Oscar that was married to Margarett was usually listed as W.O. or W. Oscar McLemore. Oscar Bernice is usually listed as O.B. or Bernice McLemore.

I could not find a W.O. or Oscar or Margaret or Maggie INDEXED in 1900 or 1910. It is possible that I simply overlooked them.

It appears that W.O. died sometime before 1920, because on the 1920 and 1930 census, I do find Maggie as a widow. In 1920 she was in Little Coharie, and Cordia, Elisha*, Emma May and Ginnie were listed as children. In 1930, she is also in Little Coharie, with only Elisha* and Cordia (the two oldest children) still listed at home PLUS with a 12 year old niece, Mary McLemore.

Sampson County, NC .. Died .. 8 Jan 1986 .. *Elisha Anderson McLemore [b. 11 May 1900] ..F: Oscar McLemore M: Maggie Sessoms .. Bk 74 p 243. .. buried at Williams Cemetery, Sampson County, NC]

Oscar married Eva Lee Whiley on 1 Apr 1932 in Salemburg, Sampson County, North Carolina. Eva was born on 7 Dec 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was married to Lilly, and a farmer in Roseboro, Sampson County, NC. He was described as medium heighth and build, with brown eyes and black hair.

Obituary

Clinton-A. H. McLemore, 56, prominent farmer of Little Coharie Township, died at this home Friday.

Funeral services will be held at 1:15 p.m., Sunday at Elizabeth Baptist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. G.N. Ashley of Salemburg. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lilly Porter McLemore; three daughters, Mrs. R. P. Gilchrist, Mrs. R. R. Bullard, and Miss Doris McLemore; four sons, Linwood, Ernest, Hubert, and Seavy McLemore; two brothers, D. L. McLemore and O. D. (sic O. B.) McLemore; and a half brother, Amos McLemore.

The News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
18 January 1941, Saturday
Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore

(Research):
Census Informaton:

1920 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Little Coharie Twp
ED 89
McLemore, A.H. Head M W 35 M NC NC NC Farming
McLemore, Lillie Wife F W 30 M NC NC NC
McLemore, Seavy Son M W 8 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Bonnie Dtr F W 6 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Hazel Dtr F W 3 S NC NC NC

1930 Census
North Carolina, Sampson County, Little Coharie Twp
ED 13
McLemore, Alvin 46 M North Carolina Farmer McLemore, Lillie 39 F NC
McLemore, Seary? H 19 M NC
McLemore, Bonnie E 18 F NC
McLemore, Lillie H 15 F NC
McLemore, Alvin E 9 M NC
McLemore, Hubert D 4 M NC
McLemore, Alton I 3 M NC
McLemore, Darris A F 1 NC

They were listed immediately before Oscar McLemore.

Alvin married Lillie Porter between 1909 and 1911 in Little Coharie Township, Sampson County, North Carolina. Lillie (daughter of James Haywood Porter and Apsillia "Cellia" Honeycutt) was born on 2 Jun 1890 in Sampson County, North Carolina; died on 9 Feb 1984 in Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried on 11 Feb 1984 in Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bonnetsville, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the 1900 census, he was listed as Lofton D. McLemore. In 1910, he was living with his half-brother Edward C./Claud E. McLemore in Cumberland County. His mother was living with them as well.

When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was working as a farmer in Roseboro, North Carolina. His nearest relative was his wife. He was shown as medium heighth and build, and he had blue eyes and brown hair.

Name: Dennis Lofton Mclemore
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 04 Feb 1943
Burial Place: Sampson Co.
Death Date: 02 Feb 1943
Death Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
Age: 53
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Sampson County, N.C.
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Idella Mae Mcmillian
Father's Name: Lofton Hayes Mclemore
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Spell
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01728-5
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943225
Reference Number: fn 2404 cn 168
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

Dennis married Idella Mae "Idella" McMillian on 19 Nov 1914 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Idella was born on 19 Jun 1892 in North Carolina; died on 28 Sep 1970 in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina; was buried in Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bonnetsville, Sampson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Dallas O. Mclemore
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 13 Nov 1943
Burial Place: Near Wade, N.C.
Death Date: 11 Nov 1943
Death Place: Black River, Cumberland Co., North Carolina
Age: 70
Birth Date: 08 Jul 1873
Birthplace: Cumberland Co., N.C.
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ludie Clyde Mclemore
Father's Name: Haywood Mclemore
Father's Birthplace: N.C.
Mother's Name: Mary Branch
Mother's Birthplace: N.C.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01789-3
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943234
Reference Number: fn 2458 cn 370
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

(Research):
Census Information:

1910 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Black River Twp
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 6, ED 43, Sheet 7A
5-3
McLemore, Dallas O Hd M W 34 M/3 4 NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Minnie J Wife F W 19 M/1 4 NC NC NC
McLemore, Roy B Son M W 9 S NC NC NC

1920 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Black River Twp
Enumerated 14 Feb 1920 by W. M. Pope
SD 239 ED 48 Sheet 20A
292-307
McLemore, Roy Hd M W 20 M NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Meta Wife F W 18 M NC NC NC
McLemore, Louise Dtr F W 1 7/12 S NC NC NC
293-308
McLemore, D O Hd M W 46 M NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Minnie J Wife F W 31 M NC NC NC
McLemore, Ida B Dtr F W 8 S NC NC NC
McLemore, Haywood Son M W 1 1/12 S NC NC NC

1930 Federal Census
North Carolina, Cumberland County, Black River Twp
Enumerated 22 Apr 1930 Mrs. John M. Graham
ED 26-4 SD 11 Sheet 13B
222-228
McLemore, Dallas O Hd M W 54 M 22 NC NC NC Farmer
McLemore, Luda Wife F W 18 M 18 NC NC NC
McLemore, Ida Bell Dtr F W 17 S NC NC NC

Old Bluff Presbyterian Church (Cemetery Records?)
Section VIII

1. Dallas O. McLemore 8 Jul 1873-11 Nov 1943

2. McLemore, Roy B. 22 Aug 1899-16 Jun 1957

11. Warren G., son of R. B. & Meta McLemore 27 Mar 1921-8 Dec 1927

12. Amos Haywood, son of D.O. & M. J. McLemore 24 Jan 1919 -30 Apr 1920

13. Minnie J. Norris, wife of D.O. McLemore 10 Jan 1886-9 Jun 1928

16. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. D.O. McLemore

17. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. D.O. McLemore

Dallas married Emily D. "Emma" Carter on 21 Dec 1897 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Emily was born about 1876 in North Carolina; died on 4 Aug 1902 in North Carolina; was buried in Old Bluff Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Godwin, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dallas married Minnie J. Norris on 10 Feb 1906 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Minnie was born on 10 Jan 1886 in North Carolina; died on 9 Jun 1928 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Old Bluff Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Godwin, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dallas married Ludie Clyde about 1930. Ludie was born about 1912 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried at the Lee, Lemon Handy Family Cemetery in Sampson County, NC

http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/samp/cem917.htm

"He was a kind and loving son and affectionate brother."

Notes:

Name: Edgar Lonnie Mclemore
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 23 Jan 1943
Burial Place: Dunn, N. C.
Death Date: 19 Jan 1943
Death Place: Erwin, Duke, Harnett, North Carolina
Age: 53
Birth Date: 21 Jul 1889
Birthplace: Sampson County, N. C.
Occupation: Textile Worker
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mamie Royal Mclemore
Father's Name: Haywood Mclemore
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Simmons
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01770-4
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943223
Reference Number: fn 2393 cn 366
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
North Carolina, Hartnett County, Duke Twp ED #78
McLemore, Edgar L H 30 NC NC NC Weaver Cotton Mill
McLemore, Mamie Wf 28 NC NC NC
McLemore, Elmond W Son 2 NC NC NC

Edgar married Mamie Levonie Royal on 28 Dec 1916 in Harnett County, North Carolina. Mamie was born on 24 Aug 1890 in North Carolina; died on 28 Jul 1967 in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Middle name as listed on this website. Not verified.

http://ploughboys.org/tag/2nd-battalion-north-carolina-local-defense/page/2/

Ozzie married E. Ethel Godwin on 30 Nov 1913 in Flea Hill, Cumberland County, North Carolina. E. was born on 21 May 1893; died on 26 May 1928 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in Simon Godwin Cemetery, Black River Twp, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Beulah Catherine Blanchard
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 16 Jan 1945
Burial Place: Rt 1, Wade, N.C.
Death Date: 14 Jan 1945
Death Place: North Clinton Twp, Sampson, North Carolina
Age: 48
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1896
Birthplace: Cumberland Co., N.C.
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. R. Blanchard
Father's Name: Haywood Mclemore
Father's Birthplace: N.C.
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Simmons
Mother's Birthplace: N.C.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01628-3
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943255
Reference Number: v 3B cn 3514
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

Beulah married John Richard Blanchard on 24 Jun 1914 in Black River, Cumberland County, North Carolina. John was born on 14 Oct 1876 in North Carolina; died on 26 Feb 1957 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina; was buried in McMillan Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Wade, Cumberland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date of birth alternatively shown as 14 Nov 1900.

Lula married Albert D. House on 25 Jan 1914 in Black River, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Albert was born on 30 Aug 1890 in North Carolina; died on 27 Dec 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lula married Elmer Murphy after 1920. Elmer was born about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mamie Mclemore Whitman
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 29 Apr 1972
Burial Place: Dunn
Death Date: 27 Apr 1972
Death Place: Erwin, Harnett, North Carolina
Age: 70
Birth Date: 02 Dec 1901
Birthplace: Nc
Occupation: Textile Ret.
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J.E. Whitman
Father's Name: Haywood Mclemore
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Simmons
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01353-0
System Origin: North Carolina-EASy
Source Film Number: 1983658
Reference Number: v 14A cn 14322
Collection: North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Federal Census, an Atlas & Edna McLemore (ages 26 and 23) were boarding in the home of Walter HOBBS in the Duke Township of Harnett County, North Carolina. Atlas was listed as a weaver and Edna a spinner at a Cotton Mill.

His death certificate showed hims as Attas (sic) Marvin McLemore, born on 11 Aug 1903 to Haywood McLemore and Mary Ann Simmons. He was married, the informant on the certificate being his wife, Mrs. Edna Ivey McLemore. Occupation was listed as Merchant, Retail Grocery.

Family/Spouse: Edna Ivey. Edna was born on 20 Jun 1905 in Harnett County, North Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1984 in Erwin, Duke Township, Harnett County, North Carolina; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died in childbirth, as had her mother. Middle name also shown by some as Valuna or Luna?

Sarah married Tobe L. Robbins on 10 Sep 1896 in Sabine County, Texas. Tobe was born on 25 May 1870 in Verdi, Winn Parish, Louisiana; died before 1930 in Louisiana; was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Provencal, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vessie McLemore grew up on his parent's farm in the first precinct of Sabine County. The adjoining farm was owned by his Uncle, Henry Strickland White, Jr. The 1900 census indicates that Vessie, who was 15, could read and write, and that he has attended three months of school that year, as had his brothers Rufus and Earnest. His daughter Evon has a class picture of Vessie from around this period. Evon said that Vessie didn't have much of a formal education, and probably stopped attending school altogether around this time. Vessie's wife, Nina, told her granddaughter Melinda that he even taught school for a time, however Evon doubts that this was so. The 1940 Federal Census indicates he had graduated from the Seventh Grade. His wife, Nina, had made it through only Six years of schooling.

When Vessie was 22, he married Nina Fuller,who was 16. On the 1910 Sabine County census they were shown living on a home farm in precinct six, near both Joe Fuller (Nina's father) and John and Jane Fullen (her mother's parents). Nina was shown as being the mother of two children, neither of them living. Nina's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and her next three babies died shortly after they were born. Her first child lived only 10 weeks. Evon said that Nina and Vessie's baby slept in their bed with them, as was the custom of the time. One morning when they woke up, the baby was dead. Tera Fuller, Nina's sister, reported that Nina always worried that she had somehow accidentally caused the babies death, maybe by rolling over it. Evon conjectured that the baby probably died of SIDS, which her mother had never heard of. The second baby lived only a day. In 1911, they had a third baby which also lived only one day. The three babies are buried side by side.

In 1913, Nina and Vessie's son Percy was born. Over the next six years, the McLemore's had three more children, daughter Evon and sons' Earl and Ray. Vessie owned a store in Steep Creek, a sawmill village eight miles south of San Augustine. He also raised cattle. He regularly published a small advertisement in the 1918 Sabine County newspaper, offering a reward for any stray cattle returned to him. His brand was VM on the hip. He later adopted the "Running M" as his brand. Evon remembers her father buying a Brahma Bull, in an effort to improve his herd. Most of the ranchers in Sabine County didn't fence in their cattle, they allowed them to freely roam about to forage for food. Evon remembers people being afraid of the "Brimmer." He wasn't a particularly mean bull, he was just so different from the east texas scrub cattle that everyone raised. Tom McLemore, Evon Tisdale and Melinda Strong had a conversation in November, 2002 with Vance Hargrove that came around to the subject of Vessie's missing cattle. Vance was a neighbor of the McLemore's when they lived in Bronson, and a good friend of Percy's. He said that Vessie asked he and Percy one day to go looking for several cattle that were missing. They found evidence that some of the laborers in the nearby saw mills had been poaching from Vessie's herd. They told Vessie they had found cattle bones in the yards of some of the workers, workers who looked to be half-starved. Vessie said they probably were half-starved, and told the boys not to report their findings to the sheriff.

A son of Enlow Birdwell relayed a similar story to Tom McLemore in September, 2007, at the funeral of Lynn McLemore. He recalled that Enlow had killed one of Vessie's cows and was taking it home to feed his family. He was caught in the act by Vessie. He confessed to what he had done, and said that he was only doing so because his family had done without for a long time, and were starving. Vessie told him to take the beef home and use it as he intended, but added, "let this be the last one of my cows that you steal." It was. When times became more prosperous, Enlow began raising a small herd of cattle of his own. He went to Vessie to borrow some money to get a start. Vessie gave him one of his checkbooks, and told him to simply use it as he needed, he trusted Enlow and knew together they could keep an accurate accounting of what he borrowed. Enlow often told his family that Vessie was the one who helped him get a start in life, and that he especially valued the trust he showed in him.

Vessie's older children attended their primary grades in Sabine County, but had to commute to San Augustine for High School. Evon says that during the winter, she and her brothers boarded with the family of Dr. Davis, who lived nearby the school. In the late 1920s, the family moved to San Augustine. Evon remembers that her mother suffered another devasting miscarriage, which nearly killed her. A few years later, Nina's youngest children were born, son Tommy in 1931 and son Lynn in 1933. They lived in a house Vessie renovated just off Main Street, and had a small home farm. Evon remembers her father first built a garage, and they slept and cooked in this until he had finished with the house. Their home was still standing in 1997. Even the roof is the same one Vessie laid. It is now the second house on the left, on present day Whitton street. It is a block away from the local elementary school. Tom remembers an indigent Civil War veteran, in his late eighties, who his father took into their home. Tom vividly recalls the stories he told about the war each night at dinner.

In the December 21, 1939 issue of the San Augustine Tribune, V.E. McLemore offered a $5.00 reward to anyone who found his dun muley cow branded "M" on the left loin. Around 1940, Vessie sold their house in the city, and bought some ranch land several miles outside of town.

Vessie's brothers and sisters used to say, admiringly, that "Vessie could stand on the corner and make money." He was an industrious man, with a strong enterpreneurial bent. His first job was working in the sawmills, with his brother, Rufus. But Vessie hated working for others, and saved up enough money to buy a general store in Steep Creek. This was around the time of World War I. It was a rough part of town, and he had both black and white laborers from the sawmills as customers.

The sheriff was a frequent visitor to the store. Evon remembers him always having a kind word and a piece of candy for her. He had a reputation for brutality however, and she recalls that he and a brother were eventually sent to jail after being convicted of murder. One day, the sheriff came to the store asking about a particular Negro laborer. Vessie said he hadn't seen him in days. The sheriff asked Vessie to call him the next time this man came in, telling Vessie he intended to kill him. Vessie went home and discussed the sheriff's threat with Nina, worrying about what he should do. In the middle of the night he got dressed, and tracked the man down in his home. He warned him of the sheriff's threat. The man pawned his pocket watch to Vessie, then and there, and used the money to flee town. He succesfully escaped the sheriff and was never heard of again. Vessie later gave the pocket watch to his son Earl. After Earl's death, his children gave this watch to their Uncle Tom, and Tom eventually passed this keepsake down to his eldest daughter, Melinda. It was a brass plated Studebaker watch from the South Bend Watch Company, and widely sold by mail order in the 1920's. These watches were sold on credit, and could be purchased with a down payment of $1. With the onset of the Depression, the company found itself with many delinquent accounts and was forced to close. (http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/southbend.html)

After the mill near Steep Creek closed, Vessie was also forced to close his store. His family feared that they'd soon be in the poorhouse. But Vessie continued to prosper. He worked as a rancher primarily, leasing and operating land in Pearsall, Garwood and in various sites throughout South and East Texas. He operated up to 20,000 acres at any given time. He also owned and operated a cotton gin and a meat processing plant. He involved his children in all these ventures. He was well known in the community for his willingness to extend credit or make loans to poor families, black or white. Tom McLemore recalls from looking at a lot of the notes he had drawn up that he charged from 6% to 10% compound interest. He was good fried to Will Wade, proprietor of the City Cafe, and W.J. (Wade) McClanahan, Deputy Sherriff of San Augustine.

Vessie felt a strong committment to provide for his family. Before he died, he built a home for each of his eldest four children, as well as giving them each 50 acres of land. He left his homestead and 400 acre ranch, jointly, to his two youngest sons.

When Vessie was in his forties, he was gored by a bull on the ranch. The wound was just under his left eye. He suffered from nearly incapacitating headaches for the rest of his life. In 1950, he had several massive strokes, and was unable to function normally after that. His wife nursed him at home until he died from a brain aneurysm in 1952.

Although Vessie didn't have much formal education, he was an extremely intelligent man. Tom and Evon remember that he read widely. Vessie's daughter, Evon, was the first of the family to graduate from college. She attended Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, where she received a degree in education. She remembers coming home one weekend from college, and her father asked her to check something he had prepared. He had calculated the compound interest that was due on a loan he had made. She told him she didn't know how to do this. "What am I sending you to college for" he grumbled, "if they can't even teach you to calculate compound interest."

His obituary was published in the local papers, as well as in the January 23, 1952 issue of the Houston Post.

Written by Melinda McLemore Strong, granddaughter, circa 1995 and revised periodically

(Research):
Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr 6
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 32A
209-209
McLemore, Vessie Head M W 24 M1 2 Tx US US Farming Home Farm
McLemore, Nina Wf F W 18 M1 2 2/0 Tx Ga Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
Bronson Road
2-2
McLemore, Vessie E Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
McLemore, Nina O Wf F W 28 M Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Percy L Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Evaughan V Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Earl Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ira Son M W 1 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx

(Medical):artherio sclerosis, hypertension

Vessie married Nina Ophelia Fuller on 7 Nov 1907 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Nina (daughter of Joseph Thomas Fuller and Viola "Ola" Fullen) was born on 15 Sep 1891 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1980 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rufus worked in the lumber yards, and in 1910, he was living in the Wilson Boarding house.

He was killed accidentally by a cousin of when he was 26. They and some friends had been drinking, and it was said that they were chasing each other on horseback with guns. Grover Eddings, a brother-in-law of Vessie McLemore, lived nearby the scene of the tragedy, and remembers tending to Rufus's body while the crowd waited for his parents to arrive.

Rufus's mother, Ruth White McLemore, was so overcome with bereavement that she kept her head bowed down for well over a year after his death. A picture of the unveiling of his tomb exists. The marker indicated he was a member of the Woodsmen of the World. His tombstone is inscribed "Asleep In Jesus - A loving son awaiting in Heaven for Mama to come."

Notes:

From the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, HEMPHILL, TEXAS Thursday 17 October 1963 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Services held for Ernest McLemore

Funeral services were held for Earnest E. McLemore, 74 of Hemphill at 4 pm Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. E. E. Adams, pastor of Bulah Baptist Church near Pendleton in Louisiana. Assisting was the Rev. A.E. Armstrong, pastor of Gravehill church.

Mr. McLemore, a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County, died at 8:20 am Oct. 7 in the East Texas Convalescent Home, San Augustine, where he had been for seven weeks. He was a retired farmer.

Burial was in Gravel Hill cemetery under direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill. Pallbearers were nephews, Max Cammack, Gayle Wyatt, Rufus McLemore, Earl McLemore, Marton Conn and Elroy Boyd.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyd McLemore of Hemphill; two sons Hugh McLemore of Beaumont and Paul McLemore of Houston; one brother Ira McLemore of Hemphill, three sisters Miss Mollie (sic) McLemore and Mrs. Jack Cammack of Hemphilll and Mrs. Elvie Speights of Beaumont; and five grandchildren.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
704-727
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
McLemore, Mary F Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Rufus H Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 27, 1930
SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A
McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 50 Tx Same House Farmer
McLemore, Florence Wf F W 46 M Tx Sam House
McLemore, Hugh R Son M W 21 S Tx R Sabine Tx ?? Stewart Reforestation
McLemore, Paul B Son M W 8 S Tx Same House

Ernest married Mary Florence Boyd on 21 Dec 1913. Mary (daughter of William Henry Boyd, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" McGown) was born on 15 Sep 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1977 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following obituary was excerpted from the 24 September 1970 SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS

LOCAL WOMAN's FUNERAL HELD

Funeral services for Mrs. Mellie Mary McLemore of Hemphill were held Thursday in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill.

The Rev. Jim Turner, pastor of Hemphill First Baptist Church officiated. Burial will be in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine County.

Pallbearers included nephews Earl McLemore, Donald McLemore, Paul McLemore, Guy Hughes, Max Cammack and Jerry Van Valkenburg.

Mrs. McLemore died Wednesday at the ??? Manor Nursing Home of Hemphill.

Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. H.B. Cammack of Hemphill and Mrs. Elvie Speights.

(Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Notes:

The following obituary appeared in the 27 March 1980 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Ruth Speights

Funeral services for Ruth Elvie Speights, 86, of Pineland were at 2 pm March 20 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

Mrs. Speights died at 12:45 am March 19 in Hines Nursing Home in Pineland.

She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Dorine Robinson of Pineland; Mrs. Laverne Gellatly of Beaumont and Mrs. Johnnie Hughes of Shreveport, La; one sister Mrs. Emma Cammack of Hemphill, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Rutha married Mermond Leon Speights on 22 Dec 1913. Mermond (son of John William "Doc" Speights, M. D. and Sallie Wilson) was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jul 1939 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpted from an undated, unreferenced obituary:

Lifelong resident of Sabine County. Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, for eight years.

Services at First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Rev. Jim Turner, officiated. Buried at Gravel Hill. Graveside Masonic rites conducted by Littleton Fowler Lodge.

Ira married Alma Clara Bragg on 26 Nov 1922. Alma (daughter of Henry Malcom "Mack" Bragg and Lorena Lord) was born on 11 Mar 1906 in Time, Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 May 1985 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Herman Bailey "Jack" Cammack on 29 Mar 1930. Herman (son of Thomas Forrest Cammack and Sarah Elizabeth Karcher) was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1969 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Andy C. on several WorldConnect trees, in error I believe. His name was very faint and hard to read at the time of the 1910 census.

It appears this is him at the time of the 1920 Census. Named after his grandfather?

Jasper, JP 8, ED 80 Horn, Arren C. Head M W 38 M Tx Ga Tx Horn, Stella Wife F W 21 M Tx Tx Tx Horn, Eunice Dtr F W 1 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx Horn, Laura E Dtr F W 1/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Stella, listed as a widow, was living with her five children in Hardin County at the time of the 1930 census.

Arren married Stella May Hooks on 25 Feb 1917 in Jasper County, Texas. Stella was born on 6 Oct 1898 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 14 Jun 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Death Certificate Harris County, Texas.
Spouse: John W Smith (his 2nd wife)also buried at this cemetery.
Parents: Elmer A Horn and Mary Ann McLemore
In the 1910 Tyler Co Tx census she is shown to have 4 children by 1910 all 4 were living. By 1921 there are 9 known children.
Children: Wesley, Susan, Raymond, Evie, John, Mary, Elvie, Rolen and Herbert Smith. (children born 1906 to 1922)

Copied from her Find A Grave Memorial page, 149319563

Sarah married John Wesley Smith on 24 Aug 1904 in Jasper, Texas. John was born on 23 Oct 1872 in South Carolina; died on 31 Oct 1952 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Beech Creek Baptist Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Addie L. Wright on 12 Oct 1919 in Newton County, Texas. Addie was born on 8 Feb 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

First name unclear, might also be Orpha or Laura.

Henrietta married Horace Greely Abbott on 26 Mar 1914 in Newton County, Texas. Horace was born on 20 Dec 1884 in Tyler County, Texas; died on 19 Nov 1958 in Tyler County, Texas; was buried on 21 Nov 1958 in Beech Creek Cemetery, Spurger, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married a Mr. Story. It APPEARS to me that this would be James Storey, who at the time of the 1920 Federal Census was a 35 year old, born in Texas, who was married to a 27 year old Vonie, born in Texas. Living with them were 19 year old Robert Storey, who was shown as the brother of James, and Robert's wife, 26 year old Eula Storey from Tennessee. James and Robert indicated their parents were both born in Alabama.

Family/Spouse: James Storey. James was born about 1875 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Georgia married Ernest Lee on 6 Nov 1916 in Jasper County, Texas. Ernest (son of Ebenezer Buchanan "Bunk" Lee and Martha Elizabeth Kelley) was born on 23 Oct 1894 in Texas; died on 26 Mar 1962; was buried in Magnolia Springs Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the only child still at home at the time of the 1920 census.

Notes:

I ASSUMED this is the ELTON that Bernis D Thacker (2523 Laurelcrest Memphis, TN 38133-5190 bdt0915551@msn.com) lists as the oldest child of Thomas and Sophia McLemore. The 1910 census did show that Sophia was the mother of 6 children, only five who were living. The children listed at the time of the 1910 census were John E., Myrtie, Fannie, Maggie and Ary A.

Also, this appears to be the same person as the 27 year old John E. McLemore, married to 22 year old Anne P, who was living in San Augustine, Texas (ED#176) and working as a barber at the time of the 1920 census. He died before the 1930 census. John W. Clark shows his date of death as much earlier, circa 1910.

Notes:

Name Myrtie Halbert
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Sep 1974
Event Place Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 19 May 1893
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Tom Mclemore
Mother's Name Sophia Anna Clark
Informant Olan Halbert (Son)
Certificate Number 77705
GS Film number 2243402
Digital Folder Number 005145708
Image Number 02456



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K38Q-Z5P : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Myrtie Halbert, 29 Sep 1974; citing certificate number 77705, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243402.

Family/Spouse: James Ferman Halbert. James (son of William Washington "W. W." Halbert, Jr. and Mary Agnes Chambers) was born on 11 Jul 1891 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Jan 1960 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fannie B. Gillespie

Mrs. Fannie B. Gillespie, 79, of Reeves, died in Natchitoches on Saturday, May 3, at 12:25 a.m., following an extended illness.

Survivors include two sons, Chester Gillespie of Natchitoches, and Richard Gillespie of Reeves; two daughters, Mrs. Herman Jenkins of Marthaville, and Mrs. Tommy Nettles of Ft. Worth, Tex.; three sisters, Miss Maggie McLemore, and Mrs. Dan Prado, both of Hemphill, Tex., and Mrs. Ara McDaniel of Longview, Tex.; 10 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Monday, May 5, at the Robeline First Baptist Church, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. W. W. Read, and the Rev. Richard Gillespie officiating. Burial was in the Robeline Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Description: Funeral Records: Fannie B Gillespie, Sabine Parish, La. G-421
Source: Warren Meadows Funeral Home Records, Book 1975 Pg 77
Submitted by: Pat Berel

Fannie B Gillespie

Given Name . . . . . . Fannie B

Birth Surname. . . . . McLemore

Married Surname. . . . Gillespie

Birth Date . . . . . . 1/4/1896

Death Date . . . . . . 5/3/1975

Approximate Age. . . . 79

Residence. . . . . . . Reeves, La

Place of Birth . . . . Hemphill, Tx

Place of Death . . . . Natchitoches, La

Spouse . . . . . . . . Widowed

Father . . . . . . . . McLemore, John

Father's Birthplace. . Unk

Mother . . . . . . . . Clark, Anna

Mother's Birthplace. . Unk

Cemetery . . . . . . . Robeline

Next of Kin. . . . . . Gillespie, Chester (son)

Doctor . . . . . . . . Nat. Parish Hosp

These are handwriten records, and were at times hard to
read. Question marks were used where a field was not readable.
Birth surnames were derived from the father's surname. If the
father's name was not listed, the married surname was used in
the Birth Surname field. Approximate Age is derived by
subtracting year of birth from year of death when these are
given. Mother's and Father's birthplace have been added to
records after 1960.

Many thanks to Warren Meadows Funeral Home for making these
records available.


http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm

Notes:

She was a teacher in the Hemphill Independent School District.

Never married. At the time of the 1930 census, she and her sister Merline were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Ara and Leland McDaniel. Later in life, she lived with her younger sister, Merlene.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 6A Stamped 28
62-65
McDaniel, Leland T Head M W 25 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Salesman Chevrolet Co
McDaniel, Ara A Wf F W 25 M 21 Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Terrence E Son M W 2 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McDaniel, Leland R Son M W 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Maggie Sister-in-law F W 31 S Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
McLemore, Merline Sister-in-law F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx

Notes:

Name Ara Anna Mcdaniel
Event Type Death
Event Date 10 Aug 1976
Event Place Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 18 Aug 1903
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Tom Mclemore
Mother's Name (first name unavailable) Clark
Informant B H McDaniel (son)
Certificate Number 63304
GS Film number 2243977
Digital Folder Number 005165870
Image Number 00722


Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FX-F97 : accessed 01 Apr 2014), Ara Anna Mcdaniel, 10 Aug 1976; citing certificate number 63304, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243977.

Family/Spouse: Leland Tim McDaniel. Leland (son of William Lafayatte McDaniel and Lula Mae Burr) was born on 4 Aug 1904 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Dec 1959 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Lakeview (Gregg) Memorial Gardens, Longview, Gregg County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that he was listed as Elvis L. McLemore on the 1920 census. J.B. Sanders has him as Alvin, and Kay Parker McCary instead shows Elvin.

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, she and her sister Maggie were living with their sister and brother-in-law, Ara and Leland McDaniel.

Family/Spouse: Joe Dan Prado. Joe (son of Thomas Jefferson Prado and Catherine "Kathleen" Montes) was born on 5 Nov 1916 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1993 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frank McLemore was a traveling salesman. When he made his rounds,one of the first customers he called on were Dale and Evon (McLemore) Tisdale, who had a General Store in Zavalla. He would use a mirror in the back of their store to shave before he called on the rest of his customers. He did this because he rose very early each morning, and didn't want to disturb his wife. He loved anything colored blue. He used unusual expressions, such as "Great Garden Seed" and "an elephant's plenty." He was called "Daddy Mac" by grandchildren. Affiliations: Masonic Lodge, Dewitt Clinton Chapter. Baptist Church. Hobbies: Gospel Music, gardening.

He and his wife served consecutive terms as Postmaster in Jasper County early in the century.

POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF JASPER COUNTY, TEXAS 1846 - 1930 http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpost/jasper.html

ERIN Craige, Jas. A., 20 Sep 1847 Discontinued 5 Nov 1866

(Re-established)

Faircloth, Jas. B., 31 Oct 1882
Morgan, Malachi, 22 Oct 1883
Aarant, Martin B., 29 Nov 1912
McLEMORE, THOS. F., 6 Nov 1913
McLEMORE, NANNIE O., 3 Oct 1916
Aarant, Martin B., 15 Feb 1918
Discontinued 28 Feb 1923; mail to Magnolia Springs

Thomas married Nancy "Nannie" Octavene Sims on 24 Apr 1907 in Sims Home, Jasper County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Rev. Alfred Cuthbert Sims and Francis Amanda Allen) was born on 29 Feb 1892 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 15 Mar 1965 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ivy married Kate Elizabeth Sims on 24 Apr 1907 in Jasper County, Texas. Kate (daughter of Rev. Alfred Cuthbert Sims and Francis Amanda Allen) was born in Dec 1893 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1978 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Francis Arthur Dougharty on 10 Aug 1910 in Texas. Francis (son of John Alexander Dougharty and Texanna Boyett) was born on 7 Dec 1885 in Texas; died on 11 Jan 1962 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a young girl, Ollie would say "I wish I could help you (do the dishes), but my legs just carry me out of the kitchen." (As told by Ruby Lee Morgan)

Ollie married Joseph Newman on 2 Feb 1913 in Jasper County, Texas. Joseph (son of Alfred Johnson Newman and Mary M. Turner) was born on 21 Sep 1892 in Texas; died on 25 Jun 1943 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ROY McLEMORE, BOY OF FEW WORDS Ivy McLemore often told his children this story favorite story about his younger brothers: When Roy and Lee were rather small children, Roy received a new coin purse of the type that snaps together on the top. He was playing with it while sitting beside the fireplace one night, when he inadvertently snapped it onto his lower lip. In a voice showing some consternation he said, "Come hyar, Lee!" Lee was engrossed with something else and ignored Roy for the moment. In a somewhat more insistant voice, Roy repeated "Come hyar, Lee!." When Lee still had not come, Roy's voice rose in a crescendo and, with the purse pinching his lip, causing excruciating pain, he fairly screamed, "I SAID COME HYAR, LEE!!" (Submitted by Ivy's son, Bobbie McLemore)

1920 Federal Census It appears that Roy was working as an Oil Field Laborer in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas at the time of this census. His listing appears as follows: McLemore, John R. Lodger M w 24 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Oil Field He is living in the Lodging home of Dale and Vivian PIERCE, both from Iowa. This census enumeration was completed in January, 1920. Living in the boarding home at the same time was Walter Winfield STRONG. In an amazing coincidence, meaning absolutely nothing, Walter's great grandson, Tom STRONG, would some sixty years later marry Roy McLemore's half first cousin, twice removed, Melinda McLEMORE.


Former President of Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas. The student union building is named in his honor. Tombstone is inscribed, 'TX, PFC, Company A, 358th Infantry, WW I, PH."

THE PARIS NEWS, 30 Apr 1961. 'On the eve of his retirement after 35 years association with Paris Junior College, Dr. J.R. McLemore, its president since 1929, died of a heart attack Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at his home, 2343 Culbertson St. Due to retire within a month as head of the college, he had been named honoree for the Ex-Students Association annual spring banquet on May 20, the same group having presented an appreciation plaque to him at the 1960 fall homecoming game. Joining the faculty of the two year old college in 1926 as basketball coach and instructor, he became its head three years later, and guided its growth, from obscure quarters in Paris High School basement and a shoestring budget, to a million and a half dollar plant, and a high scholastic standing. Monday evening, 'Doctor Mac's' body will lie from 7 to 9 p.m. in DeShong Chapel on the college campus, and Tuesday at 2 p.m. service will be held at Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home. Dr. Ronald Prince of First Baptist Church, where Dr. McLemore was a deacon, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. John Shuler of First Methodist Church. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are Mrs. McLemore, the former Miss Willie Mae Robinson; these children: Capt. John Robinson (Pondus) McLemore, US Air Force, Panama City, Fla.; Mrs. Newton O. Felps, Baytown, and Mrs. Wallace Finfrock, Dallas; four grandchildren; these sisters and brothers; Mrs. Robert Morgan, Kirbyville; Mrs. Ollie Newman and Mrs. Clyde Wilkinson, Houston; Frank McLemore, Beaumont, and Ivan McLemore and Lee McLemore, both of Jasper. Son of Samuel M. and Rose Ella (Bean) McLemore, John Roy McLemore was born at Erin, Jasper County, 8 Jan 1896. He attended Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, and later, East Texas State at Commerce, receiving his master's degree from the University of Texas, and the honorary LLD from Howard Payne College. He studied for a time at the University of Dijon in France, after World War I service with the 90th Division, and wore the Purple Heart for injuries during that period. He married Miss Robinson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Robinson at Biardstown, 27 Dec 1920, and they taught the nearby Burnett school together for two years. In the spring of 1926, Dr. McLemore taught French before joining the PJC faculty here for the fall term. He became the first president of the Texas Public Junior College Association; headed also the Junior College Athletic Association, the Texas Association of Universities and Colleges, and was treasurer of the Committee on Cooperation between Colleges and Public Schools and was listed in 'Who's Who in America.


Source:
http://theusgenweb.org/tx/lamar/cemetery/
(Courtesy of Debra Usry)

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Lamar County, Paris, Fourth Ward Culberston Street
#556-138-142
McLemore Roy Head O $3000 M W 34 M 24 Tx Tx Tx Teacher Junior College
McLemore, Willie M Wife F W 30 M 21 Texas La Mississippi Teacher Public School
McLemore, Mysie L Dtr F w 7 S Tx Tx Tx

John married Willie Mae Blanche "Babe" Robinson on 27 Dec 1920 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas. Willie (daughter of Robert M. Robinson and Ada Womack) was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married Robert Theodore Morgan on 14 Apr 1915 in Jasper County, Texas. Robert (son of Robert Manley Morgan and Augusta Smith) was born in Nov 1893 in Jasper County, Texas; died about 1960; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lee and his wife lived on the old McLemore farm at Erin, Texas.

When Lee was on his death bed in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Beaumont, his son Robert Lee went to see him. When Lee asked who he was, Robert Lee replied, "I'm your son, Robert Lee." Lee shook his head, "No your not. You're one of those Morgan boys." Whereupon Robert Lee asked, "Which one do you think I am?" to which Lee replied, "You're Julian." (Submitted by Minnie McLemore Morgan).

Lee married Mary Othalia "Mackie" Powell on 3 Feb 1924. Mary (daughter of Robert Wesley Powell and Minnie "Maybell" Adams) was born on 25 May 1905 in Texas; died on 3 Mar 1994 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Clyde A Wilkinson on 1 May 1920. Clyde was born on 7 Feb 1901 in Texas; died on 9 Sep 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Forest Park (Forest Park Lawndale) Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Nan McCoy Kittell, Lucy had a daughter before she married Hank Votes. Her brothers paid to send her to Houston, where the baby was born. She placed the baby for adoption. Later in life, she searched for her child, but was never able to locate the child. This was confirmed by Hank Votes in 1982. She and Hank were unable to have children together, and he believed that Lucy "died of a broken heart."

Louvenia married Henry Joseph Votes on 18 Feb 1924. Henry was born on 21 Oct 1905 in Texas; died on 25 Aug 1994 in Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was shown in his granddaughter's baby book as the son of Earnest McLemore and Carrie Smith. His listing on the California Death Index confirms that his mother's maiden name was SMITH. According to his World War I draft registration card, Cecil was born July 31, 1886 in Kirbyville, Texas. When he registered for the draft, on June 5, 1917, we was single and living in Davis, Oklahoma, working at Farming for Jim Fountine. Cecil was described as Medium heighth and build, with Grey eyes and Brown Hair. He was not a veteran.

Cecil is buried in the Patterson National Cemetery, in Stanislaus County, California. His tombstone is inscribed: Cecil Ernest McLemore, Arkansas, Pvt Co E, 113 Infantry, World War I, July 31, 1886, March 18, 1961. Teri Stuart instead shows his date of death as March 14.

He was said to have had a twin sister. Census records have not been located to verify this.

(Research):
Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Jasper county, JP #3, Kirbyville
Enumerate 27 April 1910
SD 2 ED 62 Sheet 18B

Cecil McLemore, M, White, age 24, was shown as a boarder in the home of Evelyn McNeil, a 47 year old widow with six children. He was shown, in error, as being born in Oklahoma, with both parents born in Arkansas. Also boarding in the McNeil home was 17 year old Luther Cox, born in Arkansas with both parents born in Arkansas. Both were listed as Laborers in a Timber Camp.

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP One
30 and 31 of January 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 25A

A 32 year old Cecil E. McLemore, divorced, was listed as a boarder in the home of Adam and Nancy Bennett. He was shown as born in Texas, with his father born in Arkansas and his mother born in Texas, with his occupation being a Lumber Mill Laborer.

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Cotton County, Texas Twp
Enumerated 8 April 1930
ED 17-14 SD 8 Sheet 3A Stamped 277
49-51
McLemore, Cecil E Hd M W 43 M@34 Tx Tx Tx Farmer General Laborer
McLemore, Agnes Wf F W 24 M@15 Tx Mich Ark
McLemore, Cloyd (sic) Son M W 9 S Ok Tx Tx
McLemore, Fred Son M W 7 S Ok Tx Tx
McLemore, Audrey Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Ruth Dtr F W 4 2/12 S Ok Tx Tx

1940 Census
Arkansas, Sevier County, Mineral Twp
Enumerated Apr 1940
SD 4 ED 67-13 Sheet 7B
136-0-Yes
McLemore, C E Head M W 52 M No 5 Tx R Cotton Okla Farmer
McLemore, Agnes Wf F W 34 M No 7 Tx R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Audrey Dtr F W 16 S No 8 Tx R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Claude Son M W 19 S No 6 Okla R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Fred Son M W 17 S No 7 Okla R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Emma Dtr F W 14 S No 8 Okla R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Bruce Son M W 9 S No 2 Okla R Cotton Okla
McLemore, Daran Dtr F W 9 S No 2 Okla
McLemore, Lois Dtr F W 5 S No 0 Okla
McLemore, Anna Dtr F W 3 S No O Ark

Cecil married Ray "Rayde" Stone after 1910. Ray was born on 27 Mar 1897 in Texas; died in Jan 1980 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecil married Agnes Evelyn Packer about 1921. Agnes was born on 24 Apr 1905 in Texas; died on 20 Aug 1956 in Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 Sabine County Census, he was living between near the home of his step-father and mother (Jesse and Julia Morgan) and his half-brother, Everett Morgan. He was age 37, single, and a farmer.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRV-PGJ
Name: John Thomas Carruth
Death Date: 05 Oct 1968
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 75 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Oct 1893
Birthplace: Jasper, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Moses Carruth
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Julia Mclemore
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Place of Residence: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Bethel Chapel
Burial Place: Pineland, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Oct 1968
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137188
Digital Film Number: 4188418
Image Number: 2691
Reference Number: cn 73723
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, he was married to a Martha A and living next to his step brother John T. Carruth and near his parents, Jesse and Julia Morgan. Everett and Martha had two daughters, Wyveta and Claudia (ages 12 and 7).

Sarah married William Thomas Wood, Sr. about 1922. William (son of Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood and Larrissa Cordelia "Delia" Wright) was born on 31 Aug 1902 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 1957 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Sabine County Census, his occupation was listed as Driver, Garbage Wagon. In 1930, he was living with his parents still, and listed as a laborer in a saw mill.

Name: Alvin Arthur Morgan
Death Date: 10 Mar 1976
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 74 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1901
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jesse Morgan
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Julie Mclemore
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243934
Digital Film Number: 4168203
Image Number: 2891
Reference Number: 2926
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Nellie Chirsteen Turner. Nellie was born before 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Winnie Ora Davidson on 26 Sep 1925. Winnie (daughter of Richard Franklin Davidson and Rutha Benina "Nina" White) was born on 21 Dec 1904; died on 15 May 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1930, he was living with his parents still, and listed as a laborer in a saw mill.

Notes:

Shown on her Texas Death Certficate as Hettie KELLEY, married and a housewife. Informant was Edward C. KELLEY Jr, relationship not listed.

Family/Spouse: Edward C. Kelley, Sr.. Edward was born on 8 Jul 1894; died on 20 Jan 1975; was buried in Memory Park Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as Fate on the 1920 census, and Fayte in 1930. Cemetery records show him as Lafayette. Could Fannie, apparently buried adjacent to him, be his wife?

McLEMORE, Fannie Matilda (FHM) Sep 7, 1899 - Jun 14, 1974 McLEMORE, Lafayette (FHM) Oct 25, 1905 - ? 27, 1969

Per the SSDI:

LAFAYETTE MCLEMORE 05 Oct 1905 Jan 1969 78753 (Austin, Travis, TX) (none specified) 449-32-0852 Texas

Notes:

According to Nan McCoy Kittell, he was named Hemphill Arnold McLemore, though Texas Records show him as Hemp Arnold McLemore, and his son George writes he was known primarily as H. A. or Arnold.

Hemp married Esther Lois Pearson before 1943. Esther (daughter of John Moses Pearson and Nancy "Nannie" Ella Carlisle) was born on 14 Feb 1914 in Orange County, Texas; died in Apr 1979 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Presumably died prior to the 1930 census, as he is no longer listed in the home.