Charles Edward McLemore

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Notes:

While living in warehose hollow near Wheeler Dam, Earl contracted malaria fever which forced him back to Limestone to recover. He resided with friends and relatives helping with their crops. In 1933 Earl entered the Civilian Conservation Corps. His grandparents, Samuel and Rebecca Kendall SMITH, needed financial help. The CCC would give Earl food and lodging and $8 a month and send grandparents $22 a month. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

Earl married Vona Ailene Kennedy on 13 Apr 1935 in Elgin, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Vona was born after 1915; died about 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Willis Pinkney KENNEDY and Ella Ophelia LOVELL. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). Willis was a son of Simpson KENNEDY and Georgiana Pearl LEATHERWOOD, for whom a more complete biography can be found in the same book, pages 291 and 292.

Notes:

Married:
Earl and Vona had two children Charles Edward McLemore who married Dorothy MATTHIAS and had three girls, Vona, Thresa and DANIELLE.

Their [Earl and Vona's] other child was Frances Audene McLemore who married James M. CAMPBELL and had one son James Christopher CAMPBELL who married Denise CONWAY and had three girls, Ashley Chrystal, Terri Denise and Mary Caroline CAMPBELL. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346).

Notes:

He worked paving roads and building bridges when he wasn't farming. The McLemore's remained in Cartwright until 1932. Due to declining cotton prices and other extreme conditions of the Great Depression, Earl's family was forced to move to Elgin, Alabama. The crop of 1931 was a devasting blow to the family. He had planted 20 acres of cotton and produced 4 bales. The cost of production was higher than the income for the product.

In Elgin, Sammy and Earl Junior began clearing land for William Lee and Risky D. Butler, a prominent family of the period. The Butlers provided work for jobless men to help their families. They employed men lived in tents.

(The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

(Research):Census Information:

1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Pr 8 Big Creek
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD ? ED 103 Sheet 10A
177-191
McLemore, Earl B Hd M W 32 M1 7 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Elizabeth Wf F 24 M1 & 3/3 Ala Tn Tn
McLemore, Marvin E. Son M 6 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Mirel Dtr F 4 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Otho Son M 2 Ala Ala Ala

1920 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Athens
Enumerated 27 Jan 1920
SD 8 ED 98 Sheet 25A
294-322
McLemore, E V Hd M W 41 M Ala Ala Ala Laborer Street Work
McLemore, Bertha Wf F W 27 M Tn Tn Tn (Second Wife)
McLemore, Marvin Son M W 17 S Ala Ala Tn Laborer Street Work
McLemore, Merle Dtr F W 14 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Otha Son M W 11 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Earl Son M W 5 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Sammuell Son M W 3 Ala Ala Tn

1930 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Big Creek Precinct 8
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 42-17 SD 2 Sheet 13B
243-262
McLemore, Earl B Hd M W 50 M 24 ALa Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Lucy B Wf F W 38 M 2 Tn Tn Ala
McLemore, Earl B Jr Son M W 16 S Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Sammie Son M W 14 S Ala Ala Tn
Smith, Sam Father In Law M W 70 M Tn Tn Tn
Smith, Rebecca Mother In Law F W 78 M 35 Tn Tn Tn

Earl married Lucy Bertha Smith. Lucy was born about 1893 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After his first wife Lizzie, died, Early remarried "Lucy Bertha Smith the daughter of Samuel McMahan SMITH and Rebecca KENDALL. Lucy is the granddaughter of William Riley SMITH and Susannah Humble BEECHBOARD and Waitstel Avery Coffee KENDALL and Susannah JONES." (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). She is of "German descent." (Ibid, p. 347).

Notes:

Married:
Early and his second wife Lucy Bertha had two sons, Earl Junior McLemore and Sammy Zachriah McLemore. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). They also had a daughter, Mary, who died young. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

Notes:

"John married Angeline Halbert and lived in Limestone County. John was a small man which served him well during the Civil War. One day he was with his Uncle Maclin Bass McLemore in Rogersville. Maclin was a pilot on the Shoals. The Shoals, being a treacherous body of water and rapids, took a skilled person to navigate. That fateful day John and Maclin were captured by the army. Thinking John was too young (he was 15); he was told to go home and tell his aunt what had happened to her husband.

John in later years carried the Star Route mail in Limestone County. This mail was carried on horseback for which he received $4.00 a month. He lived in Limestone until his death on Valentine Day in 1924 when he literally dropped dead with a heart attack while walking to the store." (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

(Research):

Census Information:

1900 Census
Alabama, Limestone, Beat No. 7 Pleasant Grove
Enumerated 12 June 1900 by Samuel Williams
SD 7, ED 89 Sheet 45A Stamped 120
80-80
John H/W McLemore Hd W M Sept 1849 50 M 32 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
Angaline M McLemore Wf W F Sept 1850 49 M32 14/7 Ala Ala Ala
Earlie B McLemore Son W M Aug 1880 19 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Laborer
Odie L McLemore Son W M Dec 1879 20 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Laborer
William T. McLemore Son W M Nov 1883 16 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor
Wiley B. McLemore Son W M Apr 1885 15 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor
Vinus B. McLemore Son W M Mar 1887 13 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor
John C. McLemore Son W M Nov 1889 10 S Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor

1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Precinct 4 Big Creek
Enumerated 8 May 1910
SD 8 ED 103 Sheet 9B
168-181
McLemore, John W Hd M W 58 M1 42 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Angeline M Wf F W 58 M1 42 11/6 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, John C Son M W 19 Ala Ala Ala Farm Labor
-182
McLemore, Buford Hd M W 21 M1 1 Ala Ala Ala Miller ?? Mill
McLemore, Mary Wf F W 23 M1 1 Tn Unk Unk
McLemore, Tessie Dtr F W 2/12 S Ala Ala Tn
169-183
McLemore, Ottie L Hd M W 30 M9 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Sallie E Wf F W 22 Mi 3/3 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Lavada A Dtr F W 7 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Arvel H Son M W 5 S Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Bessie Dtr F W 3 S Ala Ala Ala

1920 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, 8th Big Creek
3 February 1920
SD 8 ED 107 Sheet 8B
135-161
McLemore, John W M W 71 Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Dema F W 23 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Otisca Dtr F W 6 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Christine Dtr F W 5 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Dartha Dtr F 10/12 Ala Ala Ala
----162
McLemore, John C Hd M W 29 M Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, William Wf F W 21 M Al Tn Al

John married Angeline "Nina" M. Halbert on 29 Nov 1867 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Angeline was born in Sep 1850 in Alabama; died on 28 Jul 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter Joseph HOLBERT and Melinda SHOEMAKER, and granddaughter of John HOLBERT and Susannah HIGGINS and Thomas SHOEMAKER. Jr. and Mary MOORE. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346).

Appears to have instead by HALBERT (As also shown in The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

Is she related to Talitah Halbert, born ca Jun 1832, married first a SHOEMAKER and second Levi Thompson Allen of Sabine County, Texas?

Notes:

Married:
John McLemore raised a large family, eleven by his first wife Angeline and three more by his second wife.....Their children are: William T., Douglas B. married Maggie DAWES, Zula Z., Robert W. , Ody Lee married Sally E. DAVENPORT, Early B. married Elizabeth MORRIS and Lucy Bertha SMITH, William Tollie married Mary McGLOCKIN and Rossie HARAWAY, Wiley Blue married Mary POTEETE, Riley Brown, Vinis Burford married Maggie FERGUSON and Mary FERGUSON, John Cluff married Lillian POPE [Eleven children born to John and Angeline]