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Notes:

Per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1992 and Book Three "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" also by Robert Cecil McDaniel Texian Press (Waco), 1998:

Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Sixth Marine Division December 14, 1941 through October 13, 1945 Served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bouganville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Okinawa Offensive Seriously wounded at Okinawa and medically evacuated to the United States Purple Heart.

Obituary

Rufus Maxie McLemore, 87, died Wednesday in the VA Hospital, Houston, TX. Rufus was born in Hemphill to Ira and Alma Bragg McLemore and was a lifetime resident of Hemphill. Rufus left school at an early age to join the CC's. When old enough he joined the Marine Corps and served in WW II. When he returned home he owned and operated McLemore's Garage until retirement.

Rufus is survived by his son Maxie and wife Maryanne McLemore of Victoria, TX, his daughter Charlotte and husband Gene Peters of Cypress, TX, eight grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Clovis.

Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr Street, Hemphill Texas. The guest book can be signed or condolences expressed to the family at www.starrfuneralhome.com

(From www.toledochronicle.com)
Also published in the San Augustine Tribune, September 23, 2010, page 10

Rufus married Clovis Lavern Hogan on 25 May 1946. Clovis was born on 9 Apr 1927 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 11 September 1996 page 4 "Back In Time--1991 Five Years Ago"

Working for the MDA telethon were Robert Holcomb, Clovis McLemore, Helen Clemmer, Margie Evanoff, Erma Robert and Jo Stetzel. Patsy Clark was the Sabine County coordinator.

Obituary from www.toledochronicle.com
Also published in the March 17, 2010 issue of The Sabine County Reporter, p. 16 and the San Augustine Tribune, April 1, 2010, p. 11

Clovis Lavern McLemore
April 9, 1927 - March 12, 2010

Clovis Lavern McLemore, 82, died Friday evening in the Hemphill Care Center after an illness. Clovis was born in Hemphill to Henry and Naomi Hogan and had lived in Hemphill most of her life. Clovis attended the Rosevine Church of God and was a member of the Hemphill VFW Ladies Auxillary.

Mrs. McLemore is survived by her husband Rufus McLemore of Hemphill, her daughter Charlotte Peters and husband Gene of Cypress, TX, her son Maxie McLemore and wife Mary Anne of Victoria, TX, eight grand children, seventeen great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. She is also survived by her brother Wilson Hogan of Fort Worth, four sisters, Christine Bass of Diboll, Merline Elrod, Dorothy Chaney, and Patsy Vrooman all of Hemphill.

Visitation will be Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010, from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St. Hemphill. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Monday, Mar. 15, 2010, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Hemphill Cemetery.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 30, 1930
ED 202-8 SD 19 Sheet 11B
County Highway East of Hemphill
172-176
Hogan, Henry A. Hd M W 36 M 26 Tx Ns Ga Farm
Hogan, Neoma Wf F W 27 M 17 Tx Ga Ga
Hogan, Chrystine Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Merline Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Clovis Dtr F W 2 4/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Hery W Son M W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Hogan, Julia Mother F W 72 Wd 17 Tx Tx Tx

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]

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 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:

According to her obituary, Ruth White McLemore "slipped in her home in Hemphill, and fractured her left thigh on June 2nd. She was carried to . . . hospital in Jasper (and then) transferred here to the home of her son, Mr. V.E. McLemore of San Augustine, where she passed away on June 11, 1939. She was born December 27, 1859 at Hemphill. She joined the Baptist church when a young girl and was a faithful Christian worker all of her life. She married to J.F. McLemore on December 13, 1883 and was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Six children survive: namely V. E. McLemore, San Augustine; Earnest and Ira McLemore, Miss Mellie McLemore, and Mrs. Herman Commack of Gravel Hill, and Mrs. Mermon Speights of Hemphill. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to relatives, local people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Read, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jacks, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Clark, Mr and Mrs W.F. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burkhalter, Mrs. Rosalie Polly, W.L. Polly, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Horn, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mitchell, Mrs. E.M. Boyett, Theo Boyett and others."

Melinda McLemore Strong has a maroon and white quilt made by Ruth circa 1880. At Ruth's death, the quilt was passed on to her daughter Millie. Millie added a calico border to the quilt edges which had apparently frayed. At Millie's death, the quilt was passed to her older brother, Vessie McLemore. After Vessie and Nina died, Evon McLemore Tisdale used the quilt. She later gave it to her niece, Melinda McLemore Strong.

(Research):Triphene is a "pseudo-classical" name, often whimsically given to the third child in a family.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 14B
192-192
Bragg, Henry Head W M May 1859 41 m 18 Fl Va Unk Farmer
Bragg, Lorana Wf W F May 1867 33 m 18 8/8 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Mary E Dtr W F Mar 1885 15 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Charles H Son W M Aug 1886 13 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Ola Dtr W F Feb 1888 12 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Sudie Dtr W F Oct 1889 10 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, William Son W M Nov 1891 8 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Sarah Dtr W F May 1894 6 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Cary Son W M Spet 1896 3 S Tx Fl Tx
Bragg, Zilla Dtr W F Aug 1899 9/12 S Tx Fl Tx

Henry married Lorena Lord on 10 Aug 1882. Lorena (daughter of Greenberry William Lord and Martha Chambers) was born on 17 May 1867 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Sep 1956 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone is inscribed "Her trial is ended her rest I won." Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows that she was born on 23 May 1871 in Texas.

She is said to have married second Harvey WEBB, with no issue.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFVY-VTL
Name: Lorena Webb
Death Date: 01 Sep 1956
Death Place: Newton, Newton, Texas
Gender: Female
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Death Age: 92 years 6 months 14 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1864
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Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Greenbury Lord
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha Chambers
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Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114936
Digital Film Number: 4163670
Image Number: 579
Reference Number: fn 55186
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine, JP 4
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 3B
53-53
Williams, John T Head M W 43 M1 7 Tx Tx US Farmer
Williams, Mary F Wf F W 23 m1 7 Tx Fl Tx
Williams, Cam A Son M W 6 S Tx Ga Tx
Williams, Fred T Son M W 4 S Tx Ga Tx
Williams, Henry B Son M W 3 S Tx Ga Tx
Williams, Vera L Dtr F W 1 S Tx Ga Tx
Williams, Emma Sister F W 34 S Ala SC Ga
53-54
Bragg, Lorena Mother in-law F W 43 Wd 10/9 Tx Ga Ga Farmer
Bragg, Ola Sister-in-law F W 22 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Cary Brother-in-law m W 13 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Martha A Sister-in-law F W 10 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Ramon Brother-in-law M W 7 S Tx Fl Tx Farm Laborer
Bragg, Clara A Sister-in-law F W 4 S Tx Fl Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 8 Apr 1930
ED 202-4 SD 19 Sheet 1B
14-17
Burkhalter, Henry M Hd M W 24 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Hattie P Wf F W 19 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
15-18
Bragg, Cary H Hd M W 32 M 21 Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Vursey L Wf F W 27 M 16 Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Eldon R Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Bragg, Hazel L Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
16-19
Bragg, Lorena Hd F W 64 Wd 16 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Ray E Son M W 26 S Tx Fl Tx