William Walter McLemore

Notes:

Mary Lynn Santa instead shows him as a son of Wilson McLemore and Rebecca Hughes. No sources are cited.

Posts on Genforum show Wilson as residing in and around Chambers County, Alabama, and indicate his son James W. was born around 1824, not 1830.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/mclemore/messages/1171.html

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Township 5 Range 5 Beat 15
Enumerated 1 Jun 1880
Page 1 SD 1 ED 123 Stamped 249A
3-3
McLemore, Thomas W M 32 Farmer Ala Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Margret W F 30 Wf Keeping House Ala
McLemore, Sarah Jane W F 9 Dtr At Home Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, James T W M 7 Son Works on Farm Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Chorah W F S Dtr Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Lester W M 1 Son Ala Ala Ala
4-4
McLemore, James W M 26 Farmer Ala Ala Tenn
McLemore, Ida W F 3 Dtr Ala Ala Ga
McLemore, Malisia W F 2/12 April Dtr Ala Ala Ga
McLemore, Walter (Twins) W M 2/12 Apr Son Ala Ala Ala
Cox, Mary W F 66 Mother-in-law Keeping House SC
Griffith, Mariah W F 18 Boarder Works of Farm Ala Ala Ga
McLemore, Ellen W F 26 Wf Keeping house Ga SC SC

James married Louise Ellen Cox before 1877. Louise was born on 28 Sep 1853 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her maiden name is assumed to be COX, and the widowed Mary Cox, age 66 and born in South Carolina was living with Ellen and her husband, James R. McLemore, at the time of the 1880 Jackson County, Alabama census. Additionally, a post to the Ancestry.com Message Boards>Surnames>McLemore>McLemore Family history cited the Cranford family bible as identifying her as Louise Ellen Cox.

Notes:

Married:
A post by Steve Cranford on 20 May 2001 to the Ancestry.com Message Boards>Surnames>McLemore>McLemore Family history cited the Cranford family bible as follows:

"william McLemore b. 4-4-1830 (don't know for sure where but in the south) father of james R. mcLemore b. 9-6-1853 married louise ellen cox b. 9-28-1853. james 7 Ellen had 3 chindren. (1 )Ida Dorthula McLemore b. 5-14-1877 d. 8-20-1935 (2) William Walter McLemore b. 4-5-1880 d. 3-6-1900 (3) mary malisa McLemore b.4-5-1880 d. 12-14-1901.

Ida maried Burr Alexander Cranford 8-28-1895 in Albrook, Arkansas. i got this information out of our Cranford family bible that my gggrandmother had written in."

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.mclemore/80.322/mb.ashx

Notes:

Patricia Mills notes that he was married three times, (1) in 1850 to a LOUISINDA, (2) before 1860 to a Surancy, and (3) on 27 April 1871 to Martha Jane Coburn, by D.M. Cowley, Justice of the Peace. On the 1860 and 1870 census, it appears that his wifes name may be some variation of Lourany/Louvany instead of Surancy, and her age is consistent from 1850 through 1870. Perhaps Patricia was mistaken and he was only married twice, to Louisinda/Lourancy and later to Martha Jane COBURN.

A post by Steve Cranford on 20 May 2001 to the Ancestry.com Message Boards>Surnames>McLemore>McLemore Family history cited the Cranford family bible as follows:

"william McLemore b. 4-4-1830 (don't know for sure where but in the south) father of james R. mcLemore b. 9-6-1853"

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.mclemore/80.322/mb.ashx







(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Township 5 Range 5 East Precinct No. 20
Enumerated 1 Nov 1850
Stamped 57
89-89
Berry Smith 25 M Farmer Ala
Mary Smith 19 F Ala
William Smith 1 M Ala
William Macklimore 21 M Farmer Tenn
Lousinda 20 F Tenn

1860 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, District No. 3, P.O. Box Paint Rock
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 51
(Families on the Prior page include a Cunningham family and Perry Family)
362-362
Wm. McLemore 29 M Farmer 600 Tenn
Luraney McLemore 30 F Tenn
J. R. McLemore 7 M Ala
Ellender Betheny 27 F Ala
J. R. Cawbern 14 M Ala
N. C. Danham/Dunham 2 F Ala
364-364
Jas. McLemore 54 M Farmer 300 Tenn
Nancy McLemore 36 F Tenn
M. E. McLemore S F Ala
Thos. McLemore 14 M Ala
M. J. Caubern 13 F Ala
B. F. McLemore 9/12 M Ala
Jessee French 18 M Farm Laborer

1870 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Township 5 Range 5 East, P.O. Larkinsville
Enumerated 11 July 1870
Pages 2 and 3, Stamped 231
12-12 McKinney family
13-13 Coburn family
14-14 Kirby family
15-15
McLamore W. M. 39 M W Farmer $300 Tenn
McLemore, Louvana 40 F W Keeping House
McLemore, James R 16 M W Farm Laborer
Dunham, Elen 30 F W
Dunham, Catharine 10 F W
16-16
McLemore, John W 25 M W Farmer Ala
McLemore, Rebecca 25 F W Keeping House Ala
McLemore, Sarah L 4 F W Ala
McLemore, Thos. Dickson 2 m W Ala
McLemore, James 10/12 M W Ala

1880 Census
not located

William married Louisinda ??? about 1850. Louisinda was born about 1831 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patricia Mills notes that his first wife, currently unknown, she was said to have died ca 1848 in Jackson County, Alabama. He later married Nancy Coburn (nee Dunham).

In a note dictated by his grandson, Thomas Dickerson McLemore, to his great-grandson, Arthur McLemore, in the 1950's , he is listed as "Henery Mc.....originally from Ireland." The 1850 census shows him as James McLemore, born in Tennessee. However, those same notes of Thomas Dickerson McLemore show that Tom's father, John was of Knoxville, Tennessee. Perhaps he was confusing the places of birth of his father and grandfather. Also, Thomas Dickerson lists his brother James as Henery, and also his grandfather James as Henery. Perhaps the two names were used interchangeably.

SEE ALSO in these files James McLemore, born ca 1805 in North Carolina. It appears that this James could be one and the same as the James McLemore who was a son of the Revolutionary Solider John McLemore of North Carolina and Knox County, Tennessee. John's son James was said to have married Hetty McDonald ca 1829 and "moved to Alabama." Perhaps Hetty McDonald is his unknown first wife.

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Census Listings:

1840 Census
Alabama, Marshall County
(Possible the James that was the son of John McLemore, Revolutionary Soldier?)
Indexed on Ancestry.com as Mclemon, corrected by Thomas Heseltine
Also enumerated on the same sheet was a Murphy family, and Cunningham family
1 Free White Male under 5
2 Free White Male between 5 and 9
1 Free White Male between 30 and 39
2 Free White Females under 5
1 Free White Females 20-29
Total persons 7
Persons employed in agriculture 1

1850 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, Twp 5 Range 5 Precinct No. 20
Enumerated 1 Nov 1850
84-84
James Macklimore 45 M Farmer $300 Tenn
James Macklimore 18 M Laborer Ala
Sarah Macklimore 15 F Ala
John Macklimore 12 M Ala
Eliza Macklimore 7 F Ala
Andrew Macklimore 5 M Ala
Thomas Macklimore 3 M Ala
Jane Macklimore 2 F Ala

(If this is the same family as the household headed by James McLemore in Marshall county in 1840, then it appears one daughter listed in 1840 that was under the age of 5 at that time either married or died)

1860 Census
Alabama, Jackson County, District No. 3, P.O. Box Paint Rock
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 51
(Families on the Prior page include a Cunningham family and Perry Family)
362-362
Wm. McLemore 29 M Farmer 600 Tenn
Luraney McLemore 30 F Tenn
J. R. McLemore 7 M Ala
Ellender Betheny 27 F Ala
J. R. Cawbern 14 M Ala (Indexed as COWBERN)
N. C. Dunham 2 F Ala
364-364
Jas. McLemore 54 M Farmer 300 Tenn
Nancy McLemore 36 F Tenn
M. L. McLemore 2 F Ala
Thos. McLemore 14 M Ala
M. J. Caubern 13 F Ala (Indexed by Ancestry.com as COUBERN)
B. F. McLemore 9/12 M Ala
Jessee French 18 M Farm Laborer