Bertie "Birdie" Dodd McLemore

Notes:

A Transcription of the Rachel Dodd McLemore Bible, originally owned by Mrs. Rachel P.
(Dodd) McLemore, Route 3, Humboldt, Tenn., is now in possession of her granddaughter, Fairy Bell (McLemore) Edwards, Canyon Lake, Tex., who has contributed a copy of the records to TGS.

Birdie Dodd McLemore was born February 18th, 1882

(International Series, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues: and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. International. Small Pica
Octavo. Clear Type Edition. The John C. Winston Co., Publishers of the
International Series.)

http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf

Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 89.

Her mother's Memorial Page on FindAGrave shows that Bertie Dodd McLemore was the wife of Edgar DRYSDALE.

Bertie married Edgar E. "Ed" Drysdale, Sr. on 19 Dec 1907 in Fulton County, Kentucky. Edgar was born about 1879 in Kentucky; died about 1935; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
A Transcription of the Rachel Dodd McLemore Bible, originally owned by Mrs. Rachel P. (Dodd) McLemore, Route 3, Humboldt, Tenn., is now in possession of her granddaughter, Fairy Bell (McLemore) Edwards, Canyon Lake, Tex., who has contributed a copy of the records to TGS.

Birdie McLemore was married to Edd Drysdale
December 19th, 1908

(International Series, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues: and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. International. Small Pica
Octavo. Clear Type Edition. The John C. Winston Co., Publishers of the
International Series.)

http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf

Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 89.

1. Sarah Frances Drysdale was born on 13 May 1915 in Kentucky; died on 10 Sep 1928 in Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky.
2. Evelyn Drysdale was born about 1918 in Kentucky; and died.
3. Elizabeth Drysdale was born about 1920 in Kentucky; and died.
4. Wiilliam Edgar Drysdale was born on 15 Aug 1923 in Fulton County, Kentucky; died on 31 Oct 1989; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky.

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 Federal Census, he was divorced, and listed as a Servant in the home of W. B. and Rose MANLEY, who lived in Civil District 18, Gibson County, Tennessee. Rachel and his children were separately enumerated also in Civil District 18, E.D. 60. Rachel was listed as widowed.

According to the MAGISTERIAL RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT AND OTHER RECORDS
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
By Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1996 and posted at:

http://www.tngennet.org/records/madison/smith/magis-14.htm

115. Y. A. McLEMORE, white, died March 1912, aged 63 years, Civil Dist. 9, married; born Madison County.

Young married Rachel Perry Dodd on 19 Nov 1879 in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. Rachel was born on 15 Jan 1857 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 24 Jul 1940 in Gibson County, Tennessee; was buried in White Rose Cemetery, Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Carolyn Andrews, shows her parents as James Monroe DODD (FAG#46683879) and Priscilla L. PERRY (FAG#46685130).

(Research):Census Information:

1900 Census
Tennessee, Gibson County, Civil District 18, ED 53
Enumerated 6 June 1900 by H.M. Lily, SD 9, ED 53, Sheet 4B
70-70
McLeemoor, Young Hd W M Dec 18?? 48 M 21 Tn Tn Tn Farmer
McLeemoor, Rachel P Wife W Jan 1858 42 M 21 5/5 Tn Tn Tn
McLeemoor, Pearl A Dtr W F Aug 18?? 19 S Tn Tn Tn
McLeemoor, Bertie D Dtr W F Feb 1882 18 S Tn Tn Tn
McLeemoor, Charlie S W M ??? 18?? 8 S Tn Tn Tn
McLeemoor, Perry Son W M Feb 1894 6 S Tn Tn Tn
McLeemoor, Lizzie Dtr W F Oct 1896 3 S Tn Tn Tn
(Indexed on Ancestry.com as Mclenmoone)

1910 Census
Tennessee, Gibson County, Civil District 18, ED 60
Enumerated 30 April 1910
SD 9 ED 60 Sheet 16B
265-277
McLemore, Rachel Head F W 55 Wd 5/5 Tn Tn Tn Farmer Genera
l Farm
McLemore, Charlie Son M W 18 S Tn Tn Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Perry Son M W 16 S Tn Tn Tn Farm Laborer
McLemore, Lizzie Bell Dtr F W 12 S Tn Tn Tn Farm Laborer

Notes:

Married:
McLemore, Y. A. to Dodd, R. P. 1879
http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/gibson/vitals/marriages/mca-mcle.txt

A Transcription of the Rachel Dodd McLemore Bible, originally owned by Mrs. Rachel P. (Dodd) McLemore, Route 3, Humboldt, Tenn., is now in possession of her granddaughter, Fairy Bell (McLemore) Edwards, Canyon Lake, Tex., who has contributed a copy of the records to TGS.
Mrs. Edwards writes that when she was given the Bible in 1990 she was looking through it one page at a time wondering if there might be something in it. "When I got to Chapter V of the book of
Deuteronomy, I found a picture of my grandfather tucked into the binding. My grandparents had separated in about 1902 when my father was about eight years old. They never divorced. He died in
March 1912 of Bright's disease."

Notes:

Could he have been married more than once? On the 1850 federal census, there is a significant gap in age between Abram M., 13, and Sugars, 6. Also, a 10 year old John M. McLemore is listed at the end of the list of children, the rest being shown in chronological order.

(Research):
Census Information:

1850 Census
Tennessee, Madison County, Distr. No. 9
Enumerated 3 Oct 1850
Page 288
16-16
Y. A. McLemore 40 M Minister C. P. 3000 NC
Eliza A McLemore 37 F NC
Jarrett McLemore 18 M Far. Ten
Mary A. McLemore 16 F Tenn
Abram M. McLemore 13 M Tenn
Sugars McLemore 4 M Tenn
Lemuel E McLemore 2 Tenn
John H. McLemore 10 M Tenn


1860 Census
Tennessee, Madison, District 9, Post Office Jackson
Page 154
Young A. McLemore 50 M Cumb Pres Minister $5500 $10,000 NC
Ann McLemore 47 F NC
Jarret McLemore 26 M Tenn
Angus (sic) McLemore 15 M Tenn
L.E. McLemore 12 M Tenn
Young McLemore 8 M Tenn
Hinton McLemore 5 M Tenn
Jno Hanner 20 M $15,000 Tenn

1870 Census
Tennessee, Madison County, District 9
Enumerated 12 July 1870
Page 8
47-47
Y.A. McLemore 60 M W Farmer $4000 $1000 Tennessee
L. McLemore 23 F (sic) W At Home Tennessee
Y. McLemore 20 M W Farmhand Tennessee
H. McLemoer 18 M W Farmhand Tennessee

1880 Census
Tennessee, Madison County, Ninth District
Page 13 SD 5 ED 93 Stamped 201A
104-106
McLemore, L. E. W M 32 Farmer Tenn N. Carolina N. Carolina
McLemore, Mollie W F 23 Wf Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Dora T W F 3 Dtr Tenn
LINED THROUGH NAME, W F age 1 Dtr Tenn
McLemore, Eliza W F 3/12 Marc Dtr Tenn
McLemore, Young A Sen. W M 69 Father N. Carolina N. Carolina N. Carolina
McLemore, Hinton W M 24 Brother Laborer Tenn N. Carolina N. Carolina
Rich, Jim W M 24 Laborer Tenn Tenn Tenn
Spivey, Albert B M 19 Laborer Tenn Tenn Tenn

Young married Elizabeth Ann Jelks before 1834 in Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1813 in North Carolina; died about 1865 in Madison County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A transcription of "The McLemore Family Bible, 1822-1859 owned by Hillis Fry McLemore of Jackson, MS and contributed by Fairy B. McLemore Edwards of Canyon Lake, Texas, shows on page 3:

Abraham McLemore, son of Sally Jones and Atkins
McLemore, was born 1 lth October 1765

Abraham McLemore son of Atkins McLemore died
11th Novbr 1844 in 80 year of his age


(The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ translated
out of the original Greek and with the former translations dilligently
compared and revised, and Canne's Marginal References. Stereotyped
by James Conner New York. By J. Emory and R. Waugh for
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby
Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1829 )

http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf

Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 38.

He was said to have married (1) Mary NICHOLSON and (2) Sally ERWIN.

Abraham married Mary "Polly" Nicholson after 1790 in Warren County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 28 Feb 1772 in Bute County, North Carolina; died about 1820 in Franklin County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A transcription of "The McLemore Family Bible, 1822-1859 owned by Hillis Fry McLemore of Jackson, MS and contributed by Fairy B. McLemore Edwards of Canyon Lake, Texas, shows on page 3:

Polly Nicholson, wife of Abraham McLemore and
daughter of James Nicholson and Elizabeth Woodrough
his wife, was born 28th of February 1772


(The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ translated
out of the original Greek and with the former translations dilligently
compared and revised, and Canne's Marginal References. Stereotyped
by James Conner New York. By J. Emory and R. Waugh for
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby
Street. J. Collord, Printer. 1829 )

http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-2.pdf

Originally published in The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "ANSEARCHIN' " News (The Tennesse Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 111249, Memphis, TN 38111-1249, Vol. 42, No. 2, Summer, 1996), p. 38.

Notes:

Married:
Katina McBride (mcbridepchs@aim.com) emailed on April 7, 2011 that she was "researching the McLemore family history. I was hoping that you can help me by telling me the names of the slaves that this family owned especially while in Tennessee. I believe that Young Atkins or Sugar McLemore owned a relative of mine. Her name was Frances McLemore, she even named her son after Young. His name was Atkins Senter. Frances married John Senter. I found out that the Senters are part of the Fly family. All these family are connected: Fly, Senter, McLemore and they all owned slaves. Any information provided would be greatly appreciated." Please feel free to email Katina her directly if you can pass along any information about these families.

In 2014, Martha Hunt emailed the following information in response to Katina's query a few years earlier:

Hello Katrina,
I read your request on the Strong/McLemore website asking for information about slaves that were owned by members of the McLemore family in Tennessee. I do not have any specific information about them. I suggest that you look at wills, slave purchase and emancipation records, the 1870 federal census (they might still have been living next door to or in the house with the McLemores). Look at the slave record of marriages (co-habitation records taken in 1866-670). Look also for the death certificates and marriage application forms where names of fathers were listed.

The McLemores that you were asking about came from Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties in N.C. They moved to Tennessee in the early 1800's after Tennessee was cut off from N.C. and became a state. Atkins McLemore, Sr. had a large blacksmith's shop in Franklin County, NC, a foundry, where he was paid to make guns and ammunition during the Revolutionary War. He died in Warren County, NC around 1792. His will distributes slaves to his children.
Some of Atkin McLemore's children, especially my 4th great grandfather - Abraham McLemore, moved their households to Tennessee. Following is a list from the will of Atkins McLemore.

Son, Abraham received 4 Negroes - Frank, Sarah, Hannah and Judey.

Abraham, Abigail, Young and Robert Mclemore moved to TN. Abraham lived in Gibson Co.,TN. His sons Sugars and Young Atkins moved to Tennessee also. They purchased slaves, And the women who they married had slaves.

I hope this will be of some help in tracing your ancestry.