Harriet "Hattie" M. McLemore

Notes:

John Stromberger found the following brief article about Harriet, quoted verbatim, from a Washington, Illinois newspaper:

May 29, 1913: "Miss Harriet McLemore who has been teaching school in Roanoke, ill, is home for summer vacation." (Mason City newspaper)

Notes:

John Stromberger writes that William had been married first to Permelia Montgomery, however she died only four months after their marriage in late 1869. She was also buried in the Mason City Cemetery. Her photo remained in the family home, and William's second wife and children referred to her as "Aunt Permelia."

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9FWC-R1Y/p1
Name: William Young Mclemore
Titles and Terms (original):
Death Date: 17 Sep 1940
Death Place: Mason City, Mason County, Illinois
Gender: Male
Marital Status:
Race or Color:
Age: 91
Estimated Birth Year: 1849
Birth Date: 03 Feb 1849
Birthplace: Menard Co., Ill.
Father: William H. Mclemore
Father's Titles and Terms (original):
Father's Birth Place: Sangamon Co., Ill.
Mother: Rachel Smith
Mother's Titles and Terms (original):
Mother's Birth Place: Ky.
Occupation: Dentist
Residence: Mason City, Mason County, Illinois
Street Address:
Spouse: Catherine C. Mclemore
Spouse's Titles and Terms (original):
Spouse's Birthplace:
Burial Date: 19 Sep 1940
Burial Place: Mason City, Mason County, Ill.
Cemetery: Mason City Cemetery
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Digital Folder Number: 4152366
Image Number: 126
Film Number: 1832234
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 37702; Reg.# 13
Collection: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947

Illustrated Atlas Map of Mason County, 1874
BUSINESS NOTICES, Page 34
DENTAL SURGERY. Dr. W. Y. McLemore, having pursued the study and practice of his profession with Dr. Greenleaf, of Peoria, and thoroughly mastered all its details. Dr. McLemore came to Mason City in 1871 and opened rooms over Cargill & Swing's. He is prepared to undertake anything ever performed in dentistry. He has also been a student of anatomy and physiology, so that he can meet successfully many complicated cases beyond the reach of ordinary dentists. In proof of his skill he can refer to his former instructor, Dr. Greenleaf, and to the well-known surgeon, Dr. J. P. Walker, of Mason City. He is well provided with all the tools and machinery for preparing plates, making permanent and good fitting jobs. He is a young man and ambitious to stand high in his profession, and therefore, keeps himself informed by study of all the improvements in his art. The operation for cleft palate, by which speech is made perfect, has been frequently performed by Dr. McLemore, and probably by no other surgeon-dentitst in this part of the country.

(Courtesy of Carol Dorward)


DR. WILLIAM Y. McLEMORE
February 3, 1849 September 17, 1946

Funeral Services will be held at the Family Residence,
619 East Elm Street, Mason City, Illinois, Thursday,
September 19, 1940, at 2:30 o'Clock P. M.,
conducted by the Rev. T. H. Tull and
the Rev. E. O. England.

Services at the grave by Mason City Lodge
No. 403 A. F. & A. M. and Jackson-Kern
Post No. 496 American Legion.

Friends will be received at the Residence.

Interment in Mason City Cemetery

(Courtesy of Carol Dorward)

Obituary

Dr. McLemore, Last Civil War Vet in Mason Cty, Dies

Mason City, Ill., Sept. 17 (Special) - Dr. William Young McLemore, 91 years old, Mason County's last Civil War veteran, died at his home at 4:10 o'clock this morning. He had been ill for several years.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the residence with the Rev. T. H. Hull of Villa Grove and the rev. E. O. England of the Mason City Methodist church in charge. Masonic and American Legion ritual will be given. Burial will be in Mason City cemetery.

Dr. McLemore was born February 3, 1849 in Menard County where he received his early education and then when to Chicago where he studied dentistry and optomerty.

On August 3, 1873, he married Catherine Sheppard at Washington, Ill. His wife and three children preceded him in death.

In the spring of 1864 he enlisted with Company H, 145th Volunteer Infantry.

In 1874 Dr. and Mrs. McLemore came to Mason City. He practiced dentistry here until 1918 and optometry until 1935.

He was a member of the Methodist church, G. A. R. and Mason City lodge A. F. and A. M. of which he was a past master.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. C. B. Wheeler of Miami, Fla.; Mrs. W. S. Middleton of Chicago and Miss Mamie McLemore of Mason City, and four sons, Calvin of Los Angeles, Calif., Frederick of Roseland, Calif., W. D. of Caldwell, N. J., and Harvey of Miami, Fla.

(Courtesy John Stromberger)

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Illinois, Mason County, Mason City Twp
Enumerated 3 Jun 1880
District 138
120-122
McLemore, W. U. W M 31 Dentist Ill Tenn
McLemore, Catherine W F 28 Wf Keeping House Ill Ohio Ill
McLemore, Calvin W M 5 son At Home Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Mamie W F 4 Dau At Home Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, W. Dennis W M 2 Son Ill Ill Ill

1900 Census
Illinois, Mason County, Mason City Twp
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 64 Sheet 16A
Pine/Pinn? Street
364-368
McLemore, William Y Head W M Feb 1849 51 M 26 Ill Tn Ky Dentist
McLemore, Catharine C. Wf W F Nov 1851 48 m 26 10/8 Ill Oh Ill
McLemore, Mamie J Dtr W F Jan 1876 24 S Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, William D Son W M Jan 1878 22 S Ill Ill Ill Teacher School
McLemore, Ella M Dtr W F Feb 1881 19 S Ill Ill Ill Clerk Ra???t Store
McLemore, Fred M Son W M Dc 1882 17 S Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Hattie M Dtr W F July 1887 12 Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Homer S Son W M July 1891 8 Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Harvy R Son Sept 1893 6 Ill Ill Ill

1910 Census
Illinois, Mason County, Mason City Township
Enumerated 5 May 1910
SD 11 ED 72 Sheet 15B
401-410
McLemore, W. Y. Head M W 61 m2 36 Ill Ky Ind Offician Office
McLemore, Catherine Wf F W 58 m1 30 10/8 Ill US Ill
McLemore, Mamie Dtr F W 34 S Ill Ill Ill
McLemore, Hattie Dtr F W 22 S Ill Ill Il Teacher Public School
McLemore, Ella Dtr F W 29 S Ill Ill Ill Saleslady Store
McLemore, Ray Son M W 16 S Ill Ill Ill

1920 Census
Illinois, Mason County, Mason City Twp
Enumerated 8 Jan 1920
SD 12 ED 87 Sheet 10A Stamped 139
Manard Street
211-213
McLemore, William Head M W 70 Wed Ill Tn Ky Doctor Dentist
McLemore, Mamie Dtr F W 43 S Ill Ill Ill Clerk Dry Goods Store

1930 Census
Illinois, Mason County, Mason City Twp
Enumerated 19 and 19 April 1930
ED 63-17 SD 18 Sheet 13A Stamped 231
619-366-368
McLemore, William Y Had M W 81 Wd 23 Ill Tn Ky none
McLemore, Mamie Dtr F W 54 S Ill Ill Ill Probation Officer County

William married Catherine Charlotte "Lottie" Sheppard on 3 Aug 1873 in Washington, Tazewell County, Illinois. Catherine was born on 16 Nov 1851 in Cooper, Tazewell County, Illinois; died on 18 Apr 1910 in Mason City, Mason County, Illinois; was buried in Mason City Cemetery, Mason, Mason County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine's tombstone is engraved with the dates 16 Nov 1851-18 Apr 1910. However, as she is listed with her family on the 1910 census, dated 5 May 1910. Perhaps the census reflected all individuals as of April 1, 1910?

John Stromberger found the following brief articles about Lottie, quoted verbatim, from a Washington, Illinois newspaper:

October 17, 1901: "Mrs. Dr. McLemore, of Mason City, is visiting her parents, D. S. Sheppard, Sr. and wife, and her brother, J. S. Sheppard and sisters Mrs. H. L. Zinser and Mrs. Anna S. Lester."

November 16, 1906: Mrs. Lottie McLemore came up from Mason City today to spend her 55th birthday with her parents Capt. and Mrs. D. S. Sheppard. Mrs. McLemore was born hera at Cooper."

Washington News, Washington, IL, April 26, 1910, Page 3.

OBITUARY OF MRS. W. A. [sic] MCLEMORE

A Mason City, Ill., special in the Bloomington Pantagraph contains the following:

Catherine Charlotte, wife of Dr. W. Y. McLemore, died at the family residence on East Elm street Monday following a two years' illness with cancer of the stomach and liver.

Catherine Charlotte Sheppard, daughter of Major and Mrs. D. S. Sheppard of Washington, Ill., was born in Washington on November 16, 1851, and on August 3, 1873, she was united in marriage to W. Y. McLemore. In March of the following year Mr. and Mrs. McLemore came to this city where they have since resided. Ten children were born to them, two of whom have preceeded [sic] the mother to the Great Beyond. The decedent was for many years a devoted member of the M. E. church of this city and for fourteen years secretary of the Ladies' Aid Society of that church and an active and honored member of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband, father, one brother, D. S. Sheppard Jr. of Peoria; two sisters, Mrs. H. L. Zinser of Washington, Ill., and Mrs. Anna S. Lester of Peoria, the following children: Calvin A. McLemore of Orosi, Cal., Prof. W. D. McLemore of Nantucket Island, Mass.; Mrs. Ella McLemore of Salt Lake City, Utah; Fred Mc Lemore of Manilla, P. I.; Homer McLemore of Seattle, Wash.; and Mamie, Harriet and Rae McLemore at home.

The funeral services were held under the auspices of Madeline Chapter, O. E. S. of this city at the late residence on East Elm street on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and were conducted by the Rev. Thomas H. Tull, pastor of the M. E., church. The interment was made in the Mason City cemetery.

Mrs. McLemore when a young lady taught school for six years in the vicinity of Washington. She commenced teaching at the age of 15 and taught in Tazewell, Woodford and Livingston counties.

(Courtesy of Carol Dorward, via email on 16 Aug 2012--Carol also noted that Charlotte's parents were Major Dennis Scovel Sheppard and Mary Jane Young)

Notes:

Married:
The online Illinois Statewide Marriage Index of the Illinois State Archives has marriage of Wm Y McLemore to Catherine Sheppard on August 3, 1873 in Tazewell Co., IL. Volume D, Page 36. (Courtesy of Carol Dorward)

Notes:

John Stromberger writes that William Harvey McLemore was a confederate soldier in the Civil War, and was taken prisoner September 14, 1863, dying of Pneumonia on December 12, 1863 while being held prisoner in Alton, Illinois.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Illinois, Menard County, Twp 19 Range 5. P. O. Sweetwater
Enumerated 1 Aug 1860
915-876
William McLemore 44 M Farmer Tennessee (Ancestry has this indexed, in error, as Pennsylvania)
Rachel McLemore 41 F Kentucky
James McLemore 16 M Illinois
Joseph D. McLemore 14 M Illinois
William G. McLemore 11 M Illinois
Mary A. McLemore 9 F Illinois
Robert J. McLemore 1 M Illinois
Elizabeth Montgomery 16 F Domestic Indiana

William married Rachel Smith before 1844. Rachel was born about 1819 in Kentucky; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

Illinois, Menard County, Twp 19 Range 5 W, P. O. Fallula?
Enumerated 2 Sept 1870
Page 24
189-184
McLamoor, Rachel 31 M (sic) W Farmer 5000 400 Ky
McLamoor, James 26 M W Ill
McLamoor, William 21 M W Ill
McLamoor, Jerome 10 M W Ill
Cantral, Clay 35 F W Ill

Notes:

Said by Tom Heselting to have been "born 9 March 1783, married Nancy PLUMLEE, moved to Illinois." Said by some, including Tom, to have the middle name ATKINS.

A photo of his tombstone is on findagrave.com. It is inscribed Young McLemore, Died Feb. 20, 1841 aged 57 years, 9 months and 11 days. Based on the date of death inscribed on his tombstone, plus the his age at death, he would have actually been born May 9, 1783.

There is also some unsourced biographical detail on the findagrave website, as follows:

Young married Nancy Ann Plumley abt 1811 in Knox Co., TN.
They had 5 (sic) children; John, Priscilla, William, Abigail (Archibald???) and Mary Ellen.

Young was a farmer. In Sept of 1835 he purchased 40 acres of land in Sangamon Co., IL 17N-5W section 27. In Sept 1839 he purchased an additional 40 acres 17N-5W section 29.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823276

John Stromberger writes that Young was as itinerant Methodist minister and a teacher in a circuit that included Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

(Research):

Census Information:

1820 Census
Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
Young McLemore
Free White Males under 16 2
Free White Males 16 thru 25 2
Free White Females 16-25 1
Free White Females Over 25
Number of Free White in Household 6
(Assumed to be for Young McLemore born 1783 in NC and married in 1811 in Knox County, TN, but not verified through other records)

1830 Census
Sangamon County, Illinois
Young McLemore
Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James?)
Free White Males 10-14 2 (William and Archibald?)
Free White Males 15-19 1 (John)
Free White Males 40-49 1 (Young)
Free White Females 5 thru 9 1 (Mary Ann)
Free White Females 10-14 1 (Eleanor/Helen/Ellen)
Free White Females 15-19 1 (Martha Matilda)
Free White Females 40-49 1 (Nancy)
Total Free White Persons 9
Total All Persons 9
Also enumerated in close proximity were Levi Cantrill, Thoams Strawbridge, Mattie Williams, William Cantrill, Charles Snelson, J. Plumby and several MORGAN familes


1840 Census
Sangamon, Illinois
Indexed on Ancestry.com as Young Mc Simeon
Free White Males under 5 1 (James or Joseph of Unknown?)
Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
Free White Males 10-14 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
Free White Males 20-29 2 (William H/Archibald)
Free White Males 50-59 1 (Young)
Free White Females 15-19 1 (Mary Ann)
Free White Females 20-29 1 (Eleanor)
Free White Females 50-59 1 (Nancy)
Persons employed in agricultue 3
Total Free White Persons 9
Total All Persons 9

Did they have one additional son, born after 1826, that died young and whom is not on the list of Young's descedants prepared by his granddaughter, Harriet McLemore Middleton?

Young married Nancy Ann Plumlee before 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee. Nancy was born about 1785 in North Carolina; died on 17 Mar 1853 in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Fancy Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A photo of her tombstone is on findagrave.com

It shows that she died on Mar. 17, 1853, Aged 67 years, 9 months, and 11 days

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823236

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Illinois, Lee County, Palmyra Township
Enumerated 6 Aug 1850
40-40
David P. Cantral 32 M Farmer 1200 Ohio
Eleanor A Cantral 29 F Tenn
Young M. Cantrall 9 M Ill
Erastus D Cantral 2 M Ill
Nancu A. McLemore 65 F $500 N. Carolina

Notes:

Married:
Post to GenForum Re: Mary Cantrall, dau. of Thomas and Priscilla McLemore
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html
Posted by Jeanne McLemore Roberts (jamjar5174@aol.com)
Dated October 19, 2004

Thank you so much for the Cantral information. We (my family) had no idea how the Cantrals were related to each other.

I can give you the information that I have on the children of Young McLemore and Nancy Ann Plumly.

Priscilla McLemore was one of the nine children of Young McLemore b:1781 (son of John McLemore b:1762 d:6/30/1844 and Sarah Carner (or Carver) b: 1764 and Nancy Ann Plumly.

Young and Nancy's children were:

Martha Matilda McLemore married to Harmonas Alkire
Children:

Mary Ann
James Young
Margaret
Caroline
William
Daniel Dickson
Albert Harmonas
Priscilla
Martha
Lee (I have also been told Leander) who died at age 18

John McLemore married to Eliza Cantral
Children:

Lucinda
Clarence

William Harvey McLemore married to Rachel Smith (my line)
Children:

James Monroe
Joseph
William Young (my great grandfather)
Mary Ann
Sarah Ellen
Robert Jerome

Priscilla McLemore married to Thomas Cantral
Children:

Clarisa
Turner
Young
Francis
Thomas
Mary
Nancy

Archibald McLemore-never married

Ellen McLemore married to David Cantral
Children:

Young
Lucinda

Mary McLemore married to William Stone
Children:

Young
Betty
Nancy Ann

James McLemore-never married

Joseph McLemore-never married

I also have a listing of Martha Matilda and Harmonas Alkire's children, their spouses and Martha and Harmonas' grandchildren. I also have information on William Young McLemore's children and his marriages(his first wife died about three months after their wedding) since my line is through William Young McLemore, son of William Harvey McLemore, grandson of Young McLemore.

I am interested in any information that you could give me on the McLemores and the Cantrals, especially where I can find documentation of these ancestors. My information comes from a geneaology and papers compiled by my Great Aunt Harriet McLemore Middleton (b:1887). She was a daughter of William Young McLemore and older sister to my grandfather Homer McLemore who was killed accidentally in 1915.

James Alkire (jnjalkire@sbcglobal.net) shows they as the parents of (1) John W. McLemore, born 1812 TN and died Aug 1871 Sterling, Whiteside Il; (2) Priscilla D. McLemore born 1814 TN and died May 1847 in Sangamon, married to Thomas Carsey CANTRALL, the son of Levi Cantrall. They were said to be the parents of Young M. CANTRALL, born 1838 in Sangamon, IL and died 1 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS. (3) Abigail McLemore born 1820 TN and died 1861 and (4) Mary Ellen McLemore born 1826 and died Feb 1856, Athens, IL. James also shows that Young, by an unknown wife, had two additonal children, L. E. McLemore and Hinton McLemore. As these children were reported to be born after Young's death in 1841, this is not likely.