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."