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Family: James Knox Polk McLemore / Margaret Caroline Jackson (F8491)

m. 11 Oct 1870


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  • Father | Male
    James Knox Polk McLemore

    Born  30 Apr 1844  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Mar 1908  Carroll County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  11 Oct 1870  [1, 2, 3]  Gibson County, Tennessee  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Atkins Jefferson McLemore | F8489 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sabrina Maury | F8489 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Margaret Caroline Jackson

    Born  18 Mar 1855  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Oct 1932  Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Female
    Viola Bertha McLemore

    Born  14 Jul 1871  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Aug 1953  Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Will S. Connally | F9914 
    Married  18 Nov 1898  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    James Knox McLemore, Jr.

    Born  7 Dec 1874  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Mar 1929  Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Centerville Cemetery, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lennie Ethel Luckey | F8719 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Female
    Jenny McLemore

    Born  Jul 1876  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 4 | Male
    Robert Adkins McLemore

    Born  Feb 1879  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Sep 1960  Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Elnora Florence McLemore

    Born  10 Jan 1880  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Jun 1953  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Wilkes McFarland | F13410 
    Married     

    Child 6 | Male
    Eugene Brooks McLemore, Sr.

    Born  18 Apr 1884  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Nov 1967  Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Nona Perkins | F8812 
    Married  Bef 1919  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Cabe McLemore

    Born  12 Dec 1889  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Feb 1959   
    Buried    Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ida Mary Jones | F8721 
    Married     

    Child 8 | Male
    Cecil Blackman McLemore

    Born  10 Jan 1894  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Aug 1978  Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Eula M. Glover | F13972 
    Married  19 Sep 1919  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    Earnest "Ernie" Floyd McLemore

    Born  22 Jan 1898  Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Jun 1982   
    Buried    Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Alma J. ??? | F8720 
    Married     

  • Photos
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and wife, Margaret Jackson
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and wife, Margaret Jackson
    James Knox Polk with his wife, Margaret Jackson. His descendant, Sherry Connally Murray points out the knot of hair visible on Jame's head. She writes that because this hank of hair saved his life as a young man, he forevermore refused to have it cut, wearing it pinned up to his head in a small bun. She indicated she had heard two differing versions of the story, in one it happened during the Civil War, and in the other he was coming home from a bar in Jackson. "Anyway it happened when he was a young man. He fell in the river, and was drowning. Someone reached in and grabbed a hank of hair on the top of his head and saved him. He would never allow that bit of hair to be cut again for the rest of his life. It was 3 or 4 feet long."
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and Family
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and Family
    James Knox Polk McLemore and his wife, Margaret Jackson are seated. Sherry Murray believes the other seated woman is Margaret's mother, who was said to have later married one of James McLemore's brothers after her first husband died, making her both mother-in-law and sister-in-law. James and Margaret's children stand behind them. Sherry's grandmother, Viola is in the center of the back row, in the white dress. Viola was an artist, and loved all things with lace and frills, and always dressed accordingly. The identity of the other children, presumably Viola's siblings, is currently unknown.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE OTHER CHILDREN OF JAMES AND MARGARET.

  • Notes  Married:
    • MaryLynn Santa shows that they were the parents of 10 children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.

    2. [S1096] Markel, Barbara (Campbell) Compiler "Gibson County TN - Marriages", (http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/gibson/vitals/marriages/mca-mcle.txt).

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 99123458 (Reliability: 3).