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Ernest Edward McLemore

Ernest Edward McLemore

Male 1889 - 1963  (74 years)

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  • Name Ernest Edward McLemore  [1, 2, 3
    Born 20 May 1889  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Oct 1963  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • From the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, HEMPHILL, TEXAS Thursday 17 October 1963 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

      Services held for Ernest McLemore

      Funeral services were held for Earnest E. McLemore, 74 of Hemphill at 4 pm Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. E. E. Adams, pastor of Bulah Baptist Church near Pendleton in Louisiana. Assisting was the Rev. A.E. Armstrong, pastor of Gravehill church.

      Mr. McLemore, a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County, died at 8:20 am Oct. 7 in the East Texas Convalescent Home, San Augustine, where he had been for seven weeks. He was a retired farmer.

      Burial was in Gravel Hill cemetery under direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill. Pallbearers were nephews, Max Cammack, Gayle Wyatt, Rufus McLemore, Earl McLemore, Marton Conn and Elroy Boyd.

      Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyd McLemore of Hemphill; two sons Hugh McLemore of Beaumont and Paul McLemore of Houston; one brother Ira McLemore of Hemphill, three sisters Miss Mollie (sic) McLemore and Mrs. Jack Cammack of Hemphilll and Mrs. Elvie Speights of Beaumont; and five grandchildren.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1930 Census
      Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
      Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
      ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
      704-727
      McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
      McLemore, Mary F Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
      McLemore, Rufus H Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

      1940 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
      Enumerated April 27, 1930
      SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A
      McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 50 Tx Same House Farmer
      McLemore, Florence Wf F W 46 M Tx Sam House
      McLemore, Hugh R Son M W 21 S Tx R Sabine Tx ?? Stewart Reforestation
      McLemore, Paul B Son M W 8 S Tx Same House
    Person ID I193  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John F. "Finn" McLemore,   b. 28 Dec 1853, Decatur County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1924, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Rutha Triphene White,   b. 27 Dec 1859, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1939, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 11 Dec 1883  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Documents
    McLemore, Finn 1883 marriage to Ruth White
    McLemore, Finn 1883 marriage to Ruth White
    When Finn married Ruth White in 1883, he had already been twice widowed, his previous wives both dying in childbirth. He has one daughter by his first wife, who was raised by her maternal grandparents after her mother died. Finn and Ruth went on to have a large family.
    Family ID F51  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Florence Boyd,   b. 15 Sep 1893, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1977, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 21 Dec 1913 
    Children 
     1. Cecil Rudolph McLemore,   b. 3 Mar 1915, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1915, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Hugh Rufus "Mr. Mack" McLemore,   b. 9 Sep 1918, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1999, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Paul Boyd McLemore,   b. 19 Aug 1931, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1985, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 May 1889 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Oct 1963 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    McLemore, Ernest Edward ca 1910
    McLemore, Ernest Edward ca 1910
    Ernest was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. This is a photo of Ernest (l) with Wiley Kerr (r), probably taken around 1910.
    _McLemore, Ernest Edward
    _McLemore, Ernest Edward
    Husband of Mary Florence Conn
    B. 1889 D. 1963
    McLemore, Ernest Edward
    McLemore, Ernest Edward
    Husband of Mary Florence Conn
    B. 1889 D. 1963

    Headstones
    McLemore, Ernest and Florence (Boyd)
    McLemore, Ernest and Florence (Boyd)

  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93 22-23 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    3. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 Enumerated April 27, 1930 SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S346] Sanders, J.B. "Index to Cemeteries of Sabine County, Texas 1836-1964", 1964, Nacogdoches, Texas.

    5. [S341] Sabine County, Texas, Marriage License.

    6. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.

    7. [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 95 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 45 (Reliability: 3).