Robert Anderson "Andrew" Jefferson McLemore

Notes:

MaryLynn Santa lists him with a much earlier date of death, June 1849. However, he appears to have still been living with his mother, listed as Andrew?, at the time of the 1850 US Census (Andrew McLemore, 27, M Farmer, Tennessee)

Betty Pritchett notes that:

ccording to 1860 census records, Robert Anderson McLemore had real estate valued at $20,000 and a personal wealth of $14,000. By 1870, His real estate was valued at $8,000 and his personal wealth was $800.



If a person's wealth was $25,000 in 1860, it would equal $1.9 million in 2008 currency. As a general rule to convert antebellum money into 2008 currency, multiply by 75. (This multiplier was derived at by comparing a skilled laborer's wages of roughly $500 in the 1840s to an average family income in 2008 of around $37,500.) In 1850, a single field hand was worth $1100 to $1800. This amount converts roughly to $75,000 to $135,000 in 2008 currency.



Copy of the will recorded in Maury County, Tennessee. I, R. A. McLemore, now a citizen of Maury Co. Tenn. Make will . . . . I request that my just debts be paid out of the first monies that come into the hands of my executors. I owe $130.00 to dau. Sallie R. McLemore, and $200 to dau. Dora Kesterton. I desire these to be paid. To by beloved wife Rebecca - the rents of my farm in Williamson County for the present year 1891. I request that my funeral expenses be first paid out of said rent money. To daus. Sallie R. McLemore, Dora Kesterton, wife of John T. Kesterton, Narcissus Cornelius, wife of George Cornelius, the sum of $50 each and to my son Jeff McLemore $5. All the residue of property to my son Claiborne Kinnard McLemore, which consists of my Williamson farm, which was purchased with the means of his mother, my second wife. Mar. 17, 1903



Claiborne Kinnard McLemore rec'd from his father's will an additional $346. He chose to pay the monies owed to his sisters himself rather than rely on the estate. He wanted to avoid the need to sell the properties he inherited.

I wrote this so my children and grandchildren would have a clue about their background. My father told many stories about his ancestors. He said that R.A. McLemore had a red beard and you could hear him calling hogs over a wide area. My grandfather became a professional gambler on the riverboats up and down the Mississippi. He married twice. When he made enough money gambling, he retired and married. Patti deGraffenreid who bore him one child. She died about a month after giving birth. I have the dates somewhere. After a while he married my grandmother Nellie Theresda Green. She had four children; only one lived to adulthood (my father).




(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Federal Census
Tennessee, Maury County, District 22, PO Spring Hill
Page 105
741-730
RA McLamore 38 N Farner 20,000 14, 000 Tenn
M H McLamore 30 F Tenn
S R McLamore 7 F Tenn
S D McLamore 5 F Tenn
A J McLamore 3 M Tenn
N M McLamore 1 F Tenn
L P McLamore 19 M Farmer $--- $300 Tebb

1870 Federal Census
Tennessee, Maury County, District 22, Post Office Columbia
Enumerated July 1870 by J.B. Alderman
Page 13, Stamped 624
79-88
McLemore, Robert 47 M W Farmer $8000 $800 Tennessee
McLemore, Annie 34 F W Housekeeper Tennessee
McLemore, Sallie 17 F W At School Tennessee
McLemore, Maggie 17 F W At School Tennessee
McLemore, Dora 15 F W At School Tennessee
McLemore, Jefferson 13 M W At School Tennessee
McLemore, Narcissa 11 F W At School Tennessee
McLemore, Mary 1/12 F W At Home Tennessee

1880 Federal Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Andrew MCLEMORE Self M Male W 57 TN Farmer TN TN
Ann MCLEMORE Wife M Female W 45 TN Keeping House TN TN
Maggie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 26 TN At Home TN TN
Sallie MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 26 TN At Home TN TN
Dora MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 24 TN At Home TN TN
Narcisse MCLEMORE Dau S Female W 20 TN School Teacher TN TN
Claiborne MCLEMORE Son S Male W 8 TN TN TN
Virgin CORE Other S Female B 25 TN Cook TN TN
Johnnie CORE Other S Male B 1 TN TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place District 10, Williamson, Tennessee
Family History Library Film 1255286 NA Film Number T9-1286
Page Number 148D

Robert married Mary Harwood McEwen on 23 Dec 1851 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Mary was born about 1831 in Tennessee; died after 1860 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Ann Fleming "Annie" Kinnard on 16 Jul 1868 in Williamson County, Tennessee. Ann was born about 1836 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Rebecca E. Frierson on 28 Nov 1887. Rebecca was born about 1845; died about 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tom Heseltine found the following article in the New York Times, published December 28, 1884

Killed in a stage accident. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 28. --- Miss Maggie McLemore, a teacher in the Gordonsville Academy, was fatally injured today by the capsizing fo the Carthage stage. The horses ran away. Prof. Williams was seriously hurt.

Sallie married William Burr Smithson about 1882. William was born about 1857; died about 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes shown with the first initial S.

Medora married John M. Kesterson before 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Author of "Indianola and Other Poems" (1904).

McLEMORE, Atkins Jefferson, a Representative from Texas; born on a farm near Spring Hill, Maury County, Tenn., March 13, 1857; educated in the rural schools and by private tutors; moved to Texas in 1878; employed as a cowboy, printer, and newspaper reporter, and later as a miner in Colorado and Mexico; returned to Texas and settled in San Antonio and engaged principally in newspaper work; moved to Corpus Christi, Tex., in 1889, to Austin in 1895, and to Houston in 1911, where he engaged in the newspaper publishing business; member of the Texas house of representatives of 1892-1896; member of the board of aldermen of Austin, Tex., 1896-1898; secretary of the Democratic State executive committee 1900-1904; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the newspaper publishing business in Hebronville, Jim Hogg County, Tex., and resided in Laredo, Tex.; was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1928; died in Laredo, Tex., March 4, 1929; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.

McDonald, Timothy G. "The Gore-McLemore Resolutions: Democratic Revolt Against Wilson's Submarine Policy." Historian 26 (November 1963): 50-74.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present


Kerrville Times
Thursday, March 7, 1929
(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Jeff McLemore, Pioneer Newspaperman, Is Dead

Jeff McLemore, 71, native of Spring Hill, Tenn., who came to Texas in 1878, was one of the pioneer newspaperman of this state, and a politician of note, died in his quarters in the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Laredo Monday morning following a six-day illness from pneumonia. His wife and daughter and a number of friends were at his bedside.

The 1930 Webb County, Texas census lists a widowed Mary W. McLemore (indexed as Mclemone), born 1886, Female, White, born in England, and working as a Journalist in Laredo. She was a naturalized citizen, and immigrated from England in 1886. She was a lodger in the Robert E. Lee hotel on San Bernardo, Avenue in Laredo.

Name Jeff Mc Lemore
Event Type Death
Event Date 04 Mar 1929
Event Place Laredo, Webb, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 13 Mar 1858
Birthplace Springhill, Texas
Father's Name Robt Anderson Mc Lemore
Mother's Name Mary Hargood Mc Ewen
Certificate Number 18585
GS Film number 2114764
Digital Folder Number 005145255
Image Number 02680

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3QK-VKT : accessed 19 Oct 2014), Jeff Mc Lemore, 04 Mar 1929; citing certificate number 18585, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114764.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Census
Colorado, Gunnison County, Ruby City
Enumerated 19 Jun 1880
Page 19 SD --- ED 57 Stamped 167
145
Anderson, Hilder W M 31 Widowed Saloon Keeper Sweden Sweden Sweden
McLemore, Jeff W M 23 Bookkeeper Tenn Tenn Tenn
(plus seven other single men, apparently all boarding in the saloon/home together)

1900 Census
Texas, Travis County Precint 3, Austin City
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 10 ED 98 Sheet 6A Ward 10 Page Stamped 184
Congress Ave
5027-100-110
McLemore, Jeff Head W M Marc 1857 43 S Tenn Tenn Tenn Painting Co
Zimpperman, Walter BoarderW M Jan 1874 26 S Germany Germany Germany 1898 2 Na Bookkeeper/Bank

1910 Census
Texas, Nueces County, JP 1, Corpus Christi
Enumerated 22 Apr 1910
SD 15 ED 98 Sheet 5B
405-101-111
Jenkins, Emory E Head M W 54 S Ind Ky Mass Capitalist
McLemore, Jeff Lodger M W 50 S Tenn Tenn Tenn Editor Paper
Otis, Arlington B Lodger M W 22 S Ind Ind Ohio Journalist Newspaper

1920 Census
not located

Notes:

Betty Pritchett notes she was a school teacher.

Family/Spouse: John Cornelius. John was born before 1859; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name Claiborne Kennard Mclemore
Event Type Death
Event Date: 27 May 1944
Event Place Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee
Gender Male
Marital Status
Race
Age 72
Birth Year (Estimated) 1872
Birth Date
Birthplace
Spouse's Name Nellie Green
Father's Name Anderson Jefferson Mclemore
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name Annie Kinnard
Mother's Birthplace
Occupation
Address
Residence Place
Cemetery
Burial Place
Burial Date
Informant's Name
Additional Relatives
Digital Folder Number 004184889
Image Number 01802
GS Film number 2137347
Reference ID

Citing this Record:
"Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NST3-926 : accessed 19 Oct 2014), Claiborne Kennard Mclemore, 27 May 1944; citing Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, , State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2137347.