Mary Martha Daniels

Notes:

Melba Gene McLemore notes that she died in childbirth, living her son Elisha orphaned.

Mary married Rufus K. McLemore on 7 Jan 1856 in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Rufus (son of Wright McLemore, Of Arkansas and ??? ???) was born about 1831 in Tennessee; died on 23 Jul 1862 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dolores McKee writes that Elisha was orphaned at a young age, his mother dying in childbirth and his father dying in the Civil War when Elisha was still a toddler. He was raised in the Star City area with the children of his Uncle Sterling, who had also died in the Civil War. Dolores McLemore McKee writes: "Elisha was raised by a black lady. The story is told of his returning to Arkansas in the late 1800's and a black lady standing on the porch waving her apron and shouting that her baby had come home. It is believed that this may have been a lady working for the Heflin family. One of Elisha's sisters had married into the Heflin family and it is reported that they had several slaves. Our aunts, Ida, Maybelle and Rosie, stepchildren of Elisha, were witness to this occasion.

Elisha had left Arkansas earlier. When he reached the age of 18 - 20, he packed his saddle bags and headed for Texas. Whether by chance or by plans he ended up in Rains County Texas. There he married 3 times. His first two wives died very soon after their marriages. The brides were Alice Lowery and Sarah Simpkins. One of these ladies had a son that they named Luther. Elisha turned him over to a Smith family and he was raised there in East Texas. By his 3rd wife, Susan Byrum,he fathered 8 more children, two of whom died as toddlers. He died in 1922 and is buried in Colony Cemetery in Alba, Tx. Susan died in Fresno, CA. in 1947 while visiting her children, all of whom had moved there in the mid 1930s. She is buried in Fresno. All of these brothers and sisters were facing very hard times in East Texas so they headed to the land of Plenty = California. They were able to improve their living conditions greatly. Only the two brothers left California for their native Texas. The rest of the(Elisha) McLemore bunch is scattered to the four corners of the world."

(Research):

Census Information:

1880 Census
Columbus McLemore Self M Male W 24 Ar Farming
Emmie McLemore Wife M Female W 20 Ar Keeping House
Ellie McLemore Dtr S Female W 2 months Ark Ark Ark
Stephen McLemore Brother S Male W 26 Ar Farm Hand
Elishie McLemore Cousin S Male W 20 Ar Farm Hand
Source Information:
Choctaw, Lincoln County, Arkansas
Family History Library Film 1254049
NA Film Number T9-0049
Page 32C

1900 Census
Texas, Rains County, Justice Precinct No. 5
Enumerated 22 June 1900
SD 7 ED 76 Sheet 8B
131-131
McLimore, Elisha Hd W M Jun 1861 39 M 13 Ark Ark Ark Farmer
McLimore, J.A. Wife W F May 1869 31 m 13 6/6 Tx Tx Tx
Reed, Ida D D-in-Law W F Aug 1885 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Reed, Mabel D-in-law W F Jun 1887 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Reed, Rosie D-in-law W F Aug 1889 10 S Tx Tx Tx
McLimore, Lillie B Dtr W F March 1893 7 S Tx Ark Tx
McLimore, Emmett Dtr W F Nov 1896 3 S Tx Ark Tx
McLimore, Varnettie Dtr W F Aug 1898 1 S Tx ARk Tx

1910 Census
Texas, Rains County, Precinct #5
Enumerated 14 April 1910
SD 4 ED 139 Sheet 3 B (Bottom) and 4A (Top) Stamped 36
65-65
McLemore, Lish Hd M W 50 M2 18 Ark Ark Ark Farmer
McLemore, Anna Wif F W 39 M2 18 9/7 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Lillie Dtr F W 17 S Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Emily Dtr F W 14 S Tx Ark Tx Farm Laborer
McLemore, Angelo Son M W 7 S Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Eufala Dtr F W 4 S Tx Ark Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Rains County, Justice Precinct 5
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 4 ED 151 Sheet 7A
122-127
McLemore, E.R. Head M W 64 M Ark Ark Ark Farmer
McLemore, Anner Wf F W 49 M Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Am Son M W 17 S Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Follie Dtr F W 14 S Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Robert Son M W 6 S Tx Ark Tx
McLemore, Mosel Dtr F W 7 S Tx Ark Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Rains County, Precinct 5
Enumerated April 7, 1930
ED 190-7 SD 11 Sheet 5A
92-93
McLemore, Annie Hd M (sic) W 60 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Angelo Son M W 27 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore, Robert Son M W 19 Tx Tx Tx
McLemore (sic), Rosey Dtr F W 38 Tx Tx Tx

Elisha married Sarah Simpkins about 1887. Sarah was born before 1869 in Tennessee; died after 1888 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisha married Susan "Susie" "Jim Ann" "Granny Mack" Byram about 1892 in Texas. Susan was born on 9 Sep 1867 in Alba, Wood County, Texas; died on 20 Aug 1947 in Fresno County, California; was buried in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not living in the home of his father and stepmother at the time of either the 1900 or 1910 census. Dolores McLemore McKee says that he was raised by a Smith family after his mother died when he was still an infant.

Name Luther M. Mclemore
Gender Male
Burial Date 28 Sep 1944
Burial Place Alba, Tx.
Death Date 27 Sep 1944
Death Place Prec. #7, Alba, Wood, Tx.
Age 56
Birth Date 25 Jan 1888
Birthplace Tx.
Occupation Laborer
Race White
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name
Father's Name Elisha Mclemore
Father's Birthplace Tennessee
Mother's Name Sarah Simpkins
Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
Indexing Project (Batch) Number B00013-0
System Origin Texas-EASy
GS Film number 1769501
Reference ID 3084

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TZ-RVW : accessed 4 July 2015), Luther M. Mclemore, 27 Sep 1944; citing Prec. #7, Alba, Wood, Tx., reference 3084; FHL microfilm 1,769,501.

Notes:

When she applied for a social security account on July 3, 1944, in Fresno, California, she was listed as Lillie Mae HILL. Her parents were shown as Elish McLemore and Amer. Baldwin.

Lillie married John T. Milliorn on 11 Jun 1910. John was born on 18 Sep 1891 in Rains County, Texas; died on 21 Mar 1937 in Mineola, Wood County, Texas; was buried in Colony Church Of Christ Cemetery, Alba, Rains County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lillie married Jessie J. Hill after 1937. Jessie was born on 5 Aug 1908 in Texas; died in Jan 1950 in Fresno County, California; was buried in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The California Death index has her listed as follows:

Emily Spann
Born 10-25-1897 Texas
Died 10-28-1941 Fresno County, California
Mother's Maiden name: Barm
Father's Last name: McLemore


Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:

Published in The Fresno Bee / The Republican - Fresno, California; Wednesday, October 29, 1941 - Page 9:

- Mrs. Emily Spann, 44, Summoned By Death
Mrs. Emily Spann, 44, died yesterday in her home at Route 9, Box 641, following a brief illness. She was a native of Texas and came to Fresno nine months ago. She is survived by a son, A, J. Ferris; a daughter, Miss Irene Farris: her mother, Mrs. Ann McLemore; two brothers, Robert McLemore and Angelo McLemore, and six sisters, Madames Mozelle Tippitt, Lillie Hill, Fallie Johnson, (illegible), (illegible) Smith and Mabelle Walker, all of Fresno. Last rites are scheduled for tomorrow at 10 A. M. in the Lisle Funeral Chapel with Rev. Olio Pauls officiating, to be followed by interment in the Belmont Memorial Park.

Find A Grave Memorial# 135621641

Notes:

Died as a toddler.

Notes:

Not located on the 1920 census. In 1930, he was living with his mother and two brothers, and not with first wife Elizabeth of their son, R. H. McLemore.

Dolores McLemore McKee writes that her parents, Angelo and Pauline McLemore moved to California in 1935 where he worked for various large land owners, mostly in the fruit industry He also spent several summers working in Oregon and Washington. There he worked on McNary Damn located on the Columbia River. This was the time that irrigation was being developed for all the farming on both sides of the Columbia River. He was baptized ca 1950 Kennewick First Christian Church. He joined his son in Dallas in 1954 in his plumbing company. He passed away on August 15, 1959 while fishing on the White River in Arkansas. He is buried in Dallas along side his wife, Pauline (his second wife).

Although the SSDI shows that Angelo was born 7 Jan 1903, Dolores notes that her own birth certificate indicates her father was born in 1902.

Angelo married Elizabeth Johnson before 1925. Elizabeth was born before 1905; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angelo married Pauline Glass on 28 Dec 1932 in Texas. Pauline was born about 1912 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The California Death index has her listed as follows:

Follie Johnson
Born 04-30-1905 Texas
Died 11-02-1993 Fresno County, California
Mother's Maiden name: Barrom
Father's Last name: McLemore

Her actual social security application, completed on Jan. 8, 1944, showed her address at the time as Box 251, Music, Clovis, California. Her name was shown as Fallie (non middle name) McLemore Johnson, and date of birth as April 30, 1905 in Alba, Raines County, Texas. She listed her parents as Elish McLemore and Susan Barnes. She was not employed at the time of the application.

Robert married Clarice Jemimah Ross before 1933. Clarice was born before 1915; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Partha Hamilton emailed, in October 2011, that Mozelle passed away in California in 2002. I was unable to locate a Mozelle Hill on the SSDI that died in 2002. Possibly she remarried?

Mozelle married Jarvis Lester Hill before 1929. Jarvis was born on 22 Nov 1908; died in Jun 1971 in Rains County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Max Sousa. Charles was born on 18 Aug 1923; died on 29 Jul 2008 in California; was buried in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dolores McLemore McKee writes that "R.H. is his actual name. He is named [in honor of] Elisha Right and Harry Johnson. his 2 grandfathers."

His Texas Death certificate confirms this, and also shows that he was a veteran of World War II, and a plumber by trade.

Name R H Mclemore
Event Type Death
Event Date 09 Nov 1969
Event Place Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 05 Feb 1925
Birthplace Alba, Texas
Father's Name Angelo Mclemore
Mother's Name Elizabeth Johnson
Certificate Number 78093
GS Film number 2218374
Digital Folder Number 005145856
Image Number 00833



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DJ-2YX : accessed 04 Dec 2014), R H Mclemore, 09 Nov 1969; citing certificate number 78093, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2218374.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]