Green McLemore, Jr.

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Eddie Maynard xeroxed the following brief biography of Green from "Godspeed's History of Hamilton, Knox, and Shelby Counties of Tennessee", Reprinted from Goodspeed's History 1887. Published by Charles and Randy Elder Booksellers, Nashville, TN, 1974, page 1012.

Green McLemore, contractor and builder of Knoxville, is the son of Green and Ellen McLemore. The father was a native of North Carolina and the mother of South Carolina. In early life, both came to Tennessee and located in Knox County,. where they married and passed the remaineder of their days. The father was a farmer by occupation. Of their family of then children, four sons and four daughters are now living; all of sons are mechanics. Our subject was born January 26, 1839, in Knox County. He was reared on the farm and educated int eh common schools. At the age of twenty he came to Knoxville, and learned the carpenter's trade under W. K. Eckles. Having worked chiefly as journeyman until 1872 he began contracting, and has gradually extended his business since. By his marriage to Miss Sarah O. Keyhill in 1869 he became the father of three sons. In 1880 Mr. Alexander Kelley joined him in the business since. In connection with his trade,. Mr. McLemore is interested in agriculture, and owns a fine farm of 180 acres on the Holston River. Amont the better buildings erected by Mr. Kelley and himself are the Hattie House, Girl's high School, First National Bankd and the Knoxville Insurance Company's office. Mr. McLemore is a Republican in politics, and one of the county's best citizens.

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Name: Green Mclemore
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Death Date: 05 Jun 1894
Death Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Age: 46
Birth Date: 1848 (sic)
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06791-0
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 1276602
Reference Number: 104
Collection: Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955

Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune, page [1], vol. X, iss. 100
Publication Date:
June 5, 1894
Published as:
The Knoxville Journal
Location:
Knoxville, Tennessee
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[No Headline]
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Death Notice

Died, at 2:45 this morning, at his home, No. 491 Nelson street, Green McLemore, of cancer of the stomach. Notice of funeral later.

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)


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1870 Census
Tennessee, Know, 7th Ward Knoxville
Enumerated 5 July 1870
Page 13
Stamped 433
90-96
McLemore, Green 30 M W Carpenter 1500 Tennessee Feb 24 (dated married within the year)
McLemore, Sarah 18 F W Keeping House Tennessee Feb 24

1880 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, Part of 12th Civil District
Page 40 SD 1 ED 167
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
362-380
McLemore, Green W M 41 Carpenter Tenn Tenn NC
McLemore, Sarah W F 28 Wf Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Albert W M 10 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Charley W M 8 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
(The next household enumerated was that of his cousin, Thomas Bartlett McLemore)

Green married Sarah O. Keyhill on 24 Feb 1869 in Tennessee. Sarah was born about 1852 in Tennessee; died on 12 Mar 1889 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name: Charles Mclemore
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 08 Jun 1911
Death Place: Park City, Knox Co., Tenn.
Age: 39
Birth Date: 1872
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tenn.
Occupation: Collector
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07514-0
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
Source Film Number: 1308105
Reference Number: cn 47980
Collection: Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955

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1900 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, Second Civil District
Enumerate 12 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 69 Sheet 15B
McLemore, Charles A Head W M Jun 1872 27 m 6 Tenn Tenn Tenn Grocer
McLemore, Bertha A Wf W F May 1877 23 M 6 2/2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Charles J Son W M July 1895 4 S Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Mary W Dtr W F July 1897 2 S Tenn Tenn Tenn

Charles married Bertha Hiller on 5 Aug 1894 in Knox County, Tennessee. Bertha was born in May 1877 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]