Thomas Bartlett "Bart" McLemore

Notes:

From the Knoxville Weekley Chronicle
Wednesday, April 30, 1873, page 4
(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Mechanicsville

Messrs. Nathaniel Williams and Robert Berry have each just completed a small neat residence. Mr. W. B. Wright has two neat dwellings nearly completed. Mr. James Cooper has completed with the last two months a very fine residence. Mr. Charles Jones, Ticket Agent a the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad is having a good dwelling erected. Mr. Bartley McLEMORE is also erecting a dwelling opposite of Mr. Jones'.


From Knoxville Sentinel
May 8, 1919
(Courtesy of Eddie Maynard)

Thomas B. McLemore, aged 75 years, died at the Lincoln Memorial Hospital Thursday morning at 12:30 o'clock....He is survived by his widow and one son, Mrs. Edwin L. McLemore, and one brother, Mr. James McLemore....Interment will be in the National cemetery...Mr. McLemore was born in Knox County, near the confluence of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, on September 25, 1844, the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Luttrell McLemore. He was the grandson of John and Annie (Jackson) Luttrell, early pioneers of Knox County.

His youth and young manhood were spent on the farm at the place of his birth. when he was only 17 years of age he joined a part of union men and journeyed across the mountains to Williamsburg, Kentucky, where, on April 14, 1862, he enlisted in the union army in Capt. James M. Amstrong's comapny B, sixth Tennessee infantry. He served creditably in this organization throughout the war, and was engaged in battles on numerous occasions. he was mustered out at the close of the war at Nashville, on April 27, 1865.

Returning home from Nashville, he entered school at New Market, and later completed his education at Grant University in Athens.

On May 8, 1872, he was married to Miss Mary Lou Murphy, daughter of the late Capt. James M. and Mary Kane Murphy, by Rev. J. B. Ford, then pastor the First M.E. church of this city. To them were born three sons, James, Edwin L., and Burdette, only of of whom survives.

For twenty-four years, Mrs. McLemore taught at the Hampden-Sidney and the North Knoxville schools in the city, and at Ball Ridge, Macedonia, and Middlebrook, in the county.

In 1884 he located on a farm near Ball Camp, where he engaged extensively in farming for a number of years. During this period he was elected and served as president of the East Tennessee Farmers' convention. For six years he represented the old nineteenth civil district in the county court, and was also postmaster at Ball Camp for four years. In 1880 he was elected to represent Knox County in the lower house of the state legislature and served with credit to himself and the county during the sessions of that body. When Knoxville was made a port of entry, Mr. McLemore was made the first collector of the port and served faithfully in that capacity until the expiratoin of his term of office. During the time he was collector of the port it was designated to have charge of the disbursements in connection with the additon of the postoffice building, which was being made at that tiem.

At the close of the Civil War, Mr. McLemore joined the Methodist Episcopal church....for seven years he was superintendant of the Sunday School at Beaver Ridge....For a number of years he was connected with the First M.E. Church in this city, and was a member of the official board as logn as he lived. He was a member of the Beaver Ridge lodge, I.O.O. F., and had been connected for a number of years with the G.A.R., having been a commander of the William McKinley post...

Xerox of correspondence between Laura Luttrell, Head, McClung Historical Collection at the Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee and Clyde McLemore of Helena, Montans, June 1952

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Name: Thomas B. Mclemore
Event: Death
Event Date: 08 May 1919
Event Place: Knox Co., Tennessee
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Additional Relatives: X
Digital Folder Number: 4183649
Image Number: 1431
Film Number: 1299704
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: v 30 cn 413
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955


(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, Part of 12th Civil District
Page 40 SD 1 ED 167
Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
363-381
McLemore, Bart T. W M 35 Teaches School 2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Louisa W f 28 Wf Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Edward (sci) W M 4 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
Murphey, Frank W M 30 Brother-in-law Teaches School 2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
(Preceding household was that of his cousin, Green McLemore Jr.)

1900 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, 19th District
Enumerate Jun 1, 1900
SD 2 ED 93 Sheet 1A Stamped 185
7-7
McLemore, Thos. B Head W M Sept 1844 57 m 28 Tenn Tenn Tenn Farmer
McLemore, Mary L. Wf W F Jun 1852 47 M 28 3/1 Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, T. Burditt Son W M Jan 1884 16 S Tenn Tenn Tenn At School

Thomas married Mary Louisa Murphy on 8 May 1872 in Knox County, Tennessee. Mary was born in Jun 1852 in Tennessee; died on 28 Mar 1927 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried in National Cemetery, Knoxville County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knoxville Weekly Chronicle: Wednesday, December 23, 1874

James Murphy, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McLeore, passed from earht through the pearly gates of the "Heavenly Eden" on the morning of the 14th last. He was a bright and promising child of 14 monhts of age, and was the idol of their home.

When in the arms of their physician he began to sink into death's cold embrace and was surrounded by a number of weeping friends who mingled their tears of sorrow with those of his fond parents which were wrung from their almost breaking hearts by such a scene.

A short funeral service was held at their residence in Mechanisville, at Tuesday morning, by Rev. J. F. Goldman, assisted by Rev. Mr. Thomas after which was sweetly sung "Waiting for Thee."

The body which was laid in a silver mounted coffin, upon which was inscribed in the center, "Our Darling," was conveyed to the residence of James M. Murphy in the country, where Rev. Mr. Goldman preached a short and impressive funeral sermon which was replete with words of tenderness and comfort to the mourning friends. From there the remains were followed to the family burying ground near to where the officiating minister read the beautiful burial services of the Methodist Chruch, when his angelic form was committed to the dust."

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Notes:

Said to have married Ida Augusta WILLIAMS on 27 Oct 1897 in Knox County, TN.
Not verified.
Source: http://presys.com/~debinflorence/WMcLemore.html


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Name: Edwin Luttrell Mclemore
Event: Death
Event Date: 05 May 1952
Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
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Digital Folder Number: 4181476
Image Number: 2848
Film Number: 2372462
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: cn 52-10719
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville, Ward 11
Enuerated 4 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 72 Sheet 28B
Third Ave
543-571
McLemore, Edwin Head W M Jan 1876 24 m2 Tenn Tenn Tenn Clerk
McLemore, August Wf W F Mar 1875 25 m 2 0 Tenn Tenn Tenn

Edwin married Augusta Williams on 27 Oct 1897 in Knox County, Tennessee. Augusta was born in Mar 1875 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]