Susan "Susie" "Jim Ann" "Granny Mack" Byram

Notes:

Dolores McLemore McKee says that her Granny Mac was nicknamed "Jim Ann" because she always worked like a man. She was orphaned at around nine years of age, and raised by a lady that Dolores believes was a maternal aunt.

Susan's first husband is listed as Syon Beason "S. B." REED on Find A Grave, a son of William Harvey Reed and Elizabeth Southern Reed. Said to have been born 14 Feb 1866 in Alba and died 8 Dec 1908 in Howard County, TX. Burial place not known. Find A Grave Memorial# 136528894

Dolores McLemore McKee believes her maiden name was BYRUM, though it has instead been cited as BYRAM, BARNES, and BALDWIN. She was said by descendants to have been born in Indian Territory, of Cherokee heritage. Three of her daughters from a prior marriage were living with she and Elisha McLemore as of the 1900 census, listed as his "daughters-in-law" [sic-s/b step-daughters]

When her eldest McLemore daughter, Lillie Mae, applied for a social security account in 1944, she listed her mother as Amer. Baldwin.

On the California Death Index, Susan's maiden name was shown as BARNES

MCLEMORE SUSIE ANN 09/09/1867 SWEDEN BARNES F TEXAS FRESNO 08/20/1947 79 yrs

And this is a transcription of her actual death certificate:

SUSIE ANN MC LEMORE
Place of Death County FRESNO City of Town FRESNO-Rural
Address Route 10, Box 557, Fresno
In this community 6 years, In California 6 years
Female White Widowed
Name of Husband ELISHA McLEMORE
Birthdate September 9, 1867
Age 79 Years, 11 Months, 11 Days
Birthplace Alba, Texas
Occupation Housewife
Father John Barnes [Note: Contradicted on other document per Dolores McLemore McKee]
His birthplace Unknown
Mother Susan Swe(e)den
Her birthplace Unknown
Informant Mrs. Monzell (sic) Carter
Address Fresno, CA
Burial August 25, 1947
Belmont Memorial Park
Don F. Gates, Embalmer License 2429
Lisle Funeral Home
Fresno, CA
By Darwin W. Johnson
Filed 8/22/47

Date of Death August 20, 1947 1:50 a.m.
Attended by Physician from May 1947 to August 19, 1947
Last seen alive August 19, 1947
Cause of Death Acute Dilitation of heart due to Chronic Myocarditis
AA Calaway MD
1060 Fulton, Fresno 8/20/1947

At least two of her daughters also believed her last name to be BARNES, Mozelle, who was the informant for her death certificate, and Fallie, who showed BARNES on her application for a Social Security Number. It is interesting to note, however, that Fallie's application was printed in all capital letters, with only the Mother's Maiden name and the signature in cursive, as if there may have been some hesitation regarding the mother's maiden name.

Dolores McLemore Mckee adds that Susan's mother, Susan Sweeden, was a daughter of Ellen Simpkins, Elen Simpkins is the daugher of Joseph Simpkins and Nancy Stephens of North Carolina and Alabama.

Joseph SIMPKINS Nancy STEPHENS 07 Jun 1824 Cumberland NC USA

http://genealinks.com/records/records067.htm

I am looking for information on Nancy Stephens, born in 1802 in N.C. and married Joseph Simpkins in 1824 in Cumberland North Carolina. They came to Texas about 1840.
Saundra Burge

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?simpkins::stephens::6584.html

(Research):
Census Information:

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

Susan married Syon Beeson Reed before 1885. Syon was born before 1865 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married Elisha Right McLemore about 1892 in Texas. Elisha (son of Rufus K. McLemore and Mary Martha Daniels) was born on 12 Jan 1860 in Jefferson County, Arkansas; died on 27 Sep 1922 in Rains County, Texas; was buried in Colony Church Of Christ Cemetery, Alba, Rains County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grandmother of Parthanell Walker Hamilton, who is interested in the genealogy of this family. (email: westtexasgal@hotmail.com).

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.

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