Ernest Edward McLemore b. 20 May 1889 Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 Oct 1963 San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1889 - 1963 (74 years)

Name	Ernest Edward McLemore [1, 2, 3]
Birth	20 May 1889	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Death	7 Oct 1963	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas [2, 4]
Burial	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas [2]
Notes	From the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, HEMPHILL, TEXAS Thursday 17 October 1963 (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary) Services held for Ernest McLemore Funeral services were held for Earnest E. McLemore, 74 of Hemphill at 4 pm Tuesday, Oct 8, at the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. E. E. Adams, pastor of Bulah Baptist Church near Pendleton in Louisiana. Assisting was the Rev. A.E. Armstrong, pastor of Gravehill church. Mr. McLemore, a native and lifelong resident of Sabine County, died at 8:20 am Oct. 7 in the East Texas Convalescent Home, San Augustine, where he had been for seven weeks. He was a retired farmer. Burial was in Gravel Hill cemetery under direction of Starr Funeral Home of Hemphill. Pallbearers were nephews, Max Cammack, Gayle Wyatt, Rufus McLemore, Earl McLemore, Marton Conn and Elroy Boyd. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Boyd McLemore of Hemphill; two sons Hugh McLemore of Beaumont and Paul McLemore of Houston; one brother Ira McLemore of Hemphill, three sisters Miss Mollie (sic) McLemore and Mrs. Jack Cammack of Hemphilll and Mrs. Elvie Speights of Beaumont; and five grandchildren. (Research): Census Listings: 1930 Census Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4 Enumerated 18 Apr 1930 ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234 704-727 McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 30 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer McLemore, Mary F Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx McLemore, Rufus H Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx 1940 Census Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 Enumerated April 27, 1930 SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A McLemore, Ernest E Head M W 50 Tx Same House Farmer McLemore, Florence Wf F W 46 M Tx Sam House McLemore, Hugh R Son M W 21 S Tx R Sabine Tx ?? Stewart Reforestation McLemore, Paul B Son M W 8 S Tx Same House
Person ID	I193	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	John F. "Finn" McLemore, b. 28 Dec 1853, Decatur County, Georgia d. 12 Feb 1924, Sabine County, Texas (Age 70 years)
Mother	Rutha Triphene White, b. 27 Dec 1859, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 11 Jun 1939, Sabine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
Marriage	11 Dec 1883	Sabine County, Texas [5, 6, 7, 8]
Documents		McLemore, Finn 1883 marriage to Ruth White When Finn married Ruth White in 1883, he had already been twice widowed, his previous wives both dying in childbirth. He has one daughter by his first wife, who was raised by her maternal grandparents after her mother died. Finn and Ruth went on to have a large family.
Family ID	F51	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Florence Boyd, b. 15 Sep 1893, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 Jan 1977, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 83 years)

Marriage 21 Dec 1913

Children

	1. Cecil Rudolph McLemore, b. 3 Mar 1915, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 Oct 1915, Sabine County, Texas (Age 0 years)
	2. Hugh Rufus "Mr. Mack" McLemore, b. 9 Sep 1918, Sabine County, Texas d. 25 Dec 1999, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 81 years)
	3. Paul Boyd McLemore, b. 19 Aug 1931, Sabine County, Texas d. 31 Jan 1985, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 53 years)

Family ID F196 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 9 Dec 2006

Event Map

	Birth - 20 May 1889 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
	Death - 7 Oct 1963 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas
	Burial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas

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Photos » Slide Show		McLemore, Ernest Edward ca 1910 Ernest was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. This is a photo of Ernest (l) with Wiley Kerr (r), probably taken around 1910.
		_McLemore, Ernest Edward Husband of Mary Florence Conn B. 1889 D. 1963
		McLemore, Ernest Edward Husband of Mary Florence Conn B. 1889 D. 1963

Headstones

McLemore, Ernest and Florence (Boyd)

Sources

[S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Pr 1 Enumerated 5 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 2A Stamped 93 22-23 (Reliability: 3).
[S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.
[S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 Enumerated April 27, 1930 SD 43-2 ED 202-3 Sheet 18A (Reliability: 3).
[S346] Sanders, J.B. "Index to Cemeteries of Sabine County, Texas 1836-1964", 1964, Nacogdoches, Texas.
[S341] Sabine County, Texas, Marriage License.
[S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.
[S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 95 (Reliability: 3).
[S1305] Clark, John W. "Some Descendants of William Clark of Sabine County, Texas" (American Reference Publishing Co., Ste. 262-250, Ridgleas Bank Building, Fort Worth, Texas 76116, c. 1971), (This book was complied by John William Clark, 1023 Harris Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73107 in honor of William Clark...information was obtained from family records and interviews with relatives having first hand knowledge of the facts; census records of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas; cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions; library books in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Hemphill, Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and letters from many interested people all over the country willing to help and be helped. A copy of this book was found by Trudy Cox at the Abilene Christina Unversity Brown Library and xeroxed by her, and a copy sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas.), p. 45 (Reliability: 3).