Ira Henry Strickland White McLemore

1896 - 1970  (74 years)

• Name	Ira Henry Strickland White McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	29 Jan 1896	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jul 1970	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Burial	Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Excerpted from an undated, unreferenced obituary: Lifelong resident of Sabine County. Justice of the Peace, Precinct One, for eight years. Services at First Baptist Church of Hemphill. Rev. Jim Turner, officiated. Buried at Gravel Hill. Graveside Masonic rites conducted by Littleton Fowler Lodge.
  Person ID	I196	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2021

  
  

  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   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  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	Alma Clara Bragg,   b. 11 Mar 1906, Time, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 May 1985, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1922
  Children	1. Rufus Maxie McLemore,   b. 11 Aug 1923, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 Sep 2010, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 87 years)   2. Roland Finn McLemore,   b. 14 Jul 1925, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 4 Jun 1942 (Age 16 years)   3. Ernest Deford McLemore,   b. 17 Jan 1928, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 Oct 2000, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jan 1896 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Death - 18 Jul 1970 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		_McLemore, Ira Henry Strickland White Husband of Alma Bragg B. 1896 D. 1970 Texas
  		McLemore, Ira Henry Strickland White Husband of Alma Clara Bragg B. 1896 D. 1970 Texas

  
  

  Headstones		McLemore, Ira H.S.W.
  		McLemore, Ira and Alma (Bragg) Family Plot Marker

  
  

• 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/. [S334] Rootsweb, Texas Death Records, 1964 thru 1998. [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).