Amos Bullard McLemore

1869 - 1944  (74 years)

• Name	Amos Bullard McLemore  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	5 Mar 1869	North Carolina   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Feb 1944	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana   [1, 3]
  Notes	Bonnie Seiler has him instead listed as Amos Leslie, with a date of birth in 1866. His granddaughter, Diane McLemore Harrison, writes that "Amos was hired by Gulf Oil around the turn of the 20th century and move to the Shreveport area from North Carolina. He drilled offshore platforms in Caddo Lake for Gulf. Allegedly, not proven yet, he help drill the first offshore well." Name Amos Bullard Mclemore Titles and Terms Event Type Death Event Date 03 Feb 1944 Event Place Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana Gender Male Age 74 Race (Original) White Birth Year (Estimated) 1870 Birthplace North Carolina Father's Name L H Mclemore Father's Titles and Terms Mother's Name Elizabeth Parker Mother's Titles and Terms Spouse's Name Katherine Spouse's Titles and Terms Certificate Number 1720 Page GS Film number 1220636 Digital Folder Number 004213508 Image Number 02025 Citing this Record: "Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSB3-M65 : accessed 29 Sep 2014), Amos Bullard Mclemore, 03 Feb 1944; citing Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, certificate number 1720, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1220636. (Research): Census Listings: 1910 Not located 1920 Not located 1930 Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Shreveport City Enumerated April 10, 1930 ED 959 SD 1 Sheet 11A Stamped 220 East Delaware 246-251 McLemore, A. B. Head M W 61 M 32 NC NC NC Driller Oil McLemore, Elizabeth K Wf H F W 52 M 26 NC NC NC McLemore, Corless A Son M W 25 S Tx NC NC Laborer Oil McLemore, Lena May Dtr F W 21 S Tx NC NC Clerk Hearon Dry Goods McLemore, Santford Son M W 20 S La NC NC McLemore, Agaretha Dtr F W 17 S La NC NC McLemore, Aran Son M W 13 S La NC NC McLemore, Katherine Dtr F W 13 S La NC NC
  Person ID	I22201	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Lofton Hayes McLemore,   b. 10 Mar 1844, Sampson County, North Carolina d. 3 Oct 1906, Sampson County, North Carolina (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Bullard,   b. 12 Feb 1843, Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina d. 15 Apr 1875, North Carolina (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1866	Sampson County, North Carolina   [5]
  	On 18 Sept 1866, L.H. McLemore married Elizabeth BULLARD Parker. She was the daughter of James BULLARD and widow of George PARKER. Diane McLemore Harrision, a descendant, shows Elizabeth with a date of death of April 15, 1875, and Lofton remarried and went on to have four more children with his second wife. Some researchers have speculated that Lofton and Elizabeth divorced, as Elizabeth Bullard McLemore is said to be mentioned by name in the 1883 Will of her father, James Bullard. This is likely jsut a transcription error, as differing groups of descendants of Lofton and Elizabeth all have her date of death as circa 1875.
  Family ID	F7697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Catherine Rich,   b. Abt 1878, North Carolina d. 28 Sep 1931 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1901	Sampson County, North Carolina   [1, 5]
  	Robert McLemore Butler has their date of marriage listed twice in his database, once in 1901 and once in 1907. It appears that 1901 is the correct date.Witnesses were Wesley FAIRCLOTH, J.E. RICH, R.E. HOBBS. The couple was married at O.F. Rich's. After they married, Amos and Catherine left North Carolina and moved to Texas and then to northwest Louisiana, where Amos worked as a driller. They say he was head driller on the first well over water, which was in Caddo Lake. They had eight children. Robert McLemore Butler writes that he was 32 and she was 26 when they married in Sampson County. Unable to locate in the census indexes for 1910 or 1920. In 1930, they were in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Six of their children were still living at home. Boyd had already died, and Ennis had apparently already left home. Sampson County, NC Deed Book Book 512/565 Deed C.F McLemore and wife To Mary Alice Rich, Et al Date 23 Sept 1940 Between: C.F. McLemore and wife Lavenia E.L McLemore and wife, Mary Francis J.S. McLemore and wife, Lorayne O.A. McLemore and wife, Florence Lena May WHITE and husband R.H. Ogaretta MURFF and husband, N.B. Katherine PERMAN (sic) and husband, C.H. A.B. McLemore Between Heirs at law of Elizabeth C. McLemore and Mary Alice Rich, of Sampson County, NC And Lola Jane Rich HOLLINGSWORTH and Thelma RICH, also of Sampson County In consideration of $110 have sold...land...located in McDaniels Township, Sampson County, NC as follows: First tract: adjoining the lands of A.L. CRUMPLER and others, beginning at George RICH's corner....down the run of pocosin branch to the run of Watson's Branch; thence across the run of Watson's Branch to L.L. RICH corner, thence down L.L. RICH's line to Frank RICH's corner.......containing 44.6 acres, more or less, see deed to C.F. Rich recorded in Book 332, page 57..Second tract: adjoining the lands of W. J. FAIRCLOTH, J.C RICH, and others... see deed to O.F. RICH, recorded in Book 399, page 29... To have and to hold the said lands to the said Mary Alice RICH, for and during her natural life, remainder at her death to Lola Jane Rich HOLLINGSWORTH and Thelma RICH, in equal interest State of Louisiana, Parish of Plaquemines ...Napoleon B. MURFF signed in the presence of a notary the 30th of October, 1940.. State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo ...A.B. McLEMORE, R.H. WHITE, and wife Lena May White, Orgaretta MURFF, C.H. PERRYMAN and wife, Katherine M. PERRYMAN, J.S. McLEMORE and wife, Lorraine McLEMORE, O.A. McLEMORE and wife, Florence McLEMORE...signed in the presence of a notary on the 26th of October 1940... State of Washington, County of Cowletz ...E.L. McLEMORE and wife Mary Francis McLEMORE...signed in the presence of a notary...this 10th day of October 1940 State of Texas, County of Victoria ...C.F. McLEMORE and wife Luvenia McLEMORE...signed in the presence of a notary...this 3rd day of October 1940 State of North Carolina, Sampson County ....foregoing certificates...each with notarial seal affixed, are adjudged to be correct...this 6th day of November 1940... Filed 6 November 1940 Recorded 7 November 1940 Gertruide WEST Register of Deeds
  Children	1. Boyd A. McLemore,   b. 18 Dec 1902, Texas d. 4 Aug 1925, Pulaski County, Arkansas (Age 22 years)   2. Corless F. McLemore,   b. 3 Jul 1904, Texas d. 2 Jan 1972, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 67 years)   3. Ennis L. McLemore,   b. 3 Oct 1906, Texas d. Jan 1974, California (Age 67 years)   4. Lena Mae McLemore,   b. 10 Jul 1908, Texas d. 6 Apr 1987 (Age 78 years)   5. James Santford McLemore,   b. 19 Nov 1909, Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana d. 23 Sep 1989, Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Age 79 years)   6. Ogaretta McLemore,   b. 16 Aug 1912, Louisiana d. Abt 1989, Louisiana (Age 76 years)   7. Oran A. McLemore,   b. 30 Apr 1916, Louisiana d. 25 Jul 1984, Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Age 68 years)   8. Katherine C. McLemore,   b. 30 Apr 1916, Louisiana d. 20 Jan 1987, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F7721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Mar 1869 - North Carolina Marriage - 28 Dec 1901 - Sampson County, North Carolina Death - 3 Feb 1944 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		McLemore, Amos, Ida and Edward ca 1871 The children of Lofton Hayes McLemore and his first wife, Elizabeth Bullard
  		McLemore, Amos B., ca 1900's and crewmates on a Gulf Oil Rig Husband of Elizabeth Catherine Rich B. 1869 North Carolina D. 1944 Louisiana Diane McLemore Harrison writes that her grandfather, Amos B. McLemore, was hired by Gulf Oil around the turn of the 20th century, moving to the Shreveport, Louisiana area from North Carolina. He drilled offshore platforms in Caddo Lake for Gulf. Allegedly, not proven yet, he helped drill the first offshore well, there." In this photo of Amos and co-workers on a rig, she writes that he "is the short one, fourth from the left, with the mustache."
  		_McLemore, Amos B. Husband of Elizabeth Catherine Rich B. 1869 North Carolina D. 1944 Louisiana

  
  

• Sources

  [S493] Harrison, Diane McLemore-Family Researcher (harrisontx@sbcglobal.net). [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Louisiana, Caddo Parish, Shreveport City Enumerated April 10, 1930 ED 959 SD 1 Sheet 11A Stamped 220 East Delaware 246-251 (Reliability: 3). [S843] FamilySearch.org, Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875 , 1894-1956. [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.), Amos B Mclemore, Area C, Shreveport, Police Jury Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-79A, sheet 14A, family 314, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1388. (Reliability: 3). [S371] Butler, Robert McLemore--Family Researcher Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (deceased).