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Sallie Reese McLemore

Female Abt 1859 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Sallie Reese McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1859  Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
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    • SMITHSON, Sallie Reese McLemore

      The Pulaski (TN) Citizen 24 Jun 1936

      Mrs. W. B. Smithson, widow of William Burr Smithson, former prominent lawyer and State Senator, died at the Pulaski Hospital about 3 o'clock Friday morning of pneumonia, following an acute illness which began only a few hours before her death. Mrs. Smithson had been at the hospital for about three months recovering from a hip fracture received in a fall at her home, and was so much improved that she had expected to leave the hospital this week. So her unexpected death was a great shock to her relatives and friends.

      Dr. G. A. Morgan conducted the funeral rites Sunday afternoon at her late home and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery beside her husband who died about nine years ago.
      Mrs. Smithson formerly was Miss Sallie Reese McLemore, of Spring Hill, her mother having been Harriet Susan Figuers. She married Mr. Smithson on Nov. 21, 1882, and had been a resident of Pulaski since then. She was a member of one of Maury County's most aristocratic families, and "Everbright" her ancestral home at Spring Hill was the scene of many brilliant social events both before and after the Civil War.

      Mrs. Smithson was a woman of superior qualities and possessed a generous nature, genial disposition and intelligence and practical sense of a high order, and was noted for her love of flowers, shrubs, trees, and pretty landscape effects and devoted much time and energy to their culture. Ane the beautiful home which she sometimes called "Everbright" is a testimonial of her work.

      Left with the responsibility of managing the estate left by her husband she did so in a way which reflected credit on her efficiency and good judgment. She was a home-loving woman, and spent most of the time looking after her home and its requirements. She had long been a loyal member of the Methodist Church.

      Surviving are: Nephews, R. N. McLemore, Columbia; W. T. McLemore, Nashville; W. F. Warfield, Houston, Texas; T. M. Rogers, Florence, Ala., Norfleet McLemore, St. Louis, Mo.; Nieces, Miss Olive Rogers, Florence, Ala.; Mrs. J. W. Love, Chattanooga; Mrs. H. L. VanHook, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Eaton Elder, Memphis; Mrs. Gordon Craig, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Elizabeth McComb, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. J. J. McCabe, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. W. W. Shea, Nashville.

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maury/Giles-Marshall-LincolnCountyCemWeb/GilesCountyObits/GC1930-1939_Obits.htm
    Person ID I25588  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

    Father Robert Weakley McLemore,   b. 19 Apr 1821, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1897, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Harriet Susan Figuers,   b. 22 Feb 1822, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1898, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 17 Sep 1840  Williamson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Marriages of Williamson County, Tennessee 1804 - 1850, complied by Edythe Rucker Whitley, page 133: "McLemore, Robt. W. to Harriet S. Figures, Sept. 17, 1840. BM: Zebulon W.P. Maury."

      (Courtesy of Jane A. "Xan" Alexander)

    Family ID F8503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.

    2. [S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.), Tennessee, Maury County, District 222, Post Office Columbia Page 32 212-223 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S524] McLemore, Rev. William Pearman--Family Archivist, 5116 W Malibu Court McHenry, IL 60050.