Earnest "Ernie" Floyd McLemore

1898 - 1982  (84 years)

• Name	Earnest "Ernie" Floyd McLemore  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Ernie
  Birth	22 Jan 1898	Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jun 1982  [2]
  Burial	Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I26304	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 May 2016

  
  

  Father	James Knox Polk McLemore,   b. 30 Apr 1844, Tennessee d. 22 Mar 1908, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret Caroline Jackson,   b. 18 Mar 1855, Alabama d. 24 Oct 1932, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1870	Gibson County, Tennessee   [5, 6, 7]
  	MaryLynn Santa shows that they were the parents of 10 children.
  Photos		McLemore, James Knox Polk and wife, Margaret Jackson James Knox Polk with his wife, Margaret Jackson. His descendant, Sherry Connally Murray points out the knot of hair visible on Jame's head. She writes that because this hank of hair saved his life as a young man, he forevermore refused to have it cut, wearing it pinned up to his head in a small bun. She indicated she had heard two differing versions of the story, in one it happened during the Civil War, and in the other he was coming home from a bar in Jackson. "Anyway it happened when he was a young man. He fell in the river, and was drowning. Someone reached in and grabbed a hank of hair on the top of his head and saved him. He would never allow that bit of hair to be cut again for the rest of his life. It was 3 or 4 feet long."
  		McLemore, James Knox Polk and Family James Knox Polk McLemore and his wife, Margaret Jackson are seated. Sherry Murray believes the other seated woman is Margaret's mother, who was said to have later married one of James McLemore's brothers after her first husband died, making her both mother-in-law and sister-in-law. James and Margaret's children stand behind them. Sherry's grandmother, Viola is in the center of the back row, in the white dress. Viola was an artist, and loved all things with lace and frills, and always dressed accordingly. The identity of the other children, presumably Viola's siblings, is currently unknown. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE OTHER CHILDREN OF JAMES AND MARGARET.
  Family ID	F8491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alma J. ???,   b. 19 Mar 1901, Tennessee d. 2 Jan 2000 (Age 98 years)
  Children	1. Floyd Odell McLemore,   b. 18 Aug 1918, Gibson County, Tennessee d. 26 Jul 1989, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F8720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Jan 1898 - Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Burial - - Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.), Tennessee, Gibson, Civil District 1, ED 30 Enumerated 2, 3 and 4th June 1900 by Horace V Suiter 18-18 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 86473406 (Reliability: 3). [S1360] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, Ernie Floyd McLemore (Reliability: 3). [S1360] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, 22 Jan 1898 Medina, Gibson, Tennessee (Reliability: 3). [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. [S1096] Markel, Barbara (Campbell) Compiler "Gibson County TN - Marriages", (http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/gibson/vitals/marriages/mca-mcle.txt). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 99123458 (Reliability: 3).