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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."

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