Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

While living in warehose hollow near Wheeler Dam, Earl contracted malaria fever which forced him back to Limestone to recover. He resided with friends and relatives helping with their crops. In 1933 Earl entered the Civilian Conservation Corps. His grandparents, Samuel and Rebecca Kendall SMITH, needed financial help. The CCC would give Earl food and lodging and $8 a month and send grandparents $22 a month. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

Earl married Vona Ailene Kennedy on 13 Apr 1935 in Elgin, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Vona was born after 1915; died about 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Willis Pinkney KENNEDY and Ella Ophelia LOVELL. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). Willis was a son of Simpson KENNEDY and Georgiana Pearl LEATHERWOOD, for whom a more complete biography can be found in the same book, pages 291 and 292.

Notes:

Married:
Earl and Vona had two children Charles Edward McLemore who married Dorothy MATTHIAS and had three girls, Vona, Thresa and DANIELLE.

Their [Earl and Vona's] other child was Frances Audene McLemore who married James M. CAMPBELL and had one son James Christopher CAMPBELL who married Denise CONWAY and had three girls, Ashley Chrystal, Terri Denise and Mary Caroline CAMPBELL. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346).

Notes:

He worked paving roads and building bridges when he wasn't farming. The McLemore's remained in Cartwright until 1932. Due to declining cotton prices and other extreme conditions of the Great Depression, Earl's family was forced to move to Elgin, Alabama. The crop of 1931 was a devasting blow to the family. He had planted 20 acres of cotton and produced 4 bales. The cost of production was higher than the income for the product.

In Elgin, Sammy and Earl Junior began clearing land for William Lee and Risky D. Butler, a prominent family of the period. The Butlers provided work for jobless men to help their families. They employed men lived in tents.

(The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).

(Research):Census Information:

1910 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Pr 8 Big Creek
Enumerated 6 May 1910
SD ? ED 103 Sheet 10A
177-191
McLemore, Earl B Hd M W 32 M1 7 Ala Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Elizabeth Wf F 24 M1 & 3/3 Ala Tn Tn
McLemore, Marvin E. Son M 6 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Mirel Dtr F 4 Ala Ala Ala
McLemore, Otho Son M 2 Ala Ala Ala

1920 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Athens
Enumerated 27 Jan 1920
SD 8 ED 98 Sheet 25A
294-322
McLemore, E V Hd M W 41 M Ala Ala Ala Laborer Street Work
McLemore, Bertha Wf F W 27 M Tn Tn Tn (Second Wife)
McLemore, Marvin Son M W 17 S Ala Ala Tn Laborer Street Work
McLemore, Merle Dtr F W 14 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Otha Son M W 11 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Earl Son M W 5 Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Sammuell Son M W 3 Ala Ala Tn

1930 Census
Alabama, Limestone County, Big Creek Precinct 8
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 42-17 SD 2 Sheet 13B
243-262
McLemore, Earl B Hd M W 50 M 24 ALa Ala Ala Farmer
McLemore, Lucy B Wf F W 38 M 2 Tn Tn Ala
McLemore, Earl B Jr Son M W 16 S Ala Ala Tn
McLemore, Sammie Son M W 14 S Ala Ala Tn
Smith, Sam Father In Law M W 70 M Tn Tn Tn
Smith, Rebecca Mother In Law F W 78 M 35 Tn Tn Tn

Earl + Lucy Bertha Smith. Lucy was born about 1893 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After his first wife Lizzie, died, Early remarried "Lucy Bertha Smith the daughter of Samuel McMahan SMITH and Rebecca KENDALL. Lucy is the granddaughter of William Riley SMITH and Susannah Humble BEECHBOARD and Waitstel Avery Coffee KENDALL and Susannah JONES." (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). She is of "German descent." (Ibid, p. 347).

Notes:

Married:
Early and his second wife Lucy Bertha had two sons, Earl Junior McLemore and Sammy Zachriah McLemore. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 346). They also had a daughter, Mary, who died young. (The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama, p. 347).