John B. McLemore

Notes:

From Goodspeed's 1889 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, Fulton County

page 293

Dr. Joel McLemore, a physician of acknowledged merit in Fulton County, was born in Halifax County, N. C., June 12, 1835, and there remained until ten years of age, when he was taken by his mother to Tennessee, receiving his literary education in Waynesboro, of that State. During this time he formed a strong desire to study medicine and made the investigation of this science his chief business for a number of years. He has been practicing since 1865, and has been a successful practitioner of Fulton County ever since 1878. In October, 1855, he was married in Tennessee to Miss Harriet G. McClearen, who was born and reared in Hickman County, Middle Tenn. Her parents, John and Elzada (Adams) McClearen, were born in Northern Alabama and Bedford County, Tenn., respectively. To Dr. and Mrs. McLemore nine children have been given, seven of whom are living: John B., Joel H. (deceased), James F., William B., Albert A., Sterling P., Samuel G., an infant deceased, and Allie. During the late war the Doctor served four years in the Confederate army as major of a battalion. He is a Master Mason, a member of the Democratic party, and he and wife belong to the Methodist Protestant Church. He owns a farm of 240 acres on English Creek, about seventy-five acres of which are under cultivation. His parents, Joel and Mrs. Elizabeth (Pullen) McLemore, were born in Virginia and North Carolina in May, 1773, and 1803, respectively. The father removed to North Carolina when a young man and was married there. He was a tailor by trade, and also followed the occupation of farming, and on his extensive plantation in Halifax County employed 100 hands. He was twice married, Miss Pullen being his second wife, and by her he became the father of two sons: Joel, and James H., who lives in Wayne County., Tenn. After his demise his widow married John Whittaker, and moved to Perry County, Tenn., where she died in April, 1859. The paternal grandparents of our subject were born near London, England, and a short time prior to the Revolutionary War they emigrated to the United States and settled near Richmond, Va., where they afterward died.

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(Research):Census Listings:

1850 Census
Not located

1860 Census
Tennessee, Hickman County, District 10
Enumerated 12 Jun 1860
Page 21
161-161
Joel McLamore 24 M Farmer $--- $2368 NC
Harriett McLamore 21 F Tenn
John B. McLamore 3 M Tenn
James F. McLamore 10/12 M Tenn

1870
Unable to locate

1880 Census
Arkansas, Fulton County, South Fork
Enumerated 8 June 1880
Page 8, SD 2, ED 67
74-78
McLamore, Joel W M 45 Farmer NC NC NC
McLamore, Harriett W F 42 Wf Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLamore, Finley W M 21 Son Laborer Tenn NC Tenn
McLamore, Wm W M 19 Son At Home Tenn NC Tenn
McLamore, Albert W M 17 Son At Home Tenn NC Tenn
McLamore, Sterlin W M 14 Son At Home Tenn NC Tenn
McLamore, Sam'l W M 11 Son At Home Tenn NC Tenn
McLamore, Alley W F 4/12 Dtr Ark NC Tenn

Joel married Harriet G. McClearen in Oct 1855 in Tennessee. Harriet was born about 1839 in Hickman County, Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

".....was born and reared in Hickman County, Middle Tenn. Her parents, John and Elzada (Adams) McClearen, were born in Northern Alabama and Bedford County, Tenn., respectively."


From Goodspeed's 1889 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas, Fulton County

Notes:

Melba Gene McLemore found a June, 1839 Supreme Court of North Carolina case relating to Mungo T. Ponton, Ex'r of Joel H. McLemroe vs. Elizabeth McLemore, et al.

Joel H. McLemore, by his last will and testament, devised and bequeathed as follows: "I give the following property to my friend, Henry Dogett, in trust, for the support and maintenance of my Daughter, Mary E. AVENT, viz; Austin, senior, Cynthia, Emannel, Daniel and Chaney, with an equal share of the proceeds of the sale of property, which I shall empower my executors to sell, with the exception of five hundred dollars, to be taken out of the part of my daughter, of the the money that may remain, after paying my just debts; the balance of my negroes, I wish to be equally divided among my wife and her child James Henry, and the one with which she is now pregnant. It is my wihd and desire that should I die shortly, that my executors sell the lots and houses I own in the town of Halifax, upon such credits as may seem to them best calculated to enhance the value of the property, together with all household and kitchen furnitre; and, at the end of the year, I wish them to sell my land, lying below the town of Halifax, and all my stock, crop and plantation utensils; the manner of selling, I leave to my extecutors; and, after the payments of my debts, the surplus, if any, I wish to be equally divided between my wife Elizabeth and her children; and the part which I design for my daughter, with the exception of five hundred dollars aforesaid, to my friend Henry Doggett, as aforesaid, in trust for the support and maintenance of my daughter, Mary E. AVENT---The property I hereby leave in trust, for the benefit of my daughter, Mary E. AVENT, is to be applied at the discretion of the trustee, for the support and maintenance of Mary E. AVENT, and her children, and no part or parcel thereof to be subject to the debts of her husband. " This bill was filed by the executor, stating the death of the husband of the testator's daughter, Mar E. AVENT, and the refusal of the trustee to act, and asking the advice of the court as to the proper construction of the will

This case was published in "Reports of Cases in Equity Argued and Determined in The Supreme County of North Carolina. From June Term 1839, to December Term, 1830, both inclusive. By Thomas P Devereux and William H. Battle, Vol. II. Raleigh: Published by Turner and Hughes. Thos. J. Lemay, Printer, 1840. It is available on Google Books.

Joel married Elizabeth "Betsey" Pullen before 1826. Elizabeth was born about 1803 in North Carolina; died in Apr 1859 in Perry County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He died just about a year after his father. In 1790, James appeared as a separate entry in the first U.S. Census, apart from his father, living in Richland County with two sons over 16 and two daughters. These children were named in James' will probated August 4, 1796; sons John and Joel, and daughters Mary and Sarah, both of whom by the time of their father's death were living in Virginia (Mary, it will be recalled, was the wife of Harrison McLemore of Southhampton County). (James L. McLemore, III, p. 60).