Cora Elizabeth Cammack: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Cora Elizabeth Cammack was born on 8 Jun 1889 in Texas (daughter of Thomas Forrest Cammack and Sarah Elizabeth Karcher); died on 1 Feb 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, showed her as a housewife, and listed her full name as Cora Elizabeth Dickerson. Her parents were listed as Thomas F. Cammack and Sarah Kartcher, and the informant was Jack Cammack.

Name: Cora Elizabeth Dickerson
Death Date: 01 Feb 1958
Death Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 68 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Jun 1889
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Thomas F. Cammack
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Kartcher
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Hemphill Precinct 1, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Gravelhill Cemetery
Burial Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Burial Date: 03 Feb 1958
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115251
Digital Film Number: 4167332
Image Number: 00001081
Reference Number: cn 10301
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Medical):See attached sources.

Family/Spouse: Henry Rufus Dickerson. Henry was born on 17 Jan 1876 in Texas; died on 6 Jan 1962 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Thomas Forrest Cammack was born on 17 Nov 1864 in Mississippi (son of Thomas Jefferson Cammack and Mary Elizabeth Dees); died on 19 Apr 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Not located

1910 Census
Texas, Shelby County, JP 7
Enumerated 10 May 1910
SD 2 ED 146 Sheet 22A Stamped 63
Tenaha Road
277-282
Cammack, Thomas F Hd M W 45 M1 23 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Cammack, Sarah Wf F W 43 m1 23 7/6 Tx Germany Tx
Cammack, Thomas Son M W 19 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Marvin Son M W 17 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Alvin Son M W 15 S Tx Miss Tx Laborer Home Farm
Cammack, Mae Dtr F W 13 S Tx Miss Tx
Cammack, Herman Son M W 6 S Tx Miss Tx
Cammack, Thomas J Father M W 70 Wd Miss Miss Miss Own Acct

Thomas married Sarah Elizabeth Karcher on 22 Aug 1887. Sarah was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Elizabeth Karcher was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died on 8 Jul 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Her last name is sometimes shown as KARTCHER. However, on herTexas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, her parents were listed as Philip Karcher of Germany and Minerva Huffman of Huffman, Texas. She was shown as a housewife, and the informant was her daughter, Cora Dickerson.

Name: Sarah Elizabeth Cammack
Death Date: 08 Jul 1937
Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 70 years 7 months 26 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1866
Birthplace: Huffman, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: T.F. Cammack
Father's Name: Philip Karcher
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Minerva Huffman
Mother's Birthplace: Huffman, Texas
Occupation: Housekeeper
Place of Residence: 5 miles north of Hemphill, Sabine, Texas
Cemetery: Grand Hill Cemetery
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 09 Jul 1937
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117296
Digital Film Number: 4166737
Image Number: 743
Reference Number: cn 38205
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Medical):See attached sources.

Children:

1. Cora Elizabeth Cammack was born on 8 Jun 1889 in Texas; died on 1 Feb 1958 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
Thomas P. Cammack was born on 2 Mar 1891 in Texas; died on 24 Mar 1937 in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Marvin Bishop Cammack was born on 19 Apr 1893 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died on 15 Jun 1941 in Carthage, Panola County, Texas; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Carthage, Panola County, Texas.
Alvin F. Cammack was born about 1895 in Teneha, Shelby County, Texas; died on 23 Apr 1937 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Maggie May Cammack was born on 9 Mar 1897 in Huffman, Harris County, Texas; died in Nov 1951 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
Herman Bailey "Jack" Cammack was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 1969 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 3

Thomas Jefferson Cammack was born on 1 Nov 1839 in Copiah County, Mississippi (son of James Douglas Cammack and Lucretia Ann Corley); died on 26 Nov 1918 in Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Ramah Cemetery, Teneha, Shelby County, Texas.

Notes:

Shown on GebWeb as buried at Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi, however Bob Phillips, a direct descendant, states that Thomas Jefferson Cammack was actually buried at the Ramah Cemetery in Shelby County, nearby to where he was living.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Townships 1 and 2 East of RR, P. O. Crystal Springs
Enumerated 15 July 1870
Page 46
336-322
Cammack James 58 M W Farmer 3300 1000 Tn
Cammack, Lucretia 53 F W Keeping House Miss
Cammack, James M 25 M W Farmer Miss
Cammack, John F 14 M W at Home Miss
Cammack, Thomas J 27 M W Farmer 1420 300 Miss
Cammack, Thomas F 5 M W Miss
Cammack, James R 3 M W Miss
Cammack, William A 2 M W Miss

1880 Federal Census
Source Information: Census Place Beat 4, Copiah, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254646 NA Film Number T9-0646 Page Number 211D
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas J. CAMMACK Self M Male W 40 MS Farm
Malissa L. CAMMACK Wife M Female W 30 MS Keeping House TN TN
Thomas F. CAMMACK Son S Male W 15 MS Student MS TN
James A. CAMMACK Son S Male W 13 MS Student MS TN
William H. CAMMACK Son S Male W 11 MS Student
Mary E. CAMMACK Dau S Female W 2 MS MS TN
Peyton R. BROWN Other S Male W 23 MS Physician GA MS

1900 Census
Texas, Shelby County, JP 5
Enumerated 5 and 6 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 90 Sheet 3B
49-49
Cammack, T. Head MW M Nov 1840 59 W? Miss
Cammack Robert Son W M Aug 1882 18 S Miss
Cammack, Mal??? Wf W F 59 4/4 Tex (name and info later crossed through)
Cammack Martha S Dtr W F Oct 1883 16 S Texas? Miss Miss
Cammack, Katie C Dtr W F Feb 1886 14 Tx " " "
Cammack, Nettie A Dtr W F July 1889 10 Tx " " "

Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Dees on 10 Feb 1864 in Copiah County, Mississippi. Mary was born on 18 Mar 1848; died on 20 Sep 1868 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Elizabeth Dees was born on 18 Mar 1848; died on 20 Sep 1868 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.

Children:

2. Thomas Forrest Cammack was born on 17 Nov 1864 in Mississippi; died on 19 Apr 1921 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
James Ardean Cammack was born on 15 Jan 1867 in Mississippi; died on 23 Jun 1958 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried on 24 Jun 1958 in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
William Hamilton Cammack was born on 10 Sep 1867 in Mississippi; died on 26 Nov 1946 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas.

Generation: 4

James Douglas Cammack was born on 10 Mar 1812 in Sumer County, Tennessee (son of Thomas S. Cammack and Isabella Neely); died on 23 Feb 1901 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Among their neighbors at the time of the 1850 Copiah County, MS census were numerous Herrington families.

Shirley W. Brinkley writes that the obit. for Jas. D. Cammack indicated he was a Mason and member of the Methodist church. The Poplar Springs Cem. was originally begun as a private cemetery on the old home place of Jas. D. Cammack, and is 2 1/2 miles s.e. of Crystal Springs on Harmony Rd, 1/4 mile to the location of the former home place.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County
Enumerated 12 Nov 1850
Page 124 (or 126 per Ancestry)
947-947
James D. Cammack 38 M Farmer 1380 Tenn
Lucretia A. Cammack 35 F Miss
Martha J Cammack 14 F Miss
Seth R Cammack 13 M Miss
Thomas J Cammack 11 M Miss
James M Cammack 9 M Miss
Temperance L Cammack 6 F Miss
Frances M. Cammack 3 F Miss
Eliza J Cammack 3/12 F Miss (Maybe Sarah Alice, or did Eliza die young?)

1860 Census
not located

1870 Census
Mississippi, Copiah County, Townships 1 and 2 East of RR, P. O. Crystal Springs
Enumerated 15 July 1870
Page 46
336-322
Cammack James 58 M W Farmer 3300 1000 Tn
Cammack, Lucretia 53 F W Keeping House Miss
Cammack, James M 25 M W Farmer Miss
Cammack, John F 14 M W at Home Miss
Cammack, Thomas J 27 M W Farmer 1420 300 Miss
Cammack, Thomas F 5 M W Miss
Cammack, James R 3 M W Miss
Cammack, William A 2 M W Miss

James married Lucretia Ann Corley on 16 Apr 1833. Lucretia was born on 5 Feb 1817 in Marion County, Mississippi; died on 28 Jul 1891 in Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucretia Ann Corley was born on 5 Feb 1817 in Marion County, Mississippi; died on 28 Jul 1891 in Copiah County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Shirley Brinkley shows her as a daughter of Seth Rankin Corley and Temperance Watkins (Wadkins), born respectivelly in Georgia and North Carolina.

Children:

Seth Rakin Cammack was born in Sep 1833 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 13 Jan 1892; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Martha Jane Cammack was born on 1 May 1836 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 4 Jan 1905 in Copiah County, Mississippi.
4. Thomas Jefferson Cammack was born on 1 Nov 1839 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 26 Nov 1918 in Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Ramah Cemetery, Teneha, Shelby County, Texas.
James Madison Cammack was born on 29 Nov 1840 in Mississippi; died on 10 Sep 1922 in Paxton, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Ramah Cemetery, Teneha, Shelby County, Texas.
Temperance Lucretia "Babe" Cammack was born on 8 Mar 1844 in Mississippi; died on 9 May 1919 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
Edmund Cammack was born on 30 Mar 1846 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jul 1847 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Frances "Fannie" Ann Cammack was born on 27 Apr 1848 in Mississippi; died on 19 Mar 1888 in Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
Sarah "Sallie" Alice Cammack was born on 16 Aug 1850 in Mississippi; died on 17 Aug 1935 in Copiah County, Mississippi.
William Albert Cammack was born on 6 Jan 1854 in Mississippi; died on 13 Feb 1855 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.
John Fletcher Cammack was born on 20 Feb 1856 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 13 Oct 1915 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Cammack was born in Feb 1857 in Mississippi; and died.
Emma Cammack was born on 4 May 1861 in Copiah County, Mississippi; died on 20 Feb 1863 in Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Poplar Springs Cemetery, Copiah County, Mississippi.