Family: James Knox Polk McLemore / Margaret Caroline Jackson (F8491)

• Male James Knox Polk McLemore

  
  

  Birth	30 Apr 1844	Tennessee
  Death	22 Mar 1908	Carroll County, Tennessee
  Burial		Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Marriage	11 Oct 1870  [1, 2, 3]	Gibson County, Tennessee  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Atkins Jefferson McLemore | F8489 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sabrina Maury | F8489 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Margaret Caroline Jackson

  
  

  Birth	18 Mar 1855	Alabama
  Death	24 Oct 1932	Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Burial		Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female Viola Bertha McLemore

  
  

  Birth	14 Jul 1871	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	28 Aug 1953	Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Burial		Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Will S. Connally | F9914
  Marriage	18 Nov 1898	Gibson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Male James Knox McLemore, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	7 Dec 1874	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	22 Mar 1929	Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Burial		Centerville Cemetery, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Lennie Ethel Luckey | F8719
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Jenny McLemore

  
  

  Birth	Jul 1876	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male Robert Adkins McLemore

  
  

  Birth	Feb 1879	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	5 Sep 1960	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
  Burial		Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee

  
  

  Female Elnora Florence McLemore

  
  

  Birth	10 Jan 1880	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	6 Jun 1953	Houston, Harris County, Texas
  Burial		San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
  Spouse	William Wilkes McFarland | F13410
  Marriage

  
  

  Male Eugene Brooks McLemore, Sr.

  
  

  Birth	18 Apr 1884	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	Nov 1967	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
  Burial
  Spouse	Nona Perkins | F8812
  Marriage	Bef 1919	Gibson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Male Cabe McLemore

  
  

  Birth	12 Dec 1889	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	14 Feb 1959
  Burial		Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Ida Mary Jones | F8721
  Marriage

  
  

  Male Cecil Blackman McLemore

  
  

  Birth	10 Jan 1894	Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	28 Aug 1978	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
  Burial		Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Eula M. Glover | F13972
  Marriage	19 Sep 1919	Gibson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Male Earnest "Ernie" Floyd McLemore

  
  

  Birth	22 Jan 1898	Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Death	18 Jun 1982
  Burial		Hopewell Cemetery, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Alma J. ??? | F8720
  Marriage

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Notes

  Married: MaryLynn Santa shows that they were the parents of 10 children.

  
  

• Sources

  [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).