Archibald McLemore, Jr.

1817 - 1905  (87 years)

• Name	Archibald McLemore  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	17 Jun 1817	Knox County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1905	Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri   [2]
  Notes	This is a biography is transcribed from "HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI, 1889"; Published by Goodspeed, and can be found at the following website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~modade/bio_p4.htm Archibald McLemore, farmer, and an old citizen of Center Township, five miles northeast of Greenfield, is a native of Knox County, Tenn., having been born in 1817. His father was Archibald McLemore, of North Carolina, who went to Knox County, Tenn., when a young man, where he married Sarah Plumley. In 1820 they removed to Monroe County, where he died in 1825, at about at he age of forty-five, his wife dying in 1824. She was the mother of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh, who, after his parents' death, lived with his brother, Abram, working for him until he was nearly grown. In 1827 he assisted the governor to remove the Cherokees to their reservation in Indian Territory. September 15, 1842, he married Miss Mollie Brown, who was born in South Carolina, in 1817, the daughter of Robert and Jennie (Dennis) Brown, who moved to Monroe County, Tenn., about 1820. In 1842 Mr. McLemore came to Dade County, Mo., and settled two miles from Greenville, on the farm which is now owned by John Higgin. He remained two years, when, owing to ill health, he returned to Tennessee, and, in 1849, again came to Dade County, settling on the farm which he now owns, comprising about 265 acres. Their family consisted of six children: Mary, who died in 1886, aged forty-three; Robert, a merchant at Everton; Sarah Ann, wife of James McConnell; William, merchant at Everton; Paulina, wife of George Wilson, merchant at Everton. Mr. McLemore is a highly respected citizen; in politics he is a Republican, casting his first vote for Van Buren in 1840, being a Democrat before the war. He and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Obituary of Archibald McLemore from the Greenfield Vadette 5 FEB 1905. Archibald McLemore "Born in 1817, Mr. McLemore died at the home of his son Wm. Y. McLemore in this city Sunday, Jan. 29th, 1905, in the 88th year of his age. Mr. McLemore was born in Knox County, Tennessee, in 1817. His Father, Archibald, a native of North Carolina, died in 1825. His Mother, a native of South Carolina, whose maiden name was Plumley, died in 1824, so that the death of his Father left him an orphan at the age of eight years. Until fifteen years of age, he lived with an older brother, when he and another brother walked 300 miles to the gold mines of Northern Georgia, and began life for themselves. He remained but a short time, going thence to Tennessee, where he engaged in farming until 1837, when at the age of 17, he enlisted in the Tennessee Militia, and was engaged with the troops in the removal of the Cherokee Indians to their reservation in the territory. In 1842, he was married to Mollie Brown, born in South Carolina in 1817. Sometime after their marriage, they decided to settle in Southwest Missouri. He had a large wagon constructed and came through the swamps of Southeast Missouri, an over Ozarks to Springfield. They subsisted principally on game killed by Mr. McLemore while en route. They stopped near Springfield, which was then but a small settlement, but a short time. Being unsatisfied with the conditions there, they pushed on through the wilderness, stopping near Hoyt's Mill, on Turnback, even two and one-half miles East of Greenfield, in 1842. Here, he began the construction of a cabin, and the preparation of a tract of land for farming, but because of sickness of himself and his wife, which lasted a year, they moved to the mountain districts of East Tennessee. In 1849 he returned to Missouri and located on the Sac River, about five miles Northeast of Greenfield. By unremitting toil, he made enough rails to enclose his tract of land, entered it for a homestead, and has since resided there, except during the brief period recently in which he made his home with his son, Wm. Y. McLemore, our County Recorder, in this city. The funeral discourse was preached by Rev. J. E. Johnston, local pastor at the C. P. Church Monday afternoon, from where the burial took place. Another good man and good citizen has gone to his reward. He was a consistent Christian gentleman, blessed with as many friends as usually fall to the lot of any man. Cursed with as few enemies as any man of conviction could be. What a pity the world is not full of such." (Research): Census Information: 1850 Federal Census Missouri, Dade County, ED 25 Enumerated 23 Sept 1850 by James J. Tuck 294-305 Arch McLemore 30 M Farmer TN Mary McLemore 31 F SC Mary McLemore 5 F Mo Robert McLemore 4 M TN Sarah McLemore 1 F TN 1860 Census Missouri, Dade County, Center Twp, Post Office Greenfield Enumerated 12 July 1860 Page 79 532-532 Archibald McLemore 43 M $2000 $1000 Tn Mary McLemore 43 F S. Carolina Mary McLemore 16 F Mo Robert F. McLemore 13 M Tn Ann McLemore 11 F Tn William McLemore 8 M Tn Pahlina F McLemore 5 F Mo Jasper McLemore 3 M Mo
  Person ID	I21829	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Archibald McLemore,   b. 11 Mar 1787, North Carolina d. Between 1830 and 1835, Monroe County, Tennessee (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Sarah Plumlee,   b. Abt 1785   d. Aft 1830, Monroe County, Tennessee (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Knox County, Tennessee
  	This is excerpted from a biography of their seventh son, Archibald McLemore, named for his father. It is transcribed from "HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI, 1889"; Published by Goodspeed, and can be found at the following website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~modade/bio_p4.htm Archibald McLemore('s).....father was Archibald McLemore, of North Carolina, who went to Knox County, Tenn., when a young man, where he married Sarah Plumley. In 1820 they removed to Monroe County, where he died in 1825, at about at he age of forty-five, his wife dying in 1824. She was the mother of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh.....
  Family ID	F8240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary "Mollie" Brown,   b. 2 Apr 1817, South Carolina d. 14 Oct 1891 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1842	Monroe County, Tennessee   [5]
  Children	1. Mary McLemore,   b. Abt 1845, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert F. McLemore,   b. Abt 1846, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Ann McLemore,   b. Abt 1849, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Young McLemore,   b. 15 Feb 1852, Dade County, Missouri d. 30 Oct 1929, Dade County, Missouri (Age 77 years)   5. Paulina F. McLemore,   b. Abt 1855, Dade County, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jasper M. McLemore,   b. Abt 1857, Dade County, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Jun 1817 - Knox County, Tennessee Marriage - 15 Sep 1842 - Monroe County, Tennessee Death - 29 Jan 1905 - Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  McLemore, Archibald, 1853 Land Grant Land Grant to Archibald McLemore of Dade County, Missouri, signed by Franklin Pierce, President

  
  

• Sources

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