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Thaddeus Kociusko McLemore

Male 1846 - 1883  (37 years)


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  • Name Thaddeus Kociusko McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth 8 Nov 1846  Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Dec 1883  McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Baker Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Appears to have been named in honor of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Revolutionary War Patriot from Poland who fought for the American Cause during the Revolution.

      Hung, along with his brother Wright, by vigilantes in McDade, Texas on Christmas Eve, 1883. The following story about the event was published in the Austin Statesman Newspaper:

      Texas, 25 Dec 1883.
      HORRIBLE AFFRAY AT McDADE
      Three Men Hung, Three Shot and Several Others Wounded McDade - Dec. 25-"Last night about 7:30 o'clock Henry Pfeiffer, Wright McLemore and Thad McLemore were taken out of the saloon here, by masked men, and carried about a mile into the brush and hanged to a tree. Thad McLemore had been arrested late in the evening on a charge of burglary made by S. E Walker of McDade. He was under arrest at the time the masked men took him, while the other two parties happened to be present. Pfeiffer was charged with horse theft in this County. The party who did the hanging was about 40 or 50 men well armed. Today a party of six men, friends and relatives of the men hung, came in town and raised trouble with Tom Bishop and George Milton, a fight with shot guns and pistols took place, in which Jack Batey and Az Batey were killed, Hayward Batey badly wounded, but who escaped. Willie Griffin a very estimable young man of our town, was shot though the head and mortally wounded by Hayward. Griffin was assisting Milton and Bishop in defending themselves.

      The five dead bodies of the McLemores, Bateys and Pfeiffer are lying in the Market house, none of their friends having come for them, and it is thought the town will have serious trouble tonight when they do come. It will be several days before the jury of inquest will get through.

      Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmdhms/austin_statesman_dec_25th_1883.htm

      Further details can be found in "I'LL DIE BEFORE I"LL RUN: The Story of the Great Feuds of Texas" by C.L. Sonnichsen (University of Nebraska Press, c. 1951, 1961), (pp. 178-187).
    • (Research):
      Census Information:

      1880 Federal Census
      T.R. McLemon Self M M W 33 La Laborer --- MS
      Texaner G. McLemon Wife M F W 26 Tx Keeping House Tn Tn
      Wm. McLemon Son S M W 8 Tx La Tx
      Felix D. McLemon Son S M W 6 Tx La Tx
      Keetin J. McLemon Son S M W 4 Tx La Tx
      Margaret McLemon Dau S F W 2 Tx La Tx
      Precinct 8, Bastrop, TX
      FHL Film 1255290 Na Film T9-1290 Page 214A
    Person ID I24469  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2015 

    Father Keton Jones McLemore,   b. Abt 1809, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1873, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Jane Harrelson,   b. Abt 1820, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1852 and 1853, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1833  Hinds County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In a March 1, 1955 letter to his niece, Pleasant McLemore, the youngest son of Keton by his second wife, recalls that the names of his fathers descendants by his first wife, as far as he knew, were "Lucreacia, Wright, Mandy, Isabel, Felix before Isabel (my error), Maggie, and then Thad, as for Harrison, I never heard of him.....I never did see Wright, saw Thad once, when we stopped at Felixes a few minutes, he didn't talk to me, and I didn't know who he was."
    Documents
    McLemore, Keton Jones family info pg1
    McLemore, Keton Jones family info pg1
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 1 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg2
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg2
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 2 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg3
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg3
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 3 of 4.
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg4
    McLemore, Keton Jones Family info pg4
    Rosa McLemore Dunkerly (1869-1954) dictated this family history to a grandson in 1941. She was the youngest daughter, and fifteenth child, born to Keton Jones McLemore. Census and other records confirm her recollections to be very accurate. Page 4 of 4.
    Family ID F8149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Texanna Good Baker,   b. 28 May 1853, Washington County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1928, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1870  McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. William Thomas McLemore,   b. 1 Dec 1871, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1928, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. Felix Delbert "Bud" McLemore,   b. 30 Dec 1873, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1948, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Keton Jessie McLemore,   b. 4 Feb 1876, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1954, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     4. Margaret Lee "Margie" McLemore,   b. 12 May 1878, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1949, Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Thaddeus Romeo McLemore,   b. 30 Jun 1880, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1927, Crisp, Ellis County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     6. Laura Lucretia McLemore,   b. 6 Mar 1883, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1967, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F8156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Nov 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Dec 1870 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Dec 1883 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Baker Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S501] McLemore, Melba Gene-Family Researcher/Family Group Sheets, Correspondence, Email (maddoxyellowrose@hotmail.com) ; http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php, (http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php).

    2. [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.), # 11385156 (Reliability: 3).