Thaddeus Kociusko McLemore

1846 - 1883  (37 years)

• Name	Thaddeus Kociusko McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Nov 1846	Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 1883	McDade, Bastrop County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Baker Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas   [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 d. Aft 1873, Bastrop County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Jane Harrelson,   b. Abt 1820, Mississippi d. Between 1852 and 1853, Jefferson County, Texas (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1833	Hinds County, Mississippi
  	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 » Slide Show		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 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 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 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 d. 25 Feb 1928, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1870	McDade, Bastrop County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Children	1. William Thomas McLemore,   b. 1 Dec 1871, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas d. 20 Aug 1928, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas (Age 56 years)   2. Felix Delbert "Bud" McLemore,   b. 30 Dec 1873, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas d. 19 Oct 1948, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas (Age 74 years)   3. Keton Jessie McLemore,   b. 4 Feb 1876, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas d. 12 Nov 1954, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas (Age 78 years)   4. Margaret Lee "Margie" McLemore,   b. 12 May 1878, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas d. 1 Jun 1949, Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma (Age 71 years)   5. Thaddeus Romeo McLemore,   b. 30 Jun 1880, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas d. Jul 1927, Crisp, Ellis County, Texas (Age 47 years)   6. Laura Lucretia McLemore,   b. 6 Mar 1883, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas d. 1 Jan 1967, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F8156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Nov 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Marriage - 22 Dec 1870 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Death - 24 Dec 1883 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Burial - - Baker Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [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). [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).