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Nancy Jane Johnson

Female 1835 - 1926  (91 years)


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  • Name Nancy Jane Johnson  [1
    Birth 21 Mar 1835  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Dec 1926  Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • In November, 1954 Pleasant McLemore told his grand-niece, Ivy, that his mother "was a pratical nurse, and when nursing a righteous patient who succumbed, when she came home, she said he or she went straight to heaven." Pleasant took it upon himself to read her the scriptures about the long wait for death that would take place until Christ's second coming, and recalled that "the distressed look on her face made me sorry I ever told her...."

      1893 San Antonio City Directory
      Nancy J. McLemore, Boarding House (owner), resides at 710 Sherman

      1894 San Antonio City Directory
      Nancy J. McLemore, Widow, Boarding House (owner), resides at 725 Burleson

      After K.J.s' death, she was said to have been briefly married to a Mr. GILLEY.

      Melba Gene McLemore located her death certificate in California. California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Local Registered number 11657.

      Melba noted: "Mrs. E. Hughes was the informant on Nancy's death certificate. That would be her daughter Emily Mary "Emma" McLemore, who married 1st Rudolph Blum, 2nd Charles Leander Hughes. Nancy is living with her widowed daughter Emma in 1910, San Antonio,Texas. Emma and her mother Nancy, both widowed, have moved to California by 1915.

      Rosa Dunkerley states in the papers preserved by Lynn Murchison, that mother Nancy died at age 92, as does Nancy's death certificate. By 1915 Emma has moved to California. She and her mother Nancy are living at the same address listed on Nancy's death certificate.

      Name: K J McLemore
      Gender: Male
      Spouse: Nancy J McLemore (widow KJ) rents 620 W. Slauson
      Publication Title:Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1915
      Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

      Nancy Jane McLemore nee Johnson died of bronchial pneumonia on 7 December 1926 in Los Angeles, California. She is buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery. Sadly, her death certificate does not list her parents.
    • (Research):1880 Federal Census:

      Household:

      Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace?u?
      ?/u?S.E. WILLIAMS Self M Female W 25 TX Dress Maker MS TN ?u?
      ?/u?Keton J. WILLIAMS Son S Male W 4 TX IN TX ?u?
      ?/u?Mary M. WILLIAMS Dau S Female W 1 TX IN TX ?u?
      ?/u?N.J. MCLEMON Mother W Female W 43 TN Keeping House TN NC ?u?
      ?/u?Nancy A. MCLEMON Sister S Female W 15 TX At Home MS TN
      Source Information:
      Census Place E.D. 28, Luling, Caldwell, Texas
      Family History Library Film 1255294
      NA Film Number T9-1294
      Page Number 244C

      In 1900, she was living with her stepson, Felix H McLemore in Parker County (near Fort Worth).

      In 1910, she was with her daughther, Emily Hughes, in San Antonio.
    Person ID I24476  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2023 

    Family 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) 
    Marriage Aft 1853  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • In his March 1, 1955 letter to a niece, Pleasant McLemore enumerated his own sibling group "Elisabeth, Emma, Bob, Addie, Rose, Pleasant."
    Children 
     1. Mattie McLemore,   b. Abt 1853, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1853, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Sarah Elizabeth McLemore,   b. 15 Oct 1854, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1941, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     3. Robert "Bob" Johnson McLemore,   b. Abt 1857, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1911, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
     4. Emily "Emma" Mary McLemore,   b. Jun 1859, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1920, Boerne, Kendall County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
     5. Nancy Adaline "Addie" McLemore,   b. 25 Sep 1864, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1923, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     6. Rufus Walter McLemore,   b. 26 Apr 1867, East Waco, McLennan County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Nov 1868, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     7. Rosa Ann Vernetta McLemore,   b. 27 Jul 1869, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1954, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     8. Pleasant Cornelius McLemore,   b. 11 Nov 1873, McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1955, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    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 F8159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1835 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aft 1853 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Dec 1926 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 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).