Robert "Bob" Johnson McLemore

Abt 1857 - Abt 1911  (54 years)

• Name	Robert "Bob" Johnson McLemore  [1]
  Nickname	Bob
  Birth	Abt 1857	McDade, Bastrop County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1911	Caddo Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Notes	Rosa McLemore Dunkerly recalls that Bob was a "cowboy in his younger days, rode the Chisolm trail--knew all old timers, Ben Thompson, King Fisher and others. Was very good with a gun, wore two. Returned to McDade and killed Tom Bishop and all the members of the gang that were to be found." Melba Gene McLemore notes, however, that Tom Bishop actually outlived Bob McLemore. She states that there were news articles about several attempts made on Bishop's life over the years. None of the news accounts, however, gave any indication that Bob might have been involved in these attempts. In Bob's family, a sketchy story was also passed down through the years, indicating that "Robert and two other family members from East Texas rode to Round Rock, Tx to get revenge for the hangings." Both the 1900 census and daughter Margie Bell's delayed birth certificate list his occupation as a Physician. His grandson, Sam McLemore, Jr. clarifies that Bob was actually a "medicine man, healer, Indian Doctor." The 1910 Arkansas census, in fact, lists the family as "Indian." The prior Texas census showed them as white. Pleasant McLemore wrote that "Bro. Bob and I were opposit characters. I was more like Felix, Bob didn't place much imphisis on justice, but Felix and I did. I roasted Bob many times while visiting him in regard to this. He brought Mollie [his wife] to be with mother before her twins were born, when she went back, I went with her to assist her, I was 16 years of age, I stayed there 5 or 6 months." (From a March 1, 1955 letter to his niece). Bob McLemore's life was cut short by violence. When his youngest son, Sam McLemore, had not yet reached his tenth birthday he was in the fields with his father and a hired hand. Rosa reports that "the friend corrected Bob's boy Sam in a very rough manner." Bob and the hired hand shot at each other. Bob was shot in the jaw, but didn't visit a doctor. He developed gangrene from the wound and soon died. Bob was around 54 at the time, and left behind his wife and six children. Pleasant McLemore later wrote to a niece that is was a few miles from Vivian, Louisiana where his brother Bob was buried, in a "saw mill town named Mytis, Louisiana." He presumably is refering to Myrtis, a small town in Caddo Parish, near Vivian. (Research): Census Information: 1900 Census Texas, Cass County, JP 3, ED 22 Enumerated 7 Jun 1900 by C.R Cartright SD 1, ED 22, Sheet B 6 99-99 McLemore, Robert Hd W M ?? 1852 48 M 15 Tx Ga Ga Physician McLemore, Mollie Wife W F ??? 1854 46 M 15 8/6 Al Ga Ga McLemore, Maude Dtr W F Sept 1883 16 S Al Ga Ga Farm Laborer McLemore, Margie Dtr W F Dec 1884 11 S Al Ga Ga Farm Laborer McLemore, Maggie Dtr W F July 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer McLemore, Keton Son W M Oct 1891 8 S Tx Ga Ga McLemore, Robert Son W M Oct 1893 6 S Tx Ga Ga McLemore, Nellie Dtr W F Oct 1897 2 S Tx Ga Ga Childs, Anthony Boarder B M Jan 1886 20 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer 1910 Census Arkansas, Miller County, Sulphur, ED 75 Enumerated 9th & 10th of May 1910 by Wm. L Duckett SD 4, ED 75, Sheet 9A 124-140 McLemire, R. Johen Hd M In 42 M1 24 Tx Ga Mo Farmer McLemire, Mary M Wife F In 41 m1 24 9/6 Al Tx Al McLemire, Keton Son M In 17 S Ark Tx Al Gen Farm McLemire, Robt Son M In 15 S Tx Tx Al Home Farm McLemire, Sam Son M In 8 S Tx Tx Al
  Person ID	I24479	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Keton Jones McLemore,   b. Abt 1809, Kentucky d. Aft 1873, Bastrop County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Nancy Jane Johnson,   b. 21 Mar 1835, Tennessee d. 7 Dec 1926, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1853	Texas   [1]
  	In his March 1, 1955 letter to a niece, Pleasant McLemore enumerated his own sibling group "Elisabeth, Emma, Bob, Addie, Rose, Pleasant."
  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	F8159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mollie Ward,   b. Abt 1854, Alabama d. 24 Aug 1928, Texas (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1879  [1]
  Children	1. Maud McLemore,   b. 10 Sep 1882, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margie Bell McLemore,   b. 29 Dec 1883, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas d. Abt 1964 (Age 80 years)   3. Baby Girl McLemore,   b. 31 Jan 1886, Texas d. Sep 1886, Texas (Age 0 years)   4. Mabel McLemore,   b. 10 Dec 1888, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas d. Jul 1889, Texas (Age 0 years)   5. Maggie Mae McLemore,   b. 10 Dec 1888, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas d. 25 Nov 1965 (Age 76 years)   6. Keton Jones McLemore,   b. 22 Jun 1892, Arkansas d. 15 Sep 1944, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas (Age 52 years)   7. Robert Pleasant McLemore,   b. 21 Oct 1894, Texas d. 1 Sep 1968, Calhoun County, Texas (Age 73 years)   8. Nellie J. McLemore,   b. 9 Nov 1897, Cass County, Texas d. 14 Feb 1905 (Age 7 years)   9. Samuel Donald McLemore, Sr.,   b. 13 Mar 1902, Cass County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1857 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Death - Abt 1911 - Caddo Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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).