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Pleasant Cornelius McLemore

Male 1873 - 1955  (81 years)


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  • Name Pleasant Cornelius McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth 11 Nov 1873  McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Sep 1955  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • 1893 San Antonio City Directory
      P.C. McLemore, Carpenter, resides at 710 Sherman
      (This is the same address as his mother, Nancy McLemore's, boarding home)

      1894 San Antonio City Directory
      Pleasant C. McLemore, Business S P Shops, Resides at 725 Burleson (This is the same address as his mother, Nancy McLemore's, boarding home)

      1917 Houston City Directory
      Pleasant C. McLemore, Trade Contractor, Business Address 2208 Semmes

      Pleasant was interested in family history, and several letters he wrote to family members in the mid 1940's and 1950's have been preserved. He details much of his own history in these letters. He told his niece Ivy that he was a "life long democrat." He also informed her that he "managed to drag through St. Marys College two terms, I payed my own tuition by driving a carriage..." In a 1944 letter to J. W. McLemore in Altus, Oklahoma, Pleasant wrote that "At one time, I was the leading building contractor in S.A. (San Antonio), owned my own woodworking mill. Raised race colts as a hobby, owned the fastest trotting horses in the city (a stallion) in 1909-10-11....(worked) for S.P.R.R. as a building forman...for over 7 years. I resigned to go in business for myself...." In a later letter to his niece, Ivy, he wrote that "over 500 houses in S. A. I made plans for and built them accordingly. The archtictects had much confidence in my bldg. judgement."

      Pleasant also told J.W. McLemore that in 1911 he took a contract from "the Standard Oil Co. to build a gas pumping plant at Rodesa, La. I moved in Vivian. La. after completion." In Vivian, he did both commerial and residential construction. After leaving Louisiana, he settled in Houston.

      He also informed both correspondents of business reverses that caused him to go bankrupt. He told his niece Ivy that "overwork was the cause of my affliction, my dr. had warned me unless I slowed down it would finally get me.

      He is thought to be buried at either the Hollywood or Brookside Cemetery in Houston.

      Name: Pleasant C. Mclemore
      Death Date: 19 Sep 1955
      Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
      Gender: Male
      Race: W
      Death Age: 80 years 1 month 8 days
      Estimated Birth Date:
      Birth Date: 11 Nov 1874
      Birthplace: Bastrop, Texas
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name: Unknown
      Father's Birthplace:
      Mother's Name: Unknown
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Occupation: Retired Contractor
      Place of Residence: Houston, Harris, Texas
      Cemetery: Hollywood
      Burial Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
      Burial Date: 23 Sep 1955
      Additional Relatives:
      Film Number: 2114543
      Digital Film Number: 4165516
      Image Number: 1710
      Reference Number: 45053
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


    • (Research):Census Information:

      1910 Census
      Texas, Bexar, JP 8, ED 72
      Enumerated 19 May 1910 by Geo. H. Bacon
      SD 14 ED 72 Sheet 22A Stamped 286
      New Braunfels Ave Alamo Heights
      334-351
      McLemore, Pleasant C Hd 38 M1 17 Tx Unk Unk Contractor
      McLemore, Viola W 33 M1 17 Tx Ny Mich
      McLemore, David Son 16 Tx Tx Tx Carpenter/House Builder
      McLemore, Pleasant Son 10 Tx Tx Tx
      McLemore, Daniel Son 7 Tx Tx Tx
      McLemore, Nay Dtr 5 Tx Tx Tx

      1920 Census
      Texas, Montgomery County, JP 1, Ed 103
      Enumerated 18 Mar 1920 by E.C. Chisholm
      Sheet 8A
      McLemore, Pleasant Hd M W 47 M Tx Miss Miss Carpenter House
      McLemore, Viola Wf F W 42 M Tx Ny Oh
      McLemore, May Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx

      1930 Census
      Texas, Brazoria, Pr 1, Angleton, ED 1
      Brazoria County Jail
      Enumerated Apr 11, 1930 by Quillian Davidson
      ED 20-1 SD 28 Sheet 14A
      McLemore, Pleasant Inmate M W 57 M18 Tx Tx Tx
    Person ID I24486  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    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 Nancy Jane Johnson,   b. 21 Mar 1835, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1926, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 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."
    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

    Family Viola Theresa Bowen,   b. Abt 1877, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1938, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1893  [2
    Children 
     1. Robert David McLemore,   b. 18 Jan 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1970, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Pleasant "Pleas" Cornelius McLemore, Jr.,   b. 15 Aug 1900, Willis, Montgomery County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1958, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Daniel Elmo McLemore,   b. 17 May 1902, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1974, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Addie Nay McLemore,   b. 28 Oct 1904, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1983, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F8163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1873 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Sep 1955 - Houston, Harris 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. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).