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John Thomas McLemore

Male Abt 1838 - 1905  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name John Thomas McLemore  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1838  Lauderdale County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Sep 1905  Forrest County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • His widow, Ellen, applied for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1906. She stated John T. McLemore enlisted in Perry County on 13 May 1862 in Co C, Ninth Mississippi Regiment Cavalry and served about three years. He was discharged 13 May 1865 in Meridian, Mississippi. Witnesses to her application were G. B. LEE and N. N. LEE.
    • (Research):
      Census Information:

      1870 Census
      Mississippi, Copiah County, Township 1&2 E. of RR
      Enumerated 13 July 1870 by C. E. Cannon
      Pages 38 & 39
      284-271
      Fairchild, John 22 M W Works in Saw Mill $--- $200 Miss
      Fairchild, Sarah 30 F W Keeping House Miss*
      Fairchild, Louisa 6 F W Miss
      Fairchild, William 4 M Miss
      Fairchild, Mary E 2 F W Miss
      Fairchild, John W 4/12 M W Miss March
      McLemore, John 33 M W Teamster Miss
      McLemore, Ellen 31 F W Miss
      McLemore, Nancy 8 F W Miss
      McLemore, Josiah 6 M W Miss
      McLemore, Cadwell 3 M W Miss
      McLemore, Ida 7/12 F W Miss January
      Keyton, William 21 M W Miss
      Pitman, James 35 M W Miss
      *Merritt Mullen shows her as Sarah L. KETON,


      1880 Census
      Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
      John L. MCLEMORE Self M Male W 39 MS Farmer SC SC
      Ellen MCLEMORE Other M Female W 37 MS Keeping House MS MS
      Florence MCLEMORE Other S Female W 18 MS MS MS
      Josiah MCLEMORE Other S Male W 16 MS Works On Farm MS MS
      Cadwell MCLEMORE Other S Male W 13 MS Works On Farm MS MS
      Ida MCLEMORE Other S Female W 11 MS MS MS
      Lula MCLEMOR
      E Other S Female W 9 MS At Home MS MS
      Napolean MCLEMORE Other S Male W 6 MS At Home MS MS
      Buster/Vaster MCLEMORE Other S Male W 2 MS At Home MS MS
      Source Information:
      Census Place
      Perry, Mississippi
      Family History Library Film, 1254662
      NA Film Number T9-0662, Page Number 327B
    Person ID I25632  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 May 2020 

    Father Josiah McLemore,   b. Abt 1803, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Sarah Jane Fairchild,   b. Abt 1804, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1822  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Merritt Mullen instead shows their marriage as occuring ca 1825.
    Family ID F8511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan Ellen Callahan,   b. Abt 1841, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1920 (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1862  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Ellen applied for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1906, based on the service of her late husband. She stated she was 65 years old (born ca 1841) and had been a resident of Mississippi her entire life. She was widowed from John T. McLemore--having been married in October 1862---and he died 4 Sep 1905.
    Children 
     1. Florence Nancy McLemore,   b. 10 Sep 1862, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1929, Forrest County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. John Amos Josiah McLemore,   b. 16 Nov 1865, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1942 (Age 76 years)
     3. James Cadwell L. "J. C." McLemore,   b. 6 Apr 1867, Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1934 (Age 67 years)
     4. Ida McLemore,   b. Jan 1870, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lula McLemore,   b. Abt 1871, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Abram Le Polian "Napolean" McLemore,   b. 21 Feb 1873, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1931 (Age 58 years)
     7. Scott Estus Levaster "Vaster" McLemore,   b. 22 Jun 1876, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1949 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F8528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1838 - Lauderdale County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Oct 1862 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1905 - Forrest County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S511] Makerney, April (amakerney@yahoo.com) "Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families" Ver. 2009-07-12 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=amakerney.

    2. [S542] Mullen, Merritt D. (mmullen8014@mchsi.com) "Fairchilds of the Southeastern USA" Ver. 2004-08-03 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=fairchild.

    3. [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Perry, Mississippi Family History Library Film, 1254662 NA Film Number T9-0662, Page Number 327B (Reliability: 3).