Robert Adkins McLemore

1879 - 1960  (81 years)

• Name	Robert Adkins McLemore  [1, 2]
  Birth	Feb 1879	Gibson County, Tennessee   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Sep 1960	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee   [4]
  Burial	Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee   [5]
  Notes	He shares a double headstone with Lydia S. McLemore, (25 Dec 1895-9 Apr 1982). After Robert's death, she married Vence Rowden SLOAN (1897-1983). His obituary noted hw was an employed at the Norris Dam National Park for eight years where he trained horses and was in charge of the riding stables.
  Person ID	I26299	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	James Knox Polk McLemore,   b. 30 Apr 1844, Tennessee d. 22 Mar 1908, Carroll County, Tennessee (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret Caroline Jackson,   b. 18 Mar 1855, Alabama d. 24 Oct 1932, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1870	Gibson County, Tennessee   [6, 7, 8]
  	MaryLynn Santa shows that they were the parents of 10 children.
  Photos		McLemore, James Knox Polk and wife, Margaret Jackson James Knox Polk with his wife, Margaret Jackson. His descendant, Sherry Connally Murray points out the knot of hair visible on Jame's head. She writes that because this hank of hair saved his life as a young man, he forevermore refused to have it cut, wearing it pinned up to his head in a small bun. She indicated she had heard two differing versions of the story, in one it happened during the Civil War, and in the other he was coming home from a bar in Jackson. "Anyway it happened when he was a young man. He fell in the river, and was drowning. Someone reached in and grabbed a hank of hair on the top of his head and saved him. He would never allow that bit of hair to be cut again for the rest of his life. It was 3 or 4 feet long."
  		McLemore, James Knox Polk and Family James Knox Polk McLemore and his wife, Margaret Jackson are seated. Sherry Murray believes the other seated woman is Margaret's mother, who was said to have later married one of James McLemore's brothers after her first husband died, making her both mother-in-law and sister-in-law. James and Margaret's children stand behind them. Sherry's grandmother, Viola is in the center of the back row, in the white dress. Viola was an artist, and loved all things with lace and frills, and always dressed accordingly. The identity of the other children, presumably Viola's siblings, is currently unknown. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE OTHER CHILDREN OF JAMES AND MARGARET.
  Family ID	F8491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1879 - Gibson County, Tennessee Death - 5 Sep 1960 - Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee Burial - - Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  McLemore, Robert A, Obituay Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Tennessee, Gibson, Civil District 1, ED 30 Enumerated 2, 3 and 4th June 1900 by Horace V Suiter 18-18 (Reliability: 3). [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.), # 83168912, Robert A. McLemore (Reliability: 3). [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.), # 83168912, ca 1878 (Reliability: 3). [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.), # 83168912, ca 1960 (Reliability: 3). [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.), # 83168912 (Reliability: 3). [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13. [S1096] Markel, Barbara (Campbell) Compiler "Gibson County TN - Marriages", (http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/gibson/vitals/marriages/mca-mcle.txt). [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.), # 99123458 (Reliability: 3).