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Eliza Jane McLemore

Female 1819 - 1883  (63 years)


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  • Name Eliza Jane McLemore  [1
    Birth 6 Dec 1819  Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 May 1883  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Honey Creek Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In Betty Via's book about the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church of Lincoln County, Tennesse, an Eliza Wright, member 1840, joined by letter, June 1844, is listed. Betty notes that this Eliza is believed to be the wife of James Wright.

      Douglas Wright shows that after James died, she married second, around 1860, Jack Thompson (1815-1870). Melba Gene McLemore reports that Jack was also said to be buried in Honey Creek Cemetery, but if so his headstone is long gone as it can not be seen in this cemetery.

      Melba Gene McLemore provided the following excerpt of a letter from her ancestor, Keton Jones McLemore, that relates to Eliza Jane McLemore Wright Thompson:

      Keton's Letter March 1, 1870 (Partial)
      :
      "If you hear from Thad, don't fail to let me know immediately, --- I rec'd. a letter from your cousin Jack yesterday, he was then at your cousin Eliza Thompsons in Travis Co. & I have just answered his letter, directed my letter to Onion Creek, care of Sterling J. Wright, and if Jack should be at your home, as he spoke something in his letter of coming there, you can inform him of that fast."
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1840 Census
      Lincoln County, Tennessee
      Page 11, Line 21
      Wright, Wm.
      One Male 20 to 30, One Female 15 to 20

      1850 Census
      Tennessee, Lincoln County, Subdivision No. 2
      Enumerated 6 Nov 1850 by Alfred Bearden
      Stamped 56
      989-989
      Martha Pegrim 56 F $1000 Kent (Eliza Jane's twice widowed m
      other)
      George A. Pegrim 18 M Tenn
      Columbus Pegrim 16 M Tenn Attended School during year
      Martha C Pegrim 13 F Tenn Attended School during year
      990-990
      James Wright 34 M Shoemaker Kent
      Eliza Wright 29 F Tenn
      Martha M Wright 10 F Tenn
      Mary J Wright 7 F Tenn
      Sterling J Wright 5 M Tenn
      Benjamin Wright 2 M Tenn
      991-991
      Josiah ROUGHTON

      1860 Federal Census
      Texas, Rusk County, Beat No. 9
      Enumerated 19 July 1860
      P.O. Box New Danville Page 134
      864-882
      E.J. Wright 40 F $900 Tenn
      S.J. Wright 14 M Tenn
      B.H. Wright 12 M Tenn
      Wm. W. Wright 9 M Tenn
      P.B. Wright 7 F Tenn
      James N Wright 5 M Tex
      865-883
      Columbus Pegrim 25 M $700 Tenn
      Josephine Pegrim 16 f Tex (nee Nowlin, according to Melba Gene McLemore)
      866-884
      G.A. Pegram 28 M $500 Tenn
      Sarah Pegram 30 F Tenn
      William Pegram 8 M Tenn
      S.C. Pegram 6 F Tx
      C.C. Pegram 4 M Tx
      James M Pegram 1 M Tx
    Person ID I28465  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Sterling C. McLemore,   b. Abt 1790, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1823, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Martha C. "Patsy" Whitaker,   b. Abt 1794, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1877, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1811  Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Melba Gene McLemore notes this is actually the bond date, not marriage date.

      Foide Williams, in a post to The McLemore Family Genealogy Forum, writes that "The 1820 census of Lincoln Co, Tn (pg 14) shows Sterling C. McLemore and (pg 30) Signer Allen (who married Rebecca McLemore), Benjamin Wright (who married Hannah McLemore), James R. Brown (who married Martha McLemore), and Joel McLemore. These are all from Fayette Co, KY and apparently traveled together to Lincoln Co, TN. Sterling C. McLemore appears in Lincoln Co court records numerous times and he died there and his estate is there dated March 1825. All of this matches the Goodspeeds story for the family of Sterling J. McLemore (Sr) except the father's name should have been S. C. The heirs of Sterling J. McLemore (Sr) can be found in Partition Case #1072 in Coffee County, TN County Court loose papers."

      http://www.jenforum.org/mclemore/messages/768.html
    Family ID F9226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Wright,   b. Abt 1816, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1855, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Marriage 24 Apr 1839  Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • "Lincoln County Tennessee Official Marriage Records 1838-1880", by Helen C. Marsh & Timothy R. Marsh, pub. 1974

      McLEMORE
      Eliza J. McLemore to James Wright 24 April 1839

      (Courtesy of Noveda Metzger)
    Children 
     1. Martha E. Wright,   b. 25 Mar 1836, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1885 (Age 49 years)
     2. Mary Jane Wright,   b. Jan 1842, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1919, Rusk County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Sterling Jackson Wright,   b. Abt 1845, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 16 years)
     4. Benjamin Harrison Wright,   b. 18 Apr 1848, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1917, Itasca, Hill County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     5. William Keaton Wright,   b. 15 Mar 1851, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1899, Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     6. Perlina Berry Wright,   b. 27 Apr 1853, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1942, Carlton, Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     7. James Nicholas Wright,   b. 9 May 1855, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1920, Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F9227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 May 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Dec 1819 - Lincoln County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Apr 1839 - Lincoln County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 May 1883 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Honey Creek Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Thompson, Eliza Jane (McLemore)
    Thompson, Eliza Jane (McLemore)
    At the time of her death, Eliza Jane was the widow of Jack Thompson, her previous husband being James Wright

  • Sources 
    1. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44.

    2. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44, Instead shows date as 26 April 1839 (Reliability: 3).