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Rufus K. McLemore

Male Abt 1831 - 1862  (~ 31 years)


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  • Name Rufus K. McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1831  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Jul 1862  Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Melba Gene McLemore notes that Rufus entered into several land transactions recorded at the Little Rock land office in 1856.

      Melba Gene McLemore shows that he enlisted in the confederate forces as a Private as part of the 26th Arkansas Infantry, Company C, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on 12 May 1862. He died in a hospital in Little Rock Arkansas on July 18, 1862. His brother, Sterling Columbus, died in the same hospital just a few days later. His older brother, John, had also died in a hospital in Little Rock three months previously.
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1860 Federal Census
      Arkansas, Jefferson County, Bartholomew Township
      Post Office Pine Bluff
      322-285
      Rufus K. McLemore 29 M Farmer $160 Ark
      Mary McLemore 22 F Ark
      E.M. McLemore 12 F Ark (Likely a niece, according to Dolore
      s McLemore McKee)
      S.J. McLemore 2 F Ark (Likely a niece, according to Dolores McLemore McKee)
      E.W. McLemore 7/12 M Ark
      Geo. L. Wyatt 22 M Farmer $300 Ga
    • (Medical):A direct descendant of his agreed to supply a DNA sample in March, 2007 as part of the Morrision DNA study. Check back for further details.
    Person ID I28646  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Wright McLemore, Of Arkansas,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother ??? ???,   b. Bef 1809   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 1827 
    Family ID F9264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Martha Daniels,   b. Between 1837 and 1838, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1860 (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1856  Jefferson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Elisha Right McLemore,   b. 12 Jan 1860, Jefferson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1922, Rains County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F9268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1831 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1856 - Jefferson County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Jul 1862 - Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    Page 1 of his Muster-in packet
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    Page 2 of his Muster-in packet
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    Page 3 of his muster-in packet
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    Page 4 of his Muster-in packet
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    McLemore, Rufus K. Muster Roll, Company C, 26 Arkansas Infantry, May 1862
    Page 5 of his Muster-in packet

  • 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. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.).