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Viola Bertha McLemore

Female 1871 - 1953  (82 years)


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  • Name Viola Bertha McLemore  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 14 Jul 1871  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 Aug 1953  Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7
    Burial Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • Name Viola B. Connally
      Event Type Death
      Event Date 28 Aug 1953
      Event Place Milan, Gibson, Tennessee
      Gender Female
      Marital Status
      Race
      Age 85
      Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace:
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name James K Mclemore
      Father's Birthplace
      Mother's Name Margaret Jackson
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Occupation
      Address
      Residence Place
      Cemetery
      Burial Place
      Burial Date
      Informant's Name Johnson Connally
      Additional Relatives
      Digital Folder Number 004181496
      Image Number 02349
      GS Film number 2372483
      Reference ID 53-17770



      Citing this Record:
      "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSZV-BS9 : accessed 26 May 2014), Viola B. Connally, 28 Aug 1953; citing Cemetery, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee, 53-17770, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2372483.
    Person ID I30780  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 28 May 2016 

    Father James Knox Polk McLemore,   b. 30 Apr 1844, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1908, Carroll County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Margaret Caroline Jackson,   b. 18 Mar 1855, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1932, Medina, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1870  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    • MaryLynn Santa shows that they were the parents of 10 children.
    Photos
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and wife, Margaret Jackson
    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
    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

    Family Will S. Connally,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1960 (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Marriage 18 Nov 1898  Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11
    • Sherry Connally Murray writes that Viola married Will S. Connally, and they lived in Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee. On the image of his Tennesee Marriage license, he is listed as W. S. Conlee, however his signature is shown as W.S. Connally.
    Children 
     1. Velma Connally,   b. Abt 1900, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Johnston "Peg" Connally,   b. 29 Mar 1911, Henderson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1978, Gibson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F9914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Jul 1871 - Gibson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Nov 1898 - Gibson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    McLemore, James Knox Polk and Family
    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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Tennessee, Henderson County, 6th District, Lexington Town Enumerated 16 Apr 1910 SD 8 ED 101 Sheet 3A 44-44 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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.), # 71163977 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1753] FamilySearch.org, Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955.

    4. [S1273] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database online].

    5. [S56] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database online], Viola McLemore (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1273] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database online], Age 85, ca 1868 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1273] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database online], 28 Aug 1952, Milan, Gibson, Tennessee (Reliability: 3).

    8. [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.

    9. [S1096] Markel, Barbara (Campbell) Compiler "Gibson County TN - Marriages", (http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/gibson/vitals/marriages/mca-mcle.txt).

    10. [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).

    11. [S56] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database online], W S Conlee and Viola McLemore 18 Nov 1898 Gibson, TN (Reliability: 3).