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William Harvey McLemore

Male Abt 1816 - 1863  (~ 47 years)


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  • Name William Harvey McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1816  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Dec 1863  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Mason City Cemetery, Mason, Mason County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • John Stromberger writes that William Harvey McLemore was a confederate soldier in the Civil War, and was taken prisoner September 14, 1863, dying of Pneumonia on December 12, 1863 while being held prisoner in Alton, Illinois.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1860 Census
      Illinois, Menard County, Twp 19 Range 5. P. O. Sweetwater
      Enumerated 1 Aug 1860
      915-876
      William McLemore 44 M Farmer Tennessee (Ancestry has this indexed, in error, as Pennsylvania)
      Rachel McLemore 41 F Kentucky
      James McLemore 16 M Illinois
      Joseph D. McLemore 14 M Illinois
      William G. McLemore 11 M Illinois
      Mary A. McLemore 9 F Illinois
      Robert J. McLemore 1 M Illinois
      Elizabeth Montgomery 16 F Domestic Indiana

    Person ID I38322  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2013 

    Father Young McLemore,   b. 9 May 1783, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1841, Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ann Plumlee,   b. Abt 1785, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1853, Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1808  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Post to GenForum Re: Mary Cantrall, dau. of Thomas and Priscilla McLemore
      http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html
      Posted by Jeanne McLemore Roberts (jamjar5174@aol.com)
      Dated October 19, 2004

      Thank you so much for the Cantral information. We (my family) had no idea how the Cantrals were related to each other.

      I can give you the information that I have on the children of Young McLemore and Nancy Ann Plumly.

      Priscilla McLemore was one of the nine children of Young McLemore b:1781 (son of John McLemore b:1762 d:6/30/1844 and Sarah Carner (or Carver) b: 1764 and Nancy Ann Plumly.

      Young and Nancy's children were:

      Martha Matilda McLemore married to Harmonas Alkire
      Children:

      Mary Ann
      James Young
      Margaret
      Caroline
      William
      Daniel Dickson
      Albert Harmonas
      Priscilla
      Martha
      Lee (I have also been told Leander) who died at age 18

      John McLemore married to Eliza Cantral
      Children:

      Lucinda
      Clarence

      William Harvey McLemore married to Rachel Smith (my line)
      Children:

      James Monroe
      Joseph
      William Young (my great grandfather)
      Mary Ann
      Sarah Ellen
      Robert Jerome

      Priscilla McLemore married to Thomas Cantral
      Children:

      Clarisa
      Turner
      Young
      Francis
      Thomas
      Mary
      Nancy

      Archibald McLemore-never married

      Ellen McLemore married to David Cantral
      Children:

      Young
      Lucinda

      Mary McLemore married to William Stone
      Children:

      Young
      Betty
      Nancy Ann

      James McLemore-never married

      Joseph McLemore-never married

      I also have a listing of Martha Matilda and Harmonas Alkire's children, their spouses and Martha and Harmonas' grandchildren. I also have information on William Young McLemore's children and his marriages(his first wife died about three months after their wedding) since my line is through William Young McLemore, son of William Harvey McLemore, grandson of Young McLemore.

      I am interested in any information that you could give me on the McLemores and the Cantrals, especially where I can find documentation of these ancestors. My information comes from a geneaology and papers compiled by my Great Aunt Harriet McLemore Middleton (b:1887). She was a daughter of William Young McLemore and older sister to my grandfather Homer McLemore who was killed accidentally in 1915.

      James Alkire (jnjalkire@sbcglobal.net) shows they as the parents of (1) John W. McLemore, born 1812 TN and died Aug 1871 Sterling, Whiteside Il; (2) Priscilla D. McLemore born 1814 TN and died May 1847 in Sangamon, married to Thomas Carsey CANTRALL, the son of Levi Cantrall. They were said to be the parents of Young M. CANTRALL, born 1838 in Sangamon, IL and died 1 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS. (3) Abigail McLemore born 1820 TN and died 1861 and (4) Mary Ellen McLemore born 1826 and died Feb 1856, Athens, IL. James also shows that Young, by an unknown wife, had two additonal children, L. E. McLemore and Hinton McLemore. As these children were reported to be born after Young's death in 1841, this is not likely.
    Family ID F11707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Smith,   b. Abt 1819, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef 1844 
    Children 
     1. James Monroe McLemore,   b. 7 Apr 1844, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1895, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     2. Joseph D. McLemore,   b. Abt 1846, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. William Young McLemore, D. D. S.,   b. 3 Feb 1849, Menard County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1940, Mason City, Mason County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Mary Ann McLemore,   b. Abt 1851, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Robert Jerome McLemore,   b. Abt 1859, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1816 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Dec 1863 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S98] 1860 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. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth 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 1860 Federal Census.), Illinois, Menard County, Twp 19 Range 5. P. O. Sweetwater Enumerated 1 Aug 1860 915-876 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1127] Genforum: Cantrall Family Genealogy Forum ; http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html, (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html).

    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.).