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  • Name Martha Matilda McLemore  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Jul 1810  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Cole Shoaf (blazerman1@email.msn.com) shows that she was born 10 July 1810 in Burke County, North Carolina, and died 8 May 1876 in Pickway County, Ohio. He further indicates that she and Harmonas Alkire were married on 31 Dec 1829 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Illinois, Sangamon County
      Enumerated 16 Nov 1850
      1770-1770
      Harmonis Allkire 46 Farmer 1500 Ky
      Martha Allkire 46 M SC
      Mary Allkire 20 F Ind
      James Allkire 18 M Farmer Ind
      Margarett Allkire 16 M Farmer Ill
      Caroline Allkire 15 F Ill
      Wm. Allkire 13 M Ill
      Danl Allkire 9 M Ill
      Albert Allkire 7 M Ill
      Priscilla Allkire 5 F Ill
      Martha Allkire 2 F Ill

      1860 Census
      Illinois, Sangamon, Subdivision 17
      Enumerated 31 Sept 1860
      Page 30
      2249-2143
      H. Alkire 56 M Farmer 10,000 3,200 Ky
      M. Alkire 50 F NC
      M.A. Alkire 30 F Ind
      J. Alkire 2 M Ill
      C. Alkire 25 F Ill
      W. Alkire 23 M Farm Laborer Ill
      D. Alkire 19 M Ill
      A. Alkire 17 F Ill
      L. Alkire 15 F Ill
      M. Alkire 11 F Ill
      L. Alkire 6 M Ill
    Person ID I38329  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2011 

    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  [4
    • 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 Harmonas Alkire,   b. Abt 1804, Bourbon County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 31 Dec 1829  Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Eddie Maynard found the following biography of Harmonas in the book HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS "Centennial Report,: John Carroll Power, Edwin A. Wilson and Co, Springfield, Illionis, 1876, pages 78 and 79.

      Alkire, Harmonas was born in 1804 in Bourbon county, KY. His parents moved when he was quite young, to Pickaway county, O. in 1826 he visited Sangamon County on business for other parties. Returning to Ohio, he went to Lafayeet, Ind. The next year he came to Sangamon county again, on business and was married in Springfield, Dec, 31, 1829, to Martha McLemore. She was born July 10, 1810, in Burke county, N. C. Her parents moved, in 1811, to Knoxville, Tenn., and moved from there to Sangamon County, Ill, arriving Dec. 23, 1828 at Springfield. Soon after marriage M. Alkire returned to Lafayette with hsi wife. They had two children born there, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving, August 1832, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had eight living children....Harmonas Alkire and his wife are living ont he farm where they settled in 1832. It is three miles west of Sherman. He confirms the statement of Washington Crowder that the sudden change took place December 20, 1836, because he entered a piece of land that day, and the papers bear the above date.
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Alkire,   b. Abt 1831, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. James Young Alkire,   b. 3 Feb 1832, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Margaret J. Alkire,   b. 17 Dec 1833, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Caroline M. Alkire,   b. 24 Jan 1835, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. William W. Alkire,   b. 16 Jul 1837, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Daniel Dickson Alkire,   b. Abt 1841, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Albert Harmonas Alkire,   b. Abt 1843, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Priscilla E. Alkire,   b. Abt 1845, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Martha "Mattie" E. Alkire,   b. Abt 1848, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Leander "Lee" Alkire,   b. Abt 1854, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1871, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 17 years)
    Family ID F11710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jul 1810 - Burke County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Dec 1829 - Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), Illinois, Sangamon County Enumerated 16 Nov 1850 1770-1770 (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. [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, Sangamon, Subdivision 17 Enumerated 31 Sept 1860 Page 30 2249-2143 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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.).