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Thomas Bartlett "Bart" McLemore

Male 1844 - 1919  (74 years)


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  • Name Thomas Bartlett "Bart" McLemore  [1, 2
    Nickname Bart 
    Birth 25 Sep 1844  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 May 1919  Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial National Cemetery, Knoxville County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From the Knoxville Weekley Chronicle
      Wednesday, April 30, 1873, page 4
      (Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

      Mechanicsville

      Messrs. Nathaniel Williams and Robert Berry have each just completed a small neat residence. Mr. W. B. Wright has two neat dwellings nearly completed. Mr. James Cooper has completed with the last two months a very fine residence. Mr. Charles Jones, Ticket Agent a the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad is having a good dwelling erected. Mr. Bartley McLEMORE is also erecting a dwelling opposite of Mr. Jones'.


      From Knoxville Sentinel
      May 8, 1919
      (Courtesy of Eddie Maynard)

      Thomas B. McLemore, aged 75 years, died at the Lincoln Memorial Hospital Thursday morning at 12:30 o'clock....He is survived by his widow and one son, Mrs. Edwin L. McLemore, and one brother, Mr. James McLemore....Interment will be in the National cemetery...Mr. McLemore was born in Knox County, near the confluence of the French Broad and Holston Rivers, on September 25, 1844, the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Luttrell McLemore. He was the grandson of John and Annie (Jackson) Luttrell, early pioneers of Knox County.

      His youth and young manhood were spent on the farm at the place of his birth. when he was only 17 years of age he joined a part of union men and journeyed across the mountains to Williamsburg, Kentucky, where, on April 14, 1862, he enlisted in the union army in Capt. James M. Amstrong's comapny B, sixth Tennessee infantry. He served creditably in this organization throughout the war, and was engaged in battles on numerous occasions. he was mustered out at the close of the war at Nashville, on April 27, 1865.

      Returning home from Nashville, he entered school at New Market, and later completed his education at Grant University in Athens.

      On May 8, 1872, he was married to Miss Mary Lou Murphy, daughter of the late Capt. James M. and Mary Kane Murphy, by Rev. J. B. Ford, then pastor the First M.E. church of this city. To them were born three sons, James, Edwin L., and Burdette, only of of whom survives.

      For twenty-four years, Mrs. McLemore taught at the Hampden-Sidney and the North Knoxville schools in the city, and at Ball Ridge, Macedonia, and Middlebrook, in the county.

      In 1884 he located on a farm near Ball Camp, where he engaged extensively in farming for a number of years. During this period he was elected and served as president of the East Tennessee Farmers' convention. For six years he represented the old nineteenth civil district in the county court, and was also postmaster at Ball Camp for four years. In 1880 he was elected to represent Knox County in the lower house of the state legislature and served with credit to himself and the county during the sessions of that body. When Knoxville was made a port of entry, Mr. McLemore was made the first collector of the port and served faithfully in that capacity until the expiratoin of his term of office. During the time he was collector of the port it was designated to have charge of the disbursements in connection with the additon of the postoffice building, which was being made at that tiem.

      At the close of the Civil War, Mr. McLemore joined the Methodist Episcopal church....for seven years he was superintendant of the Sunday School at Beaver Ridge....For a number of years he was connected with the First M.E. Church in this city, and was a member of the official board as logn as he lived. He was a member of the Beaver Ridge lodge, I.O.O. F., and had been connected for a number of years with the G.A.R., having been a commander of the William McKinley post...

      Xerox of correspondence between Laura Luttrell, Head, McClung Historical Collection at the Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee and Clyde McLemore of Helena, Montans, June 1952

      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M1W9-DCN/p1
      Name: Thomas B. Mclemore
      Event: Death
      Event Date: 08 May 1919
      Event Place: Knox Co., Tennessee
      Gender: Male
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      Father: Wm. Mclemore
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      Mother: Billie Luttrell
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      Additional Relatives: X
      Digital Folder Number: 4183649
      Image Number: 1431
      Film Number: 1299704
      Volume/Page/Certificate Number: v 30 cn 413
      Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1880 Census
      Tennessee, Knox County, Part of 12th Civil District
      Page 40 SD 1 ED 167
      Enumerated 24 Jun 1880
      363-381
      McLemore, Bart T. W M 35 Teaches School 2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
      McLemore, Louisa W f 28 Wf Keeping House Tenn Tenn Tenn
      McLemore, Edward (sci) W M 4 Son Tenn Tenn Tenn
      Murphey, Frank W M 30 Brother-in-law Teaches School 2 Tenn Tenn Tenn
      (Preceding household was that of his cousin, Green McLemore Jr.)

      1900 Census
      Tennessee, Knox County, 19th District
      Enumerate Jun 1, 1900
      SD 2 ED 93 Sheet 1A Stamped 185
      7-7
      McLemore, Thos. B Head W M Sept 1844 57 m 28 Tenn Tenn Tenn Farmer
      McLemore, Mary L. Wf W F Jun 1852 47 M 28 3/1 Tenn Tenn Tenn
      McLemore, T. Burditt Son W M Jan 1884 16 S Tenn Tenn Tenn At School
    Person ID I38437  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

    Father William McLemore,   b. Between 1800 and 1801, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betty" Lutrell,   b. Between 1801 and 1810   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1825  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage information from TENNESSEE RECORDS: BIBLE RECORDS AND MARRIAGE BONDES by Jeannette Tillotson Acklen, Page 390 (Originally published Nashville, 1933, Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD 1967, 1974, 1980, and later by Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001; found on Google eBooks)

      Marriage Records of Knox County, Tennessee
      These records were published in the TENNESSEE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE in 1920...the fruitage of the indefatigable labors of Miss Kate White of Knoxville, Tennessee. The list here compiled by years and alphabetically has been culled from enumerable loose papers and records in the archives of the county courthouse. Much patience was required in the attempt to decipher much of the damaged manuscript sources.

      1825
      McLemore, William to Besty Lutrell; Feb. 16.

      Death Records of their son, Thomas:

      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M1W9-DCN/p1
      Name: Thomas B. Mclemore
      Event: Death
      Event Date: 08 May 1919
      Event Place: Knox Co., Tennessee
      Gender: Male
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      Father: Wm. Mclemore
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      Mother: Billie Luttrell
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      Additional Relatives: X
      Digital Folder Number: 4183649
      Image Number: 1431
      Film Number: 1299704
      Volume/Page/Certificate Number: v 30 cn 413
      Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
    Family ID F11720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Louisa Murphy,   b. Jun 1852, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1927, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 8 May 1872  Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Murphy McLemore,   b. Abt Nov 1873, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1874, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     2. Edwin Lutrell McLemore,   b. Jan 1876, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1952, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. T. Burdette McLemore,   b. Jan 1884, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1844 - Knox County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 May 1872 - Knox County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 1919 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 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.), Tennessee, Knox County, Subdivision 31 Enumerated 30 Nov 1850 Handwritten pages 50 and 51, Stamped on second page 72 351-355 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S871] FamilySearch.org, Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955.