Thomas Bartlett "Bart" McLemore

1844 - 1919  (74 years)

• Name	Thomas Bartlett "Bart" McLemore  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Bart
  Birth	25 Sep 1844	Knox County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1919	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Burial	National Cemetery, Knoxville County, Tennessee
  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 Marital Status: Race or Color: Age: Estimated Birth Year: Birth Date: Birthplace: Spouse: Father: Wm. Mclemore Father's Birthplace: Mother: Billie Luttrell Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Street Address: Residence: Cemetery: Burial Place: Burial Date: Informant: 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 d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betty" Lutrell,   b. Between 1801 and 1810   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Feb 1825	Knox County, Tennessee
  	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 Marital Status: Race or Color: Age: Estimated Birth Year: Birth Date: Birthplace: Spouse: Father: Wm. Mclemore Father's Birthplace: Mother: Billie Luttrell Mother's Birthplace: Occupation: Street Address: Residence: Cemetery: Burial Place: Burial Date: Informant: 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 d. 28 Mar 1927, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1872	Knox County, Tennessee
  	http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/knox/vitals/marriages/knxmrm-m.txt McLemore, Thomas B marr. Murphy, Mary Lou on 8 May 1872 in Knox County, TN
  Children	1. James Murphy McLemore,   b. Abt Nov 1873, Knox County, Tennessee d. 14 Dec 1874, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 1 year)   2. Edwin Lutrell McLemore,   b. Jan 1876, Knox County, Tennessee d. 5 May 1952, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 76 years)   3. T. Burdette McLemore,   b. Jan 1884, Knox County, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2011

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Sep 1844 - Knox County, Tennessee Marriage - 8 May 1872 - Knox County, Tennessee Death - 8 May 1919 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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