Amanda Gentry: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Amanda Gentry was born before 1829; and died.

Amanda married William McLemore on 14 Sep 1849 in Monroe County, Tennessee. William (son of Archibald McLemore and Sarah Plumlee) was born on 10 Apr 1821 in Knox County, Tennessee; died on 10 Feb 1906 in Monroe County, Tennessee; was buried in Hawkins Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. John McLemore was born about 1855 in Tennessee; and died.

Generation: 2

John McLemore

(1.Amanda¹) was born about 1855 in Tennessee; and died.

Notes:

Could this be the J. J. McLemore who was mentioned in the Knoxville Weekly Whig and Chronicle: Wednesday, September 15, 1875, in a column titled E. T. University. The article noted that "The University had opened Thursday with from two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and fifty students, and many more expected to arrive...Lieut. A. H. Nave had the Cadets out on parade yesterday, or rather he had them out to form them into companies, after which the following list of officers were chosen and announced...Company "B.": J. J. McLemore, Captain; S. P. Sharp, 1st Lieut,; A. Summers, 2d; W. B. Bachman, 1st Sergeant."