Lafayette Fred McClanahan: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Lafayette Fred McClanahan was born on 7 Aug 1852 in Schuyler County, Missouri; died about 1924 in Arizona; was buried in Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona.

Notes:

Kenneth Harvey shows him as Fred Lafayette McClanahan, however his marriage record census records consistently show him simply as Lafayette. Perhaps his middle name was Fred, as a 1908 biography of brother-in-law W. H. H. Payne referred to him as L. F. McClanahan.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Oklahoma, Custer County, Barnett Twp
Enumerated 14 Jun 1900
SD 219 ED 36 Sheet 7B
148-150
McClanahan, Lafette Head W M Aug 1853 46 M 21 Mo Tn Tn Farmer
McClanahan, Caly J Wf W F July 1858 41 M 21 4/4 Mo Ky Ky
McClanahan, Lulu P Dtr W F Dec 1881 18 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Ada C Dtr W f Apr 1885 15 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Josephine Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, Myrtle M Dtr W F May 1896 4 S Ok Mo Mo

1910 Census
Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook Village
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD --- ED 87 Sheet 4B
37/41
Boyer Andrew M Head M W 59 Wd Penn Penn Penn Carpenter Contract Work
37/42
Cox, Sarah E Head F M 27 D 3/2 Utah Eng Eng Laundress
Cox, Della D Dtr F W 5 S Utah Utah Utah
Cox, Sarah E Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Arz Utah Utah
37/43
McClanahan, Layfatte Head m W 58 M1 29 Mo Tenn Tenn Carpenter Home
McClanahan, Callie Wf F W 52 m1 29 4/4 Mo Ky Ky
McClanahan, Josephine Dtr F W 17 S Tx Mo Mo
McClanahan, May Dtr F W 13 S Okl Mo Mo
37/44
William M and Clara LEE and family of Utah and Arizona
Sarah E. Willis Servant 19 Ariz Utah Utah

1920 Census
Arizona, Navajo County, Holbrook Precinct, Holbrook Town
Enumerated 8 Jan 1920
SD 1 ED 87 Sheet 4B
93-105
Stoneking, Marion Head m W 25 M New Mexico Pa Kansas Bookkeeper Store
Stoneking, May m Wf F W 22 M Ok Mo Mo
McClanahan, Lafayette Father-in-law M W 65 Wd Mo Tn Ky Carpenter House
Clark, Olive Lodger F W 21 S New Mexico US US Deputy Co Clerk

Lafayette married Caldonia "Callie" Josephine Payne on 4 Aug 1878 in Shelby County, Missouri. Caldonia (daughter of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born in Jul 1858 in Shelby County, Missouri; died about 1916; was buried in Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Lula Pearl McClanahan was born in Dec 1881 in Texas; and died.
3. Ada C. McClanahan was born in Apr 1885 in Texas; and died.
4. Josephine McClanahan was born in Jul 1891 in Texas; and died.
5. Myrtle May McClanahan was born in May 1896 in Indian Territory; died on 25 Feb 1937 in Bernalillo County, New Mexico; was buried in Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Generation: 2

Lula Pearl McClanahan

(1.Lafayette¹) was born in Dec 1881 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes "There is another photograph, this time of his high school graduation in from Quanah High School in May 1901. This shows him holding his sheepskin diploma-no "mere paper" at that time! The photograph shows five girls dressed like bridesmaids and one boy with a flower in his button hole, all students surrounding a man who is presumably the school principal. Marvin, the solitary boy (young adult), is at the rear (apparently education was not a very macho activity among the youth of the town). His younger sister Effie stands to his immediate right. Marvin read an essay to the assembled parents on "Closing Events of the Nineteenth Century." His sister Effie read an essay on "Duty." One of the other girls present was a Payne double first cousin, Lula Pearl McClanahan (daughter of Fred Lafayette McClanahan and Calla Payne). She read an essay on "Courage.""

Ada C. McClanahan

(1.Lafayette¹) was born in Apr 1885 in Texas; and died.

Notes:

The Comanche Reflex
Comanche, I. T.
(Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma)
Friday, August 11, 1905
MISSES ADA MCCALLAHAN and EFFIE PAYNE of Duncan were in the city. Miss McCallahan has been elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of MISS FANNY BAKER.

Ada McClanahan, Olive McClanahan's niece, was a great beauty. She was thought to have been brought up in Duncan. In 1933/4 she came back, or at least came, for a visit to Duncan from Arizona. Ada was looking for the Marvin Payne family and was asking directions. When she met the nineteen year old Lewis Adair Payne and asked him for their whereabouts He was totally tongue-tied by the sight of her. She was to report back to his mother, Grace, when she finally found the house that Lewis certainly wasn't going to give away any secrets.

Ada later married a man from Kingman, Arizona who is thought to have managed a picture theatre there. His name is not known. Ada may have married in Duncan if she had been brought up there, however, the McClanahan family do not appear in the 1910 Stephens Co. census. There is a the strong possibility that Ada was Callie's, approximately 45 year old, daughter in 1933. The idea is further substantiated by Lewis' understanding that Ada was a double second cousin of his. She may have had a previous marriage.

4. Josephine McClanahan (1.Lafayette¹) was born in Jul 1891 in Texas; and died.

Myrtle May McClanahan

(1.Lafayette¹) was born in May 1896 in Indian Territory; died on 25 Feb 1937 in Bernalillo County, New Mexico; was buried in Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Notes:

A photo of her gravemaker is on her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "AlbFirefly."

It is a very simple marker, laying flat on her lot. It is inscribed "Mother Myrtle May Stoneking" with her year of birth, 1896, to the left of her name and her year of death, 1937 to the right.

Myrtle married Marion Allen Stoneking about 1918. Marion was born on 30 Nov 1895 in Kelly, Socorro County, New Mexico; died on 12 Jan 1954; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

6. Marion Stoneking, Jr. was born about 1920 in Arizona; and died.

Generation: 3

6. Marion Stoneking, Jr. (5.Myrtle², 1.Lafayette¹) was born about 1920 in Arizona; and died.