Re: William Jesse McLemore 1881
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Re: William Jesse McLemore 1881
7/25/99
Wow!That's amazing.I was just at my mother's house this past weekend going through an old box of records.I am a descendant of William Jesse McLemore.A son of William Jesse was Bill McLemore, also called "WBM" for William Barrett McLemore.He was born in Wise, VA.He married Margaret Anderson, and they had one son, Don Sherrill McLemore.Don was born on January 26, 1936.He is my father (still alive.)He married Judy May Ellis, and has three sons, Jeff, Kent, and Eric.Jeff has four children, I have three(Austin, Jonathan, Benjamin.)I just named my last child "Benjamin McLemore" because it sounded good - not knowing that there was a Benjamin McLemore four generations ago.
Bill, or William Barrett, also had a brother Harold McLemore, and Ralph McLemore.I know nothing about them. I'll try to write down some more info next week and see if we can fill in the whole story.William Barrett died in 1991, and was buried in Waynesboro, VA at the town cemetery.His wife Margaret lived almost 10 more years, moved to Aberdeen, NC and died there.
My father has always been quiet about family history because Bill was in jail for a time and he didn't want to talk.There are probably some court records.Apparently this line of McLemores came from Edinboro, Scotland, and they are Scotch-Irish.I would like to learn more about that history.