Biography of Joel McLemore, Fulton Co, AR

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Submitted by: Michael Brown <michael@grnco.net>
        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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Dr. Joel McLemore, a physician of acknowledged merit in Fulton County, was born
in Halifax County, N. C., June 12, 1835, and there remained until ten years of
age, when he was taken by his mother to Tennessee, receiving his literary
education in Waynesboro, of that State. During this time he formed a strong
desire to study medicine and made the investigation of this science his chief
business for a number of years. He has been practicing since 1865, and has been
a successful practitioner of Fulton County ever since 1878. In October, 1855,
he was married in Tennessee to Miss Harriet G. McClearen, who was born and
reared in Hickman County, Middle Tenn. Her parents, John and Elzada (Adams)
McClearen, were born in Northern Alabama and Bedford County, Tenn.,
respectively. To Dr. and Mrs. McLemore nine children have been given, seven of
whom are living: John B., Joel H. (deceased), James F., William B., Albert A.,
Sterling P., Samuel G., an infant deceased, and Allie. During the late war the
Doctor served four years in the Confederate army as major of a battalion. He is
a Master Mason, a member of the Democratic party, and he and wife belong to the
Methodist Protestant Church. He owns a farm of 240 acres on English Creek,
about seventy-five acres of which are under cultivation. His parents, Joel and
Mrs. Elizabeth (Pullen) McLemore, were born in Virginia and North Carolina in
May, 1773, and 1803, respectively. The father removed to North Carolina when a
young man and was married there. He was a tailor by trade, and also followed
the occupation of farming, and on his extensive plantation in Halifax County
employed 100 hands. He was twice married, Miss Pullen being his second wife,
and by her he became the father of two sons: Joel, and James H., who lives in
Wayne County., Tenn. After his demise his widow married John Whittaker, and
moved to Perry County, Tenn., where she died in April, 1859. The paternal
grandparents of our subject were born near London, England, and a short time
prior to the Revolutionary War they emigrated to the United States and settled
near Richmond, Va., where they afterward died. The grandfather served as major
in the Continental army during that war.