McLemore Cemetery
Lauderdale County
MS-AHGP site

McLemore’s Cemetery Lauderdale County, Meridian, MS 6th Street and 16th Avenue Transcribed by David Pickett and Elizabeth Hagwood
Name **** Date of Birth **** Date of Death **** Notes
McLemore Cemetery Sign
Submitted by Elizabeth Hagwood Poster-#-4- Submitted by David Pickett Poster-#-65-
Wille Gibbs Gould (son of Dr. L. & Annie E. Gould) ~~b: January 19, 1867 ~~d: July 16, 1868
William H. Moore ~~b: August 30, 1842 ~~d: September 22, 1872
Missouri Hammerlin Grosstephan ~~b: March 15, 1850 ~~d: November 16, 1908
Ella B. Massengale (daughter of R.A. & A.W. Massengale) ~~b: August 5, 1850 ~~d: March 31, 1876
Percy Blanks Smith ~~b: 1858 ~~d: 1901
Jesse Taylor ~~b: 1802 Green Co. NC ~~d: November 6, 1880
Revilla C. Latham (wife of Louis K. Latham) (daughter of John & Mary Clinton) ~~b: December 21, 1836 ~~d: August 15, 1873
Ellen Grant Mills ~~b: April 15, 1845 ~~d: December 17, 1867
Mattie E. Mosley ~~b: June 7, 1871 ~~d: July 24, 1873
Mary S. Mosley (daughter of E.J. & S.J. Mosley) ~~b: July 7, 1867 ~~d: June 25, 1873
Mary M.V. Williams (wife of D. E. Williams) ~~b: October 20, 1847 ~~d: August 18, 1928
Jessie Williams (son of MMV & DE Williams) (only a small piece of stone left)
Annie Elizabeth Gould (wife of D.L. Gould) ~~b: September 30, 1825 ~~d: October 22, 1878
Albert Hammerlien ~~b: September 5, 1845 ~~d: December 5, 1884 Germany
Mrs. Amelia Massengale ~~b: December 27, 1836 ~~d: June 16, 1876
Henry Timbrell ~~d: March 24, 1892
Joseph Mulholland ~~b: Derry, Ireland ~~d: July 13, 1869 (39 years old)
Dr. Andrew A. Curtis ~~b: December 20, 1829 ~~d: October 25, 1872 Virginia
Augustus Latham ~~b: September 2, 1868 ~~d: March 10, 1879
Marie Imelda Isbell (daughter of J.N. & N.R. Isbell) ~~b: April 26, 1868 ~~d: March 10, 1879
Robert J. Mosley ~~b: March 25, 1832 ~~d: October 9, 1878
Little Buddie (infant son of E.J. & S.J. Mosley) ~~b: May 2, 1869 ~~d: August 7, 1870
C. H. McLemore ~~b: January 7, 1829 ~~d: October 22, 1904
Louisa McLemore ~~b: March 24, 1834 ~~d: April 28, 1901
Nancy P. McLemore ~~b: March 20, 1802 ~~d: September 30, 1858
Richard A. McLemore ~~b: September 21, 1798 ~~d: August 11, 1881
R. L. McLemore (son of C.H. & L.G. McLemore) ~~b: May 23, 1856 ~~d: June 19, 1881
J. B. Yarbrough ~~b: August 30, 1819 ~~d: January 8, 1869
Charity Wiggins ~~b: July 12, 1886 ~~d: March 23, 1904
Marcellus A. Coleman ~~b: December 28, 1838 ~~d: July 1, 1873
Martha W. Lindley ~~b: November 3, 1810 ~~d: September 26, 1891
A H. Lindley ~~b: January 27, 1803 ~~d: February 5, 1861
Thirza C. Briggs (daughter of D.D. & S.T. Briggs) ~~b: August 20, 1881 ~~d: January 22, 1900
Lucy Stanislaus Briggs ~~b: June 6, 1878 ~~d: November 23, 1897
Sarah Virginia Briggs Smith ~~b: July 27, 1876 ~~d: July 2, 1902
McAlpine Briggs (son of D.D. & S.T. Briggs) ~~b: April 4, 1883 ~~d: September 9, 1883
William P. Broach ~~b: June 15, 1804 ~~d: April 28, 1889
Mary Y. Broach ~~b: January 26, 18?? ~~d: November 4, 1878
Frances P. Barnette ~~b: January 7, 1799 ~~d: January ?? 1870
Jodie Barnette ~~b: April 16, 1864 ~~d: January 25, 1886
Lula Barnette ~~b: April 16, 1864 ~~d: July 16, 1884
Ann Davidson Ethridge ~~b: April 19, 1819 ~~d: November 11, 1889
Lavinia E. Brown (daughter of Richard & Nancy McLemore) ~~b: May 1831 ~~d: Unknown
Jesse Wiggins ~~b: July 15, 1818 ~~d: October 30, 1869
Robert Laxum ~~b: March 11, 1853 ~~d: June 13, 1870
McKinzie Lindley (son of A.H. & M.W. Lindley) Stone broken
Jesse B. Mulloy Confederate Soldier ~~b: June 13, 1829 ~~d: November 9, 1868
John M. Briggs ~~b: July 27, 1876 ~~d: May 8, 1898
Sarah T. Alpine (wife of D D Briggs) ~~b: February 8, 1853 ~~d: December 28, 1883
Sarah T. Briggs (daughter of D.D. & S.T. Briggs) ~~b: November 20, 1881 ~~d: April 12, 1882
Lily P. Broach ~~d: December 10, 1867 (age of 17 years)
M. J. Poag ~~b: May 20, 1852 ~~d: September 27, 1868
Dr. George W. Broach ~~b: May 16, 1833 ~~d: October 17, 1873
Clara B. Broach (wife of J.J. Barnette) ~~b: October 3, 1835 ~~d: May 11, 1902
Joseph F. Barnette ~~b: September 16, 1832 ~~d: November 8, 1881 South Carolina
Lilly Barnette ~~b: March 9, 1869 ~~d: March 20, 1892
William Barnette ~~b: November 27, 1866 ~~d: December 30, 1888
John Ethridge ~~b: October 13, 1821 ~~d: September 27, 1878
Edith Abigail Ethridge ~~b: October 9, 1853 ~~d: January 22, 1902
Penwick B. Leachman ~~b: May 16, 1854 ~~d: April 1, 1872
John Ward ~~b: May 15, 1816 ~~d: October 11, 1876
Ben H. Williams ~~b: March 22, 1839 ~~d: May 26, 1917
Bennie Pearl Williams (daughter of B.H. & M. Gray Williams) ~~b: October 25, 1887 ~~d: August 24, 1900
George A. Bancroft, Jr. ~~d: February 6, 1917 (age 35 years)
G. A. Bancroft (son of George & M.G. Bancroft) ~~b: February 11, 1850 ~~d: November 20, 1886
Frank Howard Unreadable
Little Hallie (only child of N. & M. Overby) NO INFO
Harry F. Moody (son of S.R. & M.N. Moody) ~~b: September 10, 1887 ~~d: April 22, 1888
Thaddeus Ebenezer Holden ~~b: December 13, 1865 ~~d: February 10, 1942
Jennie Ruth Holden ~~b: July 22, 1903 ~~d: May 3, 1904
Susan J. Mosley ~~d: September 4, 1894 (age about 65 years)
Oscar Hunter ~~b: March 12, 1836 ~~d: February 22, 1880
Benners M. Vail ~~b: March 25, 1871 (AL) ~~d: October 15, 1878
Robert Mullins Coleman (son of R.F. & Allie M. Coleman) ~~b: November 13, 1871 ~~d: August 1, 1873
Solomon Mark Ethridge ~~b: July 19, 1853 ~~d: November 16, 1878
William D. Mixon ~~d: November 18, 1870 (age 43 years old) He departed this life at Lauderdale Springs, Ms. He was a member of Stowe’s Great American Circus.
M.E. Wilkinson Williams (wife of B.H. Williams) ~~b: September 15, 1813 ~~d: October 31, 1878
M. E. Williams (infant daughter of B.H. & M.E. Williams) ~~b: October 27, 1878 ~~d: November 9, 1878
Isaac Edward Williams (son of B.H. & M. Gray Williams) ~~b: March 17, 1889 ~~d: May 31, 1906 **He was killed by a picnic excursion train
Anna J. Howard ~~d: March 2, 1901
Mary…Wife….Overby ~~ NOT READABLE
Ade Blanche Chiles (daughter of J.F. & J.W. Chiles) ~~b: March 1885 ~~d: August 1886
G. L. Thompson ~~b: August 28, 1833 ~~d: September 20, 1886
Mittie McLemore Holden ~~b: January 7, 1870 ~~d: August 22, 1911
Lydia Elizabeth Loftin (wife of J.L. Loftin) ~~b: July 30, 1844 ~~d: April 15, 1884
Infant daughter of A & E Brothers ~~ 1930 no other dates
Anna Jones ~~b: 1811 in South Carolina ~~d: March 3, 1877
Mamie Vail Prestridge ~~b: August 18, 1855 ~~d: December 5, 1878
Benners Lyerly Prestridge ~~b: November 1, 1878 ~~d: November 12, 1878
Nannie Sanford ~~b: March 11, 1868 ~~d: October 13, 1869
Gussie Sanford ~~b: May 17, 1866 ~~d: April 2, 1869
F. Wynn ~~b: June 14, 1823 ~~d: October 26, 1883
Elizabeth Vance ~~b: August 12, 1815 ~~d: May 16, 1871 Ireland William H. Jack…. (Jackson) Stone Broken
Mrs. Signiora B. Rushing ~~d: April 10, 1883 (no other info)
John Dement ~~ NO INFO
The cemetery is really run down. Half the stones are broken and are very hard to read. . It is ashamed that vandals have virtually destroyed the cemetery.