References;
(1) Royal Daughters of England, vol. 1, page 245, 373.
(2) Information supplied by Theresa Snow Hill, 645 North 8th East,
Salt Lake City, Utah.(3) Archive Records, The Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(4) Index Card to Salt Lake Temple Records, No. 2671, Book 4 W, page 124.
References:
(1) Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, compiled by Michel L. Call.
(2) The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa, George
Andrews Moriarty.
(3) Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis.
(4) Stammtafeln Zur Geschichte Der Europaischen Staaten, Wilhelm Karl, Prinz
Von Isenburg.
(5) Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne.
(6) The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Gerald Paget.
(7) The American Genealogist.
(8) The Genealogist.
(9) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
(10) The Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily Neville, Ernst Friedrick
Kraentzler.
(11) The Plantagenet Ancestry, W. H. Turton.
(12) Tableaux Genealogiques des Souverains de la France et de seu Grands
Feudataires, Paris, 1863.
(13) The House of Adam, Georgia B. Schwartz, 4 volumes.
(14) Archive Records, The Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.
(15) Tablettes Chronologiques.
(16) From Whence We Came, Burdick.
(17) Magna Charta Sureties, page 29.
References:
(1) Burkes Peerage.
(2) Index Card to Arizona Temple Records, No. 56724AR, Book 15022, page 75.
Historical Notes:
(1) Sir William Stanley was Lord of Stourton.
References:
(1) Burkes Peerage.
According to "The James Cousins" David James came to America in 1682 supposedly with some of William Penn's ships, perhaps the "Bristol Factor". The next year, 1683, his wife, Margaret, and daughter, Mary, came to Pennsylvania. From "Quakers in Wales" we have this information: David James, of the Parish of Glascomb co, Radnor, gentleman. Removed to Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1682. Fd. Freeholder of 100 acres of land in Radnor, David James was not born in Glascomb but had lived there several years and had also resided in the Parish of Llandeglry. This information also stated that a Margaret James, spinster, of the parish of Newchurch co, Radnor, also traveled to Radnor, Pennsylvania in 1682 and was a freeholder of 200 acres of land in Radnor. She married Samuel Miles at Newchurch on June 1, 1682. This Margaret could have been the isster of David since there is another quote from the pages of the book listing "Emigrants with the date of their departure". Among the names listed were David James, Margaret James, sister, Glascomb, 1682. David purchased land in Radnor County, Pennsylvania, and settled there where he was a weaver. His home was located on land now occupied by Bryn Mawr College.
We know only her first name from David James will dated 10 Mar 1738.
According to "The James Cousins" David James came to America in 1682 supposedly with some of William Penn's ships, perhaps the "Bristol Factor". The next year, 1683, his wife, Margaret, and daughter, Mary, came to Pennsylvania. From "Quakers in Wales" we have this information: David James, of the Parish of Glascomb co, Radnor, gentleman. Removed to Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1682. Fd. Freeholder of 100 acres of land in Radnor, David James was not born in Glascomb but had lived there several years and had also resided in the Parish of Llandeglry. This information also stated that a Margaret James, spinster, of the parish of Newchurch co, Radnor, also traveled to Radnor, Pennsylvania in 1682 and was a freeholder of 200 acres of land in Radnor. She married Samuel Miles at Newchurch on June 1, 1682. This Margaret could have been the isster of David since there is another quote from the pages of the book listing "Emigrants with the date of their departure". Among the names listed were David James, Margaret James, sister, Glascomb, 1682. David purchased land in Radnor County, Pennsylvania, and settled there where he was a weaver. His home was located on land now occupied by Bryn Mawr College.
References;
(1) Ancestral Roots, page 73.
(2) Magna Charta, page 381, 1975.
(3) Burke's Peerage.
(4) Index Card to Logan Temple Records, No. 24920, Book x 2, page 758.
Graduated Princeton in 1877.
Graduated Cumberland University 1878.
Classmate of Woodrow Wilson.
Started the practice of law in Murfreesboro with his brother, James D. Richardson, who had been practicing law there since the early 1870s.
James D. Richardson was elected to Congress in the early 1880s, at which time Judge William S. McLemore moved from Franklin to enter the practice with his son-in-law in Murfreesboro.
John E. Richardson was elected Circuit Judge in 1904. He retired from the Circuit Bench in 1934, when he returned to the practice of law and was joined by his grandson, John Richardson Rucker. They continued the practice until the death of John E. Richardson in 1940.
Twin of Alice Lee.
Biographical sketch in Goodspeed's Tennessee History, Williamson County, pages 996 and 997. "At seventeen years of age he entered Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky., and in 1849 he entered Lebanon Law School, where he graduated in 1851. In the same year he began to practice in Franklin, and in 1856 was elected county court clerk, and held this office until 1860, when he declined re-election and resumed the practice of law. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry . . . "
Transylvania University records show William S. McLemore in the 1847-1848 academic index as a member of the Adelphi Society (a literary society).
William S. McLemore, Esq. is listed as a candidate for Attorney General for the district composed of Williamson, Davidson, and Sumner counties, in the Friday, January 13, 1854 Weekly Review.
Editor of the Western Weekly Review newspaper in Franklin in 1861.
See marriage notes for account of his courtship of Annie.
A detailed account of Company F is provided in "The Williamson County Cavalry" by Michael Cotten, 1994.
According to Thenie's diary he had 3 horses shot from under him during the war. One was at Thompson Station when he was shot through the canteen. John Rucker has the canteen with the bullet entry and exit holes.
William S. McLemore was elected 1st Lieutenant of the Williamson County Cavalry shortly after the formation of the unit at Carnton, near Franklin, on 28 Sep 1861. He eventually commanded the 4th Tennessee Cavalry, and ended the war in command of a brigade. The 4th Tennessee fought under Forrest, and in all the major engagements of the Army of Tennessee. W.S. was in temporary command of the regiment as a Captain during the capture of Streight's raiders in Apr - May of 1863, COL Starnes being absent due to illness. He assumed command of the regiment 1 Jul 1863 after COL Starnes was killed at Tullahoma.
Col. W.S. McLemore commanded a brigade of cavalry in President Davis's escort when they were captured at Washington Georgia 9 May 1865. The regimental colors of the 4th Tennessee were cut into pieces and divided among the couriers and staff of Colonel McLemore. "Dibrell's Old Flag was not Surrendered" by C.L. Nolen published in the "Confederate Veteran".
Goodspeed's (con't): In 1865 he returned home and immediately began the practice of law, which he continued until 1972 when he was elected criminal judge. In 1878 he was elected circuit judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. The autobiography of Albert Sydney McLemore, USMC as well as Thenie's diary give accounts of the election and as W.S. as judge. W.S. McLemore's gavel and certificate as judge are in the Rucker law office on the square in Murfreesboro.
Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Franklin.
On the board of advisors for the Tennessee Female College in Franklin, 1885-1886. See Thenie's diary for a copy of his speech at her commencement.
Marriage Notes for William Sugars McLemore CSA and Annie Louise WHARTON-97338
From Thenie's diary: "When Mama was a young pretty city girl (Nashville) she came visiting to Spring Hill and Papa's two sisters Margaret and Thenie McLemore came to call on her. They invited her out to their country home to a party and it was there Papa met and fell in love with her. He was not living there then but was a young lawyer in Franklin. Living only 8 miles from Thompson Station he was at home on a visit.
I do not know how long they were engaged but they were married on Demonbreun Street in Nashville at her home on May 15, 1856, and came at once to live in Franklin."From Thenie's diary: "When Mama was a young pretty city girl (Nashville) she came visiting to Spring Hill and Papa's two sisters Margaret and Thenie McLemore came to call on her. They invited her out to their country home to a party and it was there Papa met and fell in love with her. He was not living there then but was a young lawyer in Franklin. Living only 8 miles from Thompson Station he was at home on a visit.
I do not know how long they were engaged but they were married on Demonbreun Street in Nashville at her home on May 15, 1856, and came at once to live in Franklin."From Thenie's diary: "When Mama was a young pretty city girl (Nashville) she came visiting to Spring Hill and Papa's two sisters Margaret and Thenie McLemore came to call on her. They invited her out to their country home to a party and it was there Papa met and fell in love with her. He was not living there then but was a young lawyer in Franklin. Living only 8 miles from Thompson Station he was at home on a visit.
I do not know how long they were engaged but they were married on Demonbreun Street in Nashville at her home on May 15, 1856, and came at once to live in Franklin."From Thenie's diary: "When Mama was a young pretty city girl (Nashville) she came visiting to Spring Hill and Papa's two sisters Margaret and Thenie McLemore came to call on her. They invited her out to their country home to a party and it was there Papa met and fell in love with her. He was not living there then but was a young lawyer in Franklin. Living only 8 miles from Thompson Station he was at home on a visit.
I do not know how long they were engaged but they were married on Demonbreun Street in Nashville at her home on May 15, 1856, and came at once to live in Franklin."
Twin of Annie Louise.
References:
(1) Burkes Peerage.
References;
(1) Burkes Peerage.
References:
(1) History of the Commoners, vol. 3, page 45.