Eva Leora Lovingood Hembree (L)
and George Anderson Hembree (Seated)
Paternal Grandparents of VRH
Western NC Genealogy Resource Center
for Cherokee County
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Eva Leora Lovingood Hembree (L)
and
George Anderson Hembree (Seated)
Paternal Grandparents of VRH
Summary of Vital Information:
George Anderson Hembree, born Oct 14th in the year 1869 [CERTIFICATE OF DEATH], 1870 [GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTION; NC DEATH INDEX; OBITUARY], or 1871 [1900 CENSUS] [MOST LIKELY 1870 – SEE COMMENTS BELOW] in Buncombe Co., North Carolina; died Jul 14, 1953 in his home on Rt. 3, Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina at age 83 years; burial Jul 15, 1953 at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He was the son of James Washington Hembree and Martha Lucretia Fore [AKA “Foree”]. He married Eva Leora Lovingood Nov 08, 1896 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina [SOURCES FOR MARRIAGE INFORMATION: CHEROKEE, NC MARRIAGES; 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 CENSUS ENUMERATIONS; DOCKERYS OF DIXIE, 2ND ED.; HERITAGE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, VOL., II].
Eva Leora “Evie” Lovingood, born Jan 25, 1876 in North Carolina; died Saturday, Dec 11, 1971 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina at age 96 years; burial at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She was the daughter of George Washington “Cooter” Lovingood and Julia Elvira Palmer [VITAL INFORMATION SOURCES: U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTION; OBITUARY; 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 CENSUS; DOCKERYS OF DIXIE, 2ND ED.; HERITAGE OF CHEROKEE CO., VOL. II].
Notes for George Anderson Hembree:
1. DATE OF BIRTH: Although there is agreement among official records that George Anderson Hembree was born Oct 14th, there are three different years of birth given in documents and other sources. According to his death certificate and extrapolation from his obituary, his birth year was 1869 [NOTE: THIS YEAR IS UNLIKELY IF THE SEPT 1869 BIRTH DATE OF HIS OLDER SISTER, SARAH ADALINE HEMBREE IS CORRECT]; according to his gravestone inscription and death record information [NC DEATH INDEX-BASED ON DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FAMILY INFORMANT, WHO MAY HAVE REPORTED IN ERROR], he was born in the year, 1870. According to “1900 U.S. Federal Census” enumeration, his year of birth was 1871. To date, there has been no available birth record with which to verify his actual year of birth, but the most likely year, based on the reports of his age at death in his obituary and on his gravestone, is 1870.
2. RESIDENCE LOCATIONS: George Anderson Hembree was born in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Exactly how long his parents lived there following his birth is unknown. His obituary reported that George Anderson Hembree had lived in Cherokee Co., North Carolina since he was fifteen years old, indicating that they were probably in Cherokee Co., NC by about 1885.
During the 1900 Census enumeration, George Anderson Hembree and his family were in Cherokee Co., North Carolina living on a farm, his occupation enumerated as “Farmer-self employed.”
According to local and family history, the family moved from Cherokee County, North Carolina to Texas about 1902 and stayed there a short time. Two of their children [NOTE: BESSIE MAE, BORN 1902 AND JAMES CLIFFORD, BORN 1904] were born during their sojourn in Texas. The exact date of the family’s return to North Carolina isn’t known, but their presence in Cherokee Co., North Carolina in time for the 1910 U.S. Federal Census enumeration combined with the birth information for the two children born in Texas shows that they were in Texas by 1902, and their return happened sometime between 1904 and 1910.
George Anderson Hembree and his wife, Eva, remained in Cherokee Co., North Carolina for the rest of their lives. According to this 1910 census enumeration, George Anderson Hembree and his family were living on a farm in Cherokee Co., North Carolina [NOTE: NAME OF THE SPECIFIC LOCATION RECORDED ON CENSUS FORM ILLEGIBLE, BUT OCCUPATION GIVEN AS FARMER, SELF-EMPLOYED]. According to the 1920 Census enumeration, the residence of George Anderson Hembree and his family was located on Fain Mountain Road, outside the town of Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina. In 1930, the family was enumerated on their family-owned farm in Murphy Twp., Cherokee Co., North Carolina. George Anderson Hembree’s obituary documented that the family’s farm was located on Rt. 3 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina, in the Hanging Dog community, at the time of his death.
3. OCCUPATION: During his lifetime, George Anderson Hembree worked as a carpenter, a farmer, and served as Justice of the Peace for Cherokee Co., North Carolina.
More About George Anderson Hembree:
Burial: July 15, 1953 at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee Co., NC
Religion: Charter member of the Bates Creek Baptist Church
Occupation: Carpenter, Farmer
Public Service: Justice of the Peace of Murphy Township, Cherokee Co., NC for more than 45 years
Affiliation: Member of Cherokee Lodge No. 146 AF and A.M.
Age at Death: 83 Years, 9 months
Children of George Hembree and Eva Lovingood are [SOURCES: CENSUS INFORMATION; NC DEATHS; NC MARRIAGES; NC BIRTHS; OBITUARY INFORMATION; DOCKERYS OF DIXIE, HERITAGE OF CHEROKEE CO.; FAMILY KNOWLEDGE]:
i. Mattie E. Hembree, born Feb 22, 1898 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Jan 24, 1993 at her home in the Hanging Dog Community of Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina; burial at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She married Wiley Dockery July 26, 1914 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He was born Jun 22, 1893 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Thursday, Mar 05, 1970 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; burial at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Benjamin Mayfield “Ben” Dockery and Sarah Jane Dinkins.
ii. Bertha Ellen Hembree, born Oct 09, 1899 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Wednesday, Mar 29, 2000; burial at Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She married James Andrew “Jimmy” Kephart Oct 16, 1916. He was born Dec 15, 1896 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina [NOTE: BIRTH INFORMATION FROM WWI DRAFT CARD]; died Apr 04, 1925 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina at age 28 years; burial at Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Robert Kephart and Tabitha Allen.
iii. Bessie Mae Hembree, born Jan 12, 1902 in Aubrey, Denton Co., Texas; died Sep 1990 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. She married Este Byron McDonald. He was born Jun 16, 1893; died Nov 15, 1978 in Arden, Buncombe Co., North Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Clingman McDonald, Sr. and Louisa White.
iv. James Clifford “Jim” Hembree, born Jan 23, 1904 in Denton Co., Texas; died Nov 17, 1984 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina; burial at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Peachtree Community of Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He married Bessie Lavinia Cornwell. Dec 21, 1921 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She was born Nov 19, 1903 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Tuesday, May 20, 1980 in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina; burial at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Peachtree Community of Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She was the daughter of James Marion Cornwell and Ida Killian.
v. William Allen “Bill” Hembree, born Jul 17, 1908 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Jul 18, 1952 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He married (M1) Elsie Killian 1924. She was born abt 1909. He married (M2) Verna Elmira Morris 1938.
vi. Noah Webster Hembree, born Nov 05, 1910 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died Mar 22, 1984 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. He married Susie Louise Ferguson Nov. 27, 1935. She was born Feb 09, 1910; died Oct 03, 2004 in Cherokee Co., North Carolina. She was the daughter of William E. Ferguson and Sally McGuire.
vii. Ernest Hembree, born Dec 30, 1915 in Murphy Twp., Cherokee Co., North Carolina; died in infancy in North Carolina; burial at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., North Carolina.
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