Henry Jackson Elmore

Henry Jackson Elmore

s/o James Lafayette Elmore and Amy Elizabeth Rose, h/o Virginia "Vergie" Sue Fulfer		Yesteryear Fulfer Family

Henry Jackson Elmore ( 1891-October 27, 1969) The Oklahoman Oct 28,1969 Page 44 Death Notice: Del City Elmore Henry Jackson, 78, of 4737 SE 38. Services Wednesday (Eusenhour) ---------- The Oklahoman Oct 28,1969 Page: 20 Henry J. Elmore, , 78, of 4737 SE 38 Del City, died Monday in a Midwest City nursing home following an extended illness. Services will be at 1 p.m, Wednesday in the United Methodist Church at Spur, Tex,, directed by W. E. Campbell Funeral Home. Local arrangements were made by Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home. Elmore was born in Young Co., Tex., and had lived in Del City since 1967. He was a retired farmer and a Mason. Survivors included his wife, Vergie; two sons, Leroy, Lubbock, Tex., and C. L. MInneapolis, Minn.,; a daughter, Mrs. Lois Hammer, of the home; and a brother, Jim, Seagraves, Tex.,. Friends may call at Bill Eisenhour Funeral home until noon Tuesday.

Biography
James Lafayette Elmore was born in 1845 at Roby, MO. He was a Civil War veteran and died April 22, 1902 in Dickens Co. His wife, Amy Elizabeth Rose was born February 15, 1855 in Lafayette, County Arkansas, died August 19, 1939 in Dickens Co. She was the daughter of Sam Rose and Nancy (Winn) Rose. James and Amy are both buried in the Dickens Cemetery. They married after the Civil War in Texarkana, AR. After living there several years, in 1880 they moved to Young County. Mr. Elmore fought in the Indian Raids from Young County to Parker County.

In 1899 he moved from Young county to Dumont, Dickens County. He lived there one year and then moved to Dickens City. He homesteaded on a farm north of Dickens, where he resided until his death.

James Elmore and Amy Rose Elmore's children were:

Nancy Frances Elmore Peters,
Martha Angeline
George Sterling
Samuel Martin
James William
Audrey Elmore Snodgrass
Henry Jackson
Florence Lulubelle.
Submitted by Nancy Baumgart