Albert was a tall man (6ft.) with brown curly hair, a hard worker and liked to play the harmonica and dance the jig. He was born in a log cabin and had a 3rd grade education. He was a farmer, mechanic, an inventor and briefly a policeman. He was a construction worker on the first highway built out of Springfield, IL. He made a machine to put the white line down the center of the road which the state of Illinois used. We have pictures of a snowplow he made and ran. His daughter, Alberta said he could do anything. He never remarried after his wife died and missed her dearly. He moved to Mason City, IL. from Kentucky before 1910 because some friends and relatives had moved there for more work opportunities and a better life. He visited his relatives (father) in KY often. HIs father Peter David, built a home for him on the farm so he would always have a place to live if he ever came back. He remained in IL. though where his family and grandchildren were. I am glad I had the privilege to know him as my paternal grandparents died before I was born and my maternal grandmother died when we were 4 yrs. old.

Obituary:
Funeral services for Mr. Albert Elmore, 84, were held Tuesday May 1, 1962 at 2:30 p.m. at the First Christian Church, Mason City, Ill., with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Mr. Donald Legg was vocalist and Mrs. Mildred Behrends, organist. Interment was in Mason City Cemetery under the direction of the Conrad Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Emmer Penewitt, Edward Hindahl, Floyd Fink Floyd Rayburn, Roy Hess and Robert Thomas.
Albert Elmore was born in Green County, Kentucky on March 14, 1878, a son of Peter David and Melvina Skaggs Elmore. He was married to Mattie Cantrell at Hodgensville, Ky. on March 18, 1896. His wife preceded him in death on October 2, 1945 at Mason City. Mr. Elmore farmed in the Mason City area for many years and then was a supervisor of this district for the Illinois Department of Highways for several years. He also served as City Police for Mason City for some time. Mr. Elmore was a member of the Baptist Church in Kentucky.
For the past 18 months he had been a patient at the Christian Care Nursing Home. His death occurred at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, Ill., on Saturday, April 28, 1962 at 3:22 p.m.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Flora Elmore, New Holland, and Mrs. Alberta Wolf, Dixon, Ill.; Seven grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; and the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. (Lillie) Maude Warren, Elizabethtown, Ky.; John (Dowell) Elmore, Peoria; (William) Leslie Elmore, Rockbridge Ill.; a half sister, Mrs. Verdie Matherly; Bloyd, Ky.; and a half brother, James (Franklin) Elmore, Summerville, Ky. A son and a brother preceded him in death.