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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power
These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon
County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all
necessary research to document what is contained herein.
LEMON, JOHN I.
, born March 6, 1803, in Scott county, Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, arriving at Berlin in 1834 or '5. He was married near Washington, Tazewell county, to Ann Maria White. They made their home in Sangamon county until they had five living children. The family moved to Farmer City, and from there to El Paso, where three children were born. Their eldest children, JAMES D., WILLIAM U. and JOHN I., Jun., were all born in Sangamon county, and were Union soldiers in Co. A, 107th Ill. Inf.
JAMES D. was Lieutenant, and was killed in battle on the Potomac.
WILLIAM U. and
JOHN I. died of disease in the army, the former near Paducah, and the latter in Tennessee.
John I. Lemon resides at El Paso, Illinois.
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