John Peter Lemmon

Male29 August 1819–30 September 1881

Brief Life History of John Peter

When John Peter Lemmon was born on 29 August 1819, in Virginia, United States, his father, George Samuel Lemon, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Gilliland, was 27. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Mary Ellen Mackey. He died on 30 September 1881, in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Peter Lemmon
1819–1881
Mary Ellen Mackey
1823–1872
Elizabeth Lemmon
1851–1881
Mary Ellen Lemmon
1853–1922
Roberta Lemmon
1859–
Clinton B. Lemmon
1863–1933
John Mackey Lemmon
1865–1945
Samuel Heagy Lemmon
1870–1941

Sources (6)

  • John P Lemmon in entry for Samuel Heagy Lemmon, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • John P Lemmon in entry for Clinton Brady Lemmon, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • John Peter Lemmon, "Find A Grave Index"

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Children (6)

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Siblings (17)

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 1

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

Age 5

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 17

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Lemon .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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