When Minor Charles Lemmons was born on 17 March 1848, in Upshur, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Warrick Cameron Lemons, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Hosaflook, was 15. He married Lenora V. Nola Gould on 21 May 1868, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lewis, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Banks Magisterial District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 16 May 1926, in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States.