When Oliver Perry Lemmon was born on 23 September 1843, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Washington Lemmon, was 36 and his mother, Tamer Stephens, was 36. He married Caroline Helm on 22 November 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 19 September 1894, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: variant of Lemon .
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