91 Ohio Inf Co. E
son of Alexander Lemons, married Lucinda Gladdis, married 14 June 1872, Coles County, IL & Mary J. Matherly Vandeventer, married 31 August 1913, Coles County, IL
JOHN LEMONS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD John Lemons, a civil war veteran and a resident of North Okaw township for many years, died at his home, 3105 Commercial avenue late on Thursday afternoon from pneumonia, complimated by ailments attendant upon old age. He was bedfast since Saturday.
A short service will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Cannon, and the service proper will be held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church at Cooks Mills, Rev. J. M. Lively officiating. Burial will be In the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Mr. Lemons was born near Wilmington, Ohio November 22, 1844. He grew to manhood there and when nineteen years of age joined the union army when the Civil war broke out, enlisiting in Co. E Thirty-third Ohio Regulars, and served until the end of the war. A short time after the war he came west and settled in North Okaw township, where in June 1871, he married Miss Lucinda Gladdes, who died July 20, 1910. Three years later he married Mrs. Mary Vandeventer, who survives him. He resided on his farm in North Okaw township until thirteen years ago, when he came to Mattoon and since that time resided at 3105 Commercial avenue.
Besides the wife, there survives five children by his first marriage, Mrs. Ella Oakley of Mattoon, Mrs. Bertha Roames, of Michigan City, Ind., Mrs. Ollie Stevens of Mattoon; Stephen Lemons of Michigan City, Ind., and Frank Lemons of Mattoon and four step-children, Mina Schwimmer of Chicago, Mrs. Ada Zike, Mrs. Lizzie Pierson and Mrs. Goldia McKibbon of Mattoon; There also survives one brother, J. M. Lemons of Wilmington, O., one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, of Beattie, Kans., twenty-four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Journal Gazette
Mattoon, Illinois
05 Mar 1926, Fri • Page 10
Aged Mattoon Resident Dies
Few Days Illness Proves Fatal to John Lemons
Mattoon, March 6 - John Lemons, an aged Civil war veteran, died in his home 3105 Commercial Avenue, at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon after a few days illness from pneumonia.
Mr. Lemons was born November 22, 1844, in Marion County, Ohio. From there he enlisted in the outbreak of the Civil War, in company E 31st regiment, Ohio Volunteers and served until the end of the war.
After being mustered out of the service, he came to Illinois and settled eight miles north of Mattoon. There he was married to Miss Lucinda Gaddis in June 1871. They went to housekeeping on a farm three miles west of Humbolt where they continued to live until her death July 20, 1910. Following her death he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Roames on his farm.
Three years later in August 13, 1913, he married Mary Vandevenner of this city.
They went to housekeeping in her home 109 Commercial Avenue where death claimed him.
Mrs. Lemons leaves his wife, at home, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Roames, Michigan City, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Oakley, and Mrs. Ollie Stevens, and two sons, Steve and Frank Lemons, all of Mattoon; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Ada Zikes, Mrs. Goldie McKibbin, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson, all of Mattoon and Mrs. Nina Schwinenen, Chicago; thirty-four grand-children; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, Beattie, Kansas; and one brother, James Lemons, Wilmington, Ohio.
Mr. Lemons was a member of the Baptist church since boyhood and of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in Cooks Mills at the time of his death.
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock a brief service will be conducted by Rev. W .A. Cannon in the home after which the body will be taken to the Pleasant Grove Church in Cooks Mills for the funeral by Rev. James M. Lively, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in Cooks Mills by the side of his first wife.
Bearers will be six grandsons, Glenn Roames, Paul Lemons, Clyde Oakley, John Lemons, Charles Oakley and Clifford Lemons.
Herald and Review
Decatur, Illinois
06 Mar 1926, Sat • Page 2
son of Alexander Lemons, married Lucinda Gladdis, married 14 June 1872, Coles County, IL & Mary J. Matherly Vandeventer, married 31 August 1913, Coles County, IL
JOHN LEMONS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD John Lemons, a civil war veteran and a resident of North Okaw township for many years, died at his home, 3105 Commercial avenue late on Thursday afternoon from pneumonia, complimated by ailments attendant upon old age. He was bedfast since Saturday.
A short service will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Cannon, and the service proper will be held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church at Cooks Mills, Rev. J. M. Lively officiating. Burial will be In the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Mr. Lemons was born near Wilmington, Ohio November 22, 1844. He grew to manhood there and when nineteen years of age joined the union army when the Civil war broke out, enlisiting in Co. E Thirty-third Ohio Regulars, and served until the end of the war. A short time after the war he came west and settled in North Okaw township, where in June 1871, he married Miss Lucinda Gladdes, who died July 20, 1910. Three years later he married Mrs. Mary Vandeventer, who survives him. He resided on his farm in North Okaw township until thirteen years ago, when he came to Mattoon and since that time resided at 3105 Commercial avenue.
Besides the wife, there survives five children by his first marriage, Mrs. Ella Oakley of Mattoon, Mrs. Bertha Roames, of Michigan City, Ind., Mrs. Ollie Stevens of Mattoon; Stephen Lemons of Michigan City, Ind., and Frank Lemons of Mattoon and four step-children, Mina Schwimmer of Chicago, Mrs. Ada Zike, Mrs. Lizzie Pierson and Mrs. Goldia McKibbon of Mattoon; There also survives one brother, J. M. Lemons of Wilmington, O., one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, of Beattie, Kans., twenty-four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Journal Gazette
Mattoon, Illinois
05 Mar 1926, Fri • Page 10
Aged Mattoon Resident Dies
Few Days Illness Proves Fatal to John Lemons
Mattoon, March 6 - John Lemons, an aged Civil war veteran, died in his home 3105 Commercial Avenue, at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon after a few days illness from pneumonia.
Mr. Lemons was born November 22, 1844, in Marion County, Ohio. From there he enlisted in the outbreak of the Civil War, in company E 31st regiment, Ohio Volunteers and served until the end of the war.
After being mustered out of the service, he came to Illinois and settled eight miles north of Mattoon. There he was married to Miss Lucinda Gaddis in June 1871. They went to housekeeping on a farm three miles west of Humbolt where they continued to live until her death July 20, 1910. Following her death he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Roames on his farm.
Three years later in August 13, 1913, he married Mary Vandevenner of this city.
They went to housekeeping in her home 109 Commercial Avenue where death claimed him.
Mrs. Lemons leaves his wife, at home, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Roames, Michigan City, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Oakley, and Mrs. Ollie Stevens, and two sons, Steve and Frank Lemons, all of Mattoon; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Ada Zikes, Mrs. Goldie McKibbin, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson, all of Mattoon and Mrs. Nina Schwinenen, Chicago; thirty-four grand-children; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, Beattie, Kansas; and one brother, James Lemons, Wilmington, Ohio.
Mr. Lemons was a member of the Baptist church since boyhood and of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in Cooks Mills at the time of his death.
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock a brief service will be conducted by Rev. W .A. Cannon in the home after which the body will be taken to the Pleasant Grove Church in Cooks Mills for the funeral by Rev. James M. Lively, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in Cooks Mills by the side of his first wife.
Bearers will be six grandsons, Glenn Roames, Paul Lemons, Clyde Oakley, John Lemons, Charles Oakley and Clifford Lemons.
Herald and Review
Decatur, Illinois
06 Mar 1926, Sat • Page 2
91 Ohio Inf Co. E
son of Alexander Lemons, married Lucinda Gladdis, married 14 June 1872, Coles County, IL & Mary J. Matherly Vandeventer, married 31 August 1913, Coles County, IL
JOHN LEMONS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD John Lemons, a civil war veteran and a resident of North Okaw township for many years, died at his home, 3105 Commercial avenue late on Thursday afternoon from pneumonia, complimated by ailments attendant upon old age. He was bedfast since Saturday.
A short service will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Cannon, and the service proper will be held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church at Cooks Mills, Rev. J. M. Lively officiating. Burial will be In the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Mr. Lemons was born near Wilmington, Ohio November 22, 1844. He grew to manhood there and when nineteen years of age joined the union army when the Civil war broke out, enlisiting in Co. E Thirty-third Ohio Regulars, and served until the end of the war. A short time after the war he came west and settled in North Okaw township, where in June 1871, he married Miss Lucinda Gladdes, who died July 20, 1910. Three years later he married Mrs. Mary Vandeventer, who survives him. He resided on his farm in North Okaw township until thirteen years ago, when he came to Mattoon and since that time resided at 3105 Commercial avenue.
Besides the wife, there survives five children by his first marriage, Mrs. Ella Oakley of Mattoon, Mrs. Bertha Roames, of Michigan City, Ind., Mrs. Ollie Stevens of Mattoon; Stephen Lemons of Michigan City, Ind., and Frank Lemons of Mattoon and four step-children, Mina Schwimmer of Chicago, Mrs. Ada Zike, Mrs. Lizzie Pierson and Mrs. Goldia McKibbon of Mattoon; There also survives one brother, J. M. Lemons of Wilmington, O., one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, of Beattie, Kans., twenty-four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Journal Gazette
Mattoon, Illinois
05 Mar 1926, Fri • Page 10
Aged Mattoon Resident Dies
Few Days Illness Proves Fatal to John Lemons
Mattoon, March 6 - John Lemons, an aged Civil war veteran, died in his home 3105 Commercial Avenue, at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon after a few days illness from pneumonia.
Mr. Lemons was born November 22, 1844, in Marion County, Ohio. From there he enlisted in the outbreak of the Civil War, in company E 31st regiment, Ohio Volunteers and served until the end of the war.
After being mustered out of the service, he came to Illinois and settled eight miles north of Mattoon. There he was married to Miss Lucinda Gaddis in June 1871. They went to housekeeping on a farm three miles west of Humbolt where they continued to live until her death July 20, 1910. Following her death he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Roames on his farm.
Three years later in August 13, 1913, he married Mary Vandevenner of this city.
They went to housekeeping in her home 109 Commercial Avenue where death claimed him.
Mrs. Lemons leaves his wife, at home, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Roames, Michigan City, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Oakley, and Mrs. Ollie Stevens, and two sons, Steve and Frank Lemons, all of Mattoon; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Ada Zikes, Mrs. Goldie McKibbin, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson, all of Mattoon and Mrs. Nina Schwinenen, Chicago; thirty-four grand-children; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, Beattie, Kansas; and one brother, James Lemons, Wilmington, Ohio.
Mr. Lemons was a member of the Baptist church since boyhood and of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in Cooks Mills at the time of his death.
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock a brief service will be conducted by Rev. W .A. Cannon in the home after which the body will be taken to the Pleasant Grove Church in Cooks Mills for the funeral by Rev. James M. Lively, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in Cooks Mills by the side of his first wife.
Bearers will be six grandsons, Glenn Roames, Paul Lemons, Clyde Oakley, John Lemons, Charles Oakley and Clifford Lemons.
Herald and Review
Decatur, Illinois
06 Mar 1926, Sat • Page 2
son of Alexander Lemons, married Lucinda Gladdis, married 14 June 1872, Coles County, IL & Mary J. Matherly Vandeventer, married 31 August 1913, Coles County, IL
JOHN LEMONS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD John Lemons, a civil war veteran and a resident of North Okaw township for many years, died at his home, 3105 Commercial avenue late on Thursday afternoon from pneumonia, complimated by ailments attendant upon old age. He was bedfast since Saturday.
A short service will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Cannon, and the service proper will be held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church at Cooks Mills, Rev. J. M. Lively officiating. Burial will be In the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Mr. Lemons was born near Wilmington, Ohio November 22, 1844. He grew to manhood there and when nineteen years of age joined the union army when the Civil war broke out, enlisiting in Co. E Thirty-third Ohio Regulars, and served until the end of the war. A short time after the war he came west and settled in North Okaw township, where in June 1871, he married Miss Lucinda Gladdes, who died July 20, 1910. Three years later he married Mrs. Mary Vandeventer, who survives him. He resided on his farm in North Okaw township until thirteen years ago, when he came to Mattoon and since that time resided at 3105 Commercial avenue.
Besides the wife, there survives five children by his first marriage, Mrs. Ella Oakley of Mattoon, Mrs. Bertha Roames, of Michigan City, Ind., Mrs. Ollie Stevens of Mattoon; Stephen Lemons of Michigan City, Ind., and Frank Lemons of Mattoon and four step-children, Mina Schwimmer of Chicago, Mrs. Ada Zike, Mrs. Lizzie Pierson and Mrs. Goldia McKibbon of Mattoon; There also survives one brother, J. M. Lemons of Wilmington, O., one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, of Beattie, Kans., twenty-four grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Journal Gazette
Mattoon, Illinois
05 Mar 1926, Fri • Page 10
Aged Mattoon Resident Dies
Few Days Illness Proves Fatal to John Lemons
Mattoon, March 6 - John Lemons, an aged Civil war veteran, died in his home 3105 Commercial Avenue, at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon after a few days illness from pneumonia.
Mr. Lemons was born November 22, 1844, in Marion County, Ohio. From there he enlisted in the outbreak of the Civil War, in company E 31st regiment, Ohio Volunteers and served until the end of the war.
After being mustered out of the service, he came to Illinois and settled eight miles north of Mattoon. There he was married to Miss Lucinda Gaddis in June 1871. They went to housekeeping on a farm three miles west of Humbolt where they continued to live until her death July 20, 1910. Following her death he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Roames on his farm.
Three years later in August 13, 1913, he married Mary Vandevenner of this city.
They went to housekeeping in her home 109 Commercial Avenue where death claimed him.
Mrs. Lemons leaves his wife, at home, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Roames, Michigan City, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Oakley, and Mrs. Ollie Stevens, and two sons, Steve and Frank Lemons, all of Mattoon; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Ada Zikes, Mrs. Goldie McKibbin, Mrs. Lizzie Pearson, all of Mattoon and Mrs. Nina Schwinenen, Chicago; thirty-four grand-children; one sister, Mrs. Jane Gordon, Beattie, Kansas; and one brother, James Lemons, Wilmington, Ohio.
Mr. Lemons was a member of the Baptist church since boyhood and of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in Cooks Mills at the time of his death.
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock a brief service will be conducted by Rev. W .A. Cannon in the home after which the body will be taken to the Pleasant Grove Church in Cooks Mills for the funeral by Rev. James M. Lively, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in Cooks Mills by the side of his first wife.
Bearers will be six grandsons, Glenn Roames, Paul Lemons, Clyde Oakley, John Lemons, Charles Oakley and Clifford Lemons.
Herald and Review
Decatur, Illinois
06 Mar 1926, Sat • Page 2
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