James Robert LEMON

1848 - 1919  (70 years)

• Name	James Robert LEMON  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Apr 1848	Guilford County, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1919	Marshall County, KY   [1]
  Burial	Strow Cemetery, Marshall County, KY   [1]
  Person ID	I3481	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph G LEMON
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Demaris A HELTON
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucretta A THOMPSON,   b. 18 Nov 1859, Marshall County, KY d. 8 Jan 1930, Marshall County, KY (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1885	Marshall County, KY   [1]
  Children	1. Bryan Thompson LEMON,   b. 17 Jul 1888, Marshall County, KY bur. Strow Cemetery, Marshall County, KY  [Father: natural]   2. Scott Thompson LEMON,   b. Abt 1891   d. 27 Jun 1974 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Cora Lou WILSON   d. 20 Mar 1885
  Children	1. Clayton Gladstone LEMON  [Father: natural]   2. Luna E LEMON  [Father: natural]   3. Maud S LEMON  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Histories

  James R. Lemon (1848-1919) Memorial Record of Western Kentucky

  
  

• Notes

  These brothers (along with half brother Clayton) inherited the Mayfield Messenger (newspaper) when their father died in 1919. Scott sold the Messenger in (I believe) 1938. Scott was also the Mayor of Mayfield (Graves, KY) in at least 1952-53.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 265A.txt. [S241] Research of Jim Lemon. Via email dated 17-Mar-2009