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06-Sarah Catherine "Ann" Brittain
Birth: 13 Nov 1834, Clark Co, IN
Death: 16 Aug 1915, Rosston, Harper Co, OK- age 80
Home: MO, KS and OK
Mother: Margaret Celia "Peggy" Garriott

Marriage: 11 Nov 1853, Henry Co, IA by John B Wilson [pension affidavit]
Spouse: Alexander Blakely LEMMONS
Birth: 13 Mar 1830, Tennessee
Death: 31 Mar 1908, Cleo Springs, Major Co, OK- age 78
Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter
Military: Union Army: Private, Co M, 7th Cavalry Regiment MO Volunteers 15

     CHILDREN: Sarah and Alexander had the following 7 children [pension affidavit]:
07----GEORGE HARMON LEMMONS [b. 17 Mar 1857; d. 28 Oct 1924- age 67, bur. Cleo Springs, Major Co, OK], m. Anna ___ [b. about 1861], had four children: (census)
     08----ARTHUR M LEMMONS [b. about 1878];
     08----MARY BELLE LEMMONS [b. about 1881];
     08----JOHN HENRY LEMMONS [b. about 1883]; and
     08----ELIZABETH ELLEN LEMMONS [b. about 1884];
07----ALICE LEMMONS [b. 23 Jan 1859];
07----ALEXANDER LINCOLN LEMMONS [b. 28 Jun 1861];
07----BENJAMIN BUTLER LEMMONS [b. 22 Dec 1863];
07----JOHN FRANKLIN LEMMONS [b. 28 Apr 1866, Trenton, Grundy Co, MO; d. 28 Mar 1936- age 69], m. Bell GRIFFITH [b. 23 Feb 1878, Redfield, Dallas Co, IA; d. 13 Jul 1961, Englewood, Clark Co, KS- age 83] on 23 Apr 1893, had 4 children: (census)
     08----ALEXANDER H LEMMONS [b. Feb 1894, KS];
     08----THOMAS L LEMMONS [b. 23 Sep 1895, Cleo Springs, Major Co, OK; d. 5 Mar 1984, Laverne, Harper Co, OK- age 88, bur. Fairmont Cemetery], SSN: 442-36-1539, Pvt in US Army, WW1, m. Doris leona DINIUS [b. 24 Apr 1905; d. 1 Jan 1982- age 76, bur. Fairmont Cemetery], had two children:
          09----ARRON DALE LEMMONS [b. 1936; d. 1952- age 16, bur. Fairmont Cemetery];
          09----THOMAS H LEMMONS [b. 1937; 1963- age 26, bur. Fairmont Cemetery];
     08----JESSIE M LEMMONS [b. Mar 1898, KS]; and
     08----JOSIE B LEMMONS [b. Oct 1899, OK];
07----MARGARET OLIVE LEMMONS [b. 11 May 1869]; and
07----CHARLES DENTON LEMMONS [b. 20 Nov 1871, Trenton, Grundy Co, MO; d. 20 Jan 1960, Fairview, Major Co, OK- age 88, bur. Mount Zion Cemetery], m. Emma Leota GRIFFITHS [b. 27 Jan 1874, Fremont Co, IA; d. 8 Nov 1955, Grant Co, OK- age 81, bur. Mount Zion Cemetery], had the following children: (census)
     08----HATTIE M LEMMONS [b. Jun 1893, KS];
     08----BLANCHE L LEMMONS [b. Dec 1894, KS];
     08----RUTH E LEMMONS [b. Mar 1896, KS];
     08----ANNA M LEMMONS [b. Nov 1897, KS]; and
     08----CHARLES R LEMMONS [b. Jun 1899, OK].

     HIS 1ST MARRIAGE: 16 Alexander first married Elizabeth McCUIN? in Keokuk Co, IA. They were divorced in 1852 and she died in Keokuk Co, IA in 1852.

     CENSUS:
     1880 Richland, Republic Co, KS census: has A B Lemmons 50; b. TN, Minister; Sarah A Lemmons 46, b. IN, Keeping House; John Franklin Lemmons 14, b. MO, Farming; Margt Olive Lemmons 11, b. MO; and Chas Denton Lemmons 8, b. MO.
     Next door on this census page is Geo H Lemmons 23, b. MO, Farmer; Anise A Lemmons 20, b. IL, Keeping House; and Arthur M Lemmons 2, b. MO.
     1885 Richland, Republic Co, KS census: has Geo H Lemmons 28, Farmer; Annas Lemmons 24; Arthur M Lemmons 7; Mary Belle Lemmons 4; John Henry Lemmons 2; and Elizabeth Ellen Lemmons 1.
     1900 Bishop, Woods Co, OK census: has Charles D Lemmons 28, b. MO, Farmer; Leota E Lemmons 25, b. IA, (7 children-5 living); Hattie M Lemmons 6, b. KS; Blanche L Lemmons 5, b. KS; Ruth E Lemmons 4, b. KS; Anna M Lemmons 2; and Charles R Lemmons 11/12.
     On the same page of this census has John H Lemmons 34, b. MO, Farmer; Belle Lemmons 23, b. IA, (7 children-4 living); Alexander H Lemmons 6, b. KS; Thomas L Lemmons 4, b. OK; Jessie M Lemmons 2, b. KS; and Josie B Lemmons 8/12, b. OK.
     1880 Richland, Harper Co, OK census: has AB Lemmons 50, Minister; Sarah A Lemmons 46, Keeping House; John Franklin Lemmons 14, Farmer; Margaret Olive Lemmons 11; and Chas Denton Lemmons 8.
     1880 Richland, Harper Co, OK census: has John H Sutton 23, Farmer; Alice Sutton 21, Keeping House; Sarah A Sutton 3; and Rosa Belle Sutton 1.
     Next door on this census page is Geo H Lemmons 23; Anise A Lemmons 20; and son Arthur M Lemmons 2.
     1910 Harper Co, OK census: has John H Sutton 52, b. MO, Farmer-General; Alice Sutton 51, b. MO (10 children-10 living); Charley Sutton 17, b. KS, Farm Laborer-Home Farm; Paul Sutton 13, b. KS; Emma Sutton 7, b. OK; and Sarah Lemmons 76, b. IN (Widow, Mother-in-Law).

     MILITARY: 16 Alexander enrolled on 1 Sep 1861, Mercer Co, MO for three years, as a private in Company M, 7th Cavalry Regiment MO Volunteers commanded by BT Humphrey. He was honorably discharged at Sedalia, MO on 1 Dec 1862 by reason of Surgeon's "Ctf." of disability.

     1884 PENSION: 16 Alexander B Lemmons, in a general affidavit, first applied for a pension on 11 Nov 1884, claiming that his horse had thrown him as he was going out on picket guard alone about midnight on the 15th or 16th of Nov 1861. The horse had then fallen on him. He stated that, "His address as required by the pension office is as follows. From May 1856 to Jun 1857, Eaglesville (?), MO. From June 1857 to Mar 1867, Wintersville, Sullivan Co, MO, except from 1 Sep 1861 to Dec 1862 while in the army. From Mar 1867 to Mar 1870 Trenton MO, From Mar 1870 to Feb 1873, Ruraldale (?), MO, From Feb 1873 to Mar 1878, Tindall (?), MO, From Mar 1878 to Apr 1883, Brantford (?), Wash Co, KS and Cuba Republic Co (?), KS. And my present post office address is Tipton, Mitchell Co, KS."
     He presented a subsequent affidavit, on 15 Aug 1885 [claim 513.871, cert. 676.718]. He again applied for a pension on 8 Mar 1907 in Mitchell Co, KS, claiming to be enrolled at Brookfield, MN on 1 Sep 1861 as a private and was honorably discharged at Sedalia, (Pettis Co), MO on 1 Dec 1862. He was 76 years old on 8 Mar 1907, 5'-11" tall, with dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair, a farmer and resident of Cedron, Lincoln Co, KS. He had lived since leaving the service, "In Wintersville (?), MO to Mar 1867; Trenton, (Grundy Co) MO to Mar 1878; then Cuba (?), KS to 1883, then Tipton (Mitchell Co), KS in Jan 1890, then to Harlan (?) and Redmon (?), KS to present time." He claimed, "Disease of lungs and liver, injury to back and chronic diarrhea."

     WIDOW'S PENSION: 16 Sarah Lemmons 74, applied for a pension [claim 888.897] after Alexander's death from Major Co, OK at the age of 74.

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