Plumas-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Lemmon, B. F. 1826 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

B. F. LEMMON.—He was born in Seneca county, New York, May 13, 1826. When twelve
years old he started out for himself, and worked principally at farming for a
number of years. In 1851 he came to California, via Panama, and mined first with
his brother William C, at Downieville. Shortly after, he was taken sick, and did
nothing for some months. In August, 1851, they were employed by the citizens of
Downieville to pilot a party of emigrants to that place from the Humboldt
desert, and were the first to pass through the Henness pass. In the spring of
1852 B. F. Lemmon came to Sierra valley and located the ranch on which he now
lives, containing then 160 acres, to which he has since added 480 acres, making
640 in all. He was married November 4, 1858, to Miss Jane Herring, by whom he
had one child, Ada, born in February, 1860, and died in February, 1862. Mrs.
Lemmon died in September, 1862. He was married a second time, June 29, 1870, to
Mary L. Battelle of Sierra valley. Their children are H. A., born September 26,
1871, died September 30, 1872; H. A., born December 28, 1872, still living. Mr.
Lemmon is a member of Mountain Yale Lodge No. 140, I. O. O. F., and of the Tahoe
Encampment No. 45; also of the Veteran Odd Fellows association.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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