Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Lemon, Alexander 1817 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Alexander Lemon, farmer, Covington, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, in
1817, and came to Fountain county with his mother and grandfather in 1827.
Shortly after coming to the county he went to live with his uncle, Mr. Abraham
Dicking. He has been wholly dependent upon his own resources, and when first
beginning work for himself received $10.50 per month. He remembers the Indians
well who were in the county when he first came, one family of whom had their
winter-quarters under an old tree that now stands a few rods from Mr. Lemon's
house. Mr. Lemon has in his time cleared and improved 100 acres of land. He now
owns 159 acres, of which 90 acres are improved. He was married in 1842 to Miss
E. Ward, daughter of Benjamin Ward, and who at the time of their marriage was an
orphan. They reared a family of three sons and three daughters, all of whom are
living except the oldest son, John B., who entered the Federal army during the
war of the Rebellion and died at Camp Nelson. He enlisted for a three-years term
of service in the 63d Ind. Vol. Inf., under Col. McManamy and Capt. Conover.

Additional Comments:
Troy Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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