MEXICAN WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT - HESTER LEMONS http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/wyandotte/military/lemonsh.txt Contributed by: David Samuelsen (dsam@wasatch.com) August 07, 2002 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Mexican War Pension Company "E" First Missouri Mounted Volunteers Date of filing: 3 May 1888 Class: Mexican War widow Application #: 6453 Certificate: 5727 Act of Congress: January 29, 1887 - Missouri Mexican War Pension, Act of January 29, 1887, Widow's Brief Claimant: Hester Lemons P.O. Mount Vernon County: Grant State: Oregon Soldier: Isaac Lemons Rank: Private Company: E Regiment: 1st Mo. Mtd. Vols. attorney: Stoddard & Co. P.O. Mount Vernon, Oregon Enlisted Date: 27 June 1846 - 24 June 1847 (11 months 28 days). Claimant: age 58 date of marriage: 4 Oct 1849 Date of soldier's death: 7 March 1866, near Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas Record of evidence: Certificate of Discharge Date of filing: 23 August 1888 approved October 18, 1888 Was in Battle of Sacramento on or about 28 February 1847 Witness affiviat: Volney Mitchell, I served with Isac Lemons in Co. E, 1st Regt. Mo. Cavalry or Mounted Volunteers, John D. Stepheson (Stevenson), Capt. and A. W. Donophan, Col. (Doniphan) and enlisted at Fort Leavenworth on or about of 27 June 1846. Discharged about 20th of June 1847 at New Orleans. Sworned 17 February 1888. Isaac Lemons and Hester Noble were married by Rev. Thomas Boyd near Fort William, Franklin, Missouri. Description of Isaac Lemons: about 6 feet high, weigh about 170 lbs, light hair and blue eyes. Children named: John W. Lemons, Laura J. & James C. Lemons (5 Sep 1888 showed 3 children living and 2 deceased) The family lived in Missouri 14 years then moved to Kansas. Hester and family moved to Oregon 1875. Distant relatives (affiviate dated 5 Sep 1888): James Fitzwater age 60, and Nancy Fitzwater age 58 of Lebanon, Linn, Oregon. Nancy was at marriage of Isac and Hester. Hester Lemons died 14 January 1920. Stoppage order made 23 October 1920. Footnote: Col. A. W. Doniphan is the same person who refused to kill Joseph Smith, the Prophet of LDS Church on orders of the county officers near Kansas City, giving reasons that the acts taken against Joseph Smith was not constitutional and not proper.