Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Jefferson LEMMON, M. D.
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 670, 671
Polk County Biographies Section

    Jefferson Lemmon, M. D., one of the successful practicing
physicians of Polk County, Mo., was born in Looney Township, 
Polk County, December 24, 1846, and is the son of John S. and
Permelia (Wallace) Lemmon.  The maternal grandfather, David 
Wallace, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and the maternal 
great-grandfather, William Wallace, was a native of England,
and served in the Revolutionary War.  John S. Lemmon and wife
were born in Kentucky in 1811, the former born in Barren County,
and the latter in Christian County.  When about eleven years of
age, each moved to Henry County, Tenn., with their parents, and
there they were married when but eighteen years of age.  The same
year, 1828, they moved to Missouri, locating where Springfield 
now is, though there was no sign of a town ther then, only the
remains of a deserted Indian village, and remained there until
1832, when they moved to this county, and here the mother still
lives.  Mr. Lemmon was farmer, stock-raiser and miller, and was
a very successful business man.  He is a Democrat in politics.  
During the war he went South with his property, and was never 
heard from again.  When first settling in Missouri, they were 
obliged to go to Boonville to trade, and experienced all the 
hardships and privations incident to pioneer life.   Mrs. Lemmon
is a member of the Baptist Church.  She is the mother of fourteen
children, eleven of whom lived to be grown.  She has over 100 
direct descendants.  Her son, Dr. Jefferson Lemmon, assisted 
his father on the farm and in the mill, and received his 
education in the common school, also a term in the high school
at Springfield.  In October 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 
Fifth Missouri Confederate Volunteers, and served two years.  
He then became hospital steward of Cherokee Artillery, and his
brother was surgeon.  There he gained his first knowledge of 
medicine.  Having returned, he studied medicine under his two 
elder brothers, and in 1874 entered Missouri Medical College 
and took one course of lectures, after which he located at 
Walnut Grove, Greene County, and practiced until 1878-79, when
he took another course at the same school, and graduated in the
last named year.  He then returned to his old location and 
practiced until 1880, when he went to Texas.  Three years later
he came to Morrisville, where he has had a good practice since,
and to which he has exclusively devoted his time.  He is a member
of the Polk County Medical Society, of the Southwest District 
Medical Association, and was president of the former one term.  
For a companion in life he chose Miss Mary M. Anderson, a daughter
of Nathaniel Anderson, one of the old teachers of the county.  
By this union seven children were born: Clara S., Waldo N., 
Laura L., Emma T., Mollie J., Bennie S. and Arthur E.  Dr. Lemmon
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and his 
wife of the Christian Church.  He belongs to the following 
organizations: Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows and the A.O.U.W.
Dr. Lemmon has practiced his profession in this county for 
sixteen years, and has had excellent success.
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