Thomas P. Lemmon Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1529-1530 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	THOMAS P. LEMMON, one of the prominent and influential farmers 
and stock growers of Day county, was born in Millersburg, Holmes county, 
Ohio, on the 1st of March, 1853, and is a son of Robert and Elizabeth 
(Hull) Lemmon, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania, and the 
latter in Connecticut. In 1857 the parents of the subject removed from 
the old Buckeye state to Iowa and located in Tama county, where the 
father devoted the remainder of his life to farming. The subject availed 
himself of the advantages afforded in the public schools of Iowa, and 
supplemented this discipline by a course of study in a commercial 
college at Davenport, that state. In February, 1883, he was married, and 
on the first of the following April he came to what is now the state of 
South Dakota, taking up a homestead claim in Day county and thus 
becoming one of the pioneers of this part of the state. He reclaimed his 
land and added to the area of his estate from time to time, while it is 
pleasing to record that he still resides on the claim which he 
originally secured, the farm being one of the best improved and most 
attractive in the county, while a full measure of success has attended 
Mr. Lemmon's efforts in connection with farming and stock growing. In 
politics he accords a staunch allegiance to the Democratic party, and 
both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church, while he is 
identified with the Masonic fraternity and the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen. 

	On the 20th of February, 1883, Mr. Lemmon was united in marriage 
to Miss Mary Cushing, who was born in the state of New Hampshire, being 
a daughter of Enoch and Sharlottie Cushing. Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon have 
seven living children, namely: Fredrick E., Nettie, Mabel, Elizabeth, 
Annie, May and Robert. Their son Fred E. is employed as cashier in the 
Bank of Pierpont, and their daughter Nettie for the past year has had 
charge of the primary department in the Pierpont public schools.