New Jersey Family Group Sheet for the William Ellsworth LEMMONS Family *********************************************** Copyright © Michelle Larson. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Michelle Larson Email address: ancestory4me@aol.com ================================================================================ Husband: William Ellsworth LEMMONS(3, 4, 5, 6, 7) ================================================================================ AKA: Bill LEMMONS , William B. LEMMONS 1, William LEMONS 2 Born: 26 Aug 1841 - , , New Jersey, USA(1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9) Died: 16 Sep 1906 - , Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA(1, 5, 9, 10) Buried: 1906 - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(1, 5, 11) Addr:Stillwater Cemetery, Maple Avenue, Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Father: John LEMMONS ( - )(12) Mother: Debby ( - )(12) Married: 18 Feb 1864 Place: Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15) ================================================================================ Wife: Rebecca Catherine BLACKFORD(1, 4, 6, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) ================================================================================ AKA: Rebekah C. BLACKFORD , Mrs. Rebecka LEMMONS 16, Mrs. Rebecca LEMONS 2 Born: 13 Nov 1840 - , , New Jersey, USA(1, 4, 6, 8, 19, 21) Died: 27 Sep 1901 - Swartswood, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(1, 4, 6, 19, 21) Buried: - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(1, 19, 21, 22) Addr:Stillwater Cemetery, Maple Avenue, Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Father: William BLACKFORD (1807-Aft 1880)(9, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26) Mother: Elizabeth SLACKER (Abt 1812-Bet 1847)(9, 23, 26) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M Ira Ellsworth LEMMONS(27) Born: 19 Nov 1864 - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(28, 29) Died: Abt 1930(28) Spouse: Mary ( - )(9) Marr. Date: Spouse: Mary ( - )(30) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 F Hannah LEMMONS(27, 31) Born: 10 Jan 1867 - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(29, 31) Died: 25 Jan 1867 - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(32) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M John Clarence LEMMONS(6, 33, 34) Born: 22 Dec 1867 - Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(6, 35, 36, 37, 38) Died: 5 May 1952 - Marquette, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA(6, 33, 35, 37) Buried: May 1952 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA(35) Addr:Aurora Memorial Cemetery, c/o Eldon Burling, caretaker, 1309 Highway 14, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-5321, USA Spouse: Lida DANCE (1876-1944)(6, 33, 39) Marr. Date: 19 Oct 1898 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA(17, 33, 34) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Mary Margaret LEMMONS(27) Born: 24 Mar 1870 - , Sussex County, New Jersey, USA(1, 2, 27) Died: 15 Dec 1959(27) Buried: - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(1) Addr:Stillwater Cemetery, Maple Avenue, Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Spouse: Watson Isaac WINTERMUTE (1868-1952)(1, 9, 27, 41, 42, 43, 44) Marr. Date: 8 Mar 1890(45, 46) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Emma Jane LEMMONS(27, 43) Born: 23 Feb 1872 - , , New Jersey, USA(27, 47) Died: 17 Mar 1965(27) Spouse: Henry WASHER (Abt 1870- )(27, 43, 47) Marr. Date: Abt 1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 F Elizabeth LEMMONS(27, 48) Born: 13 Sep 1874 - , , New Jersey, USA(48) Died: Abt 1960(30) Spouse: Harvey KICE ( - )(48, 49) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 F Armnetha LEMMONS(16, 27) Born: 2 May 1877 - , , New Jersey, USA(27) Died: 5 Jun 1960(27) Spouse: Fred REIDINGER ( - )(27) Marr. Date: Spouse: ? KECHNER ( - )(48) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 F Martha LEMMONS(16, 27, 36) Born: 18 Jul 1879 - , , New Jersey, USA(27, 36) Died: 1 Mar 1939(27, 36) Spouse: Ed OSMUN ( - )(27, 36) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 F Ella Rebecca LEMMONS(27, 50, 51, 52) Born: 11 Sep 1881(6, 9, 33, 52) Died: 28 Oct 1970(9, 33, 52) Buried: - Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(52) Addr:Stillwater Cemetery, Maple Avenue, Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Spouse: Edwin YETTER (1876-1946)(27, 50, 52, 53) Marr. Date: 25 Dec 1901 - Swartswood, Sussex, New Jersey, USA(9) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Burial Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ Tombstone Transcriptions, by Harry Smith: William B. Lemmons / Born August 26, 1841, / Private Company E. Ninth New Jersey / Regiment. War Of The Rebellion. 1861-1865. / Died Sept. 16, 1906 / Aged 65 Years & 21 Days. // Right Footstone: W. B. L. // ("GAR 1861 1865" Flagholder) "I show that this family is buried in the Stillwater Pres. Cem. however, I just checked my copy of these records and do not find this couple listed in the inscriptions. Swartswood is located in Stillwater twp. but I am unaware of any cemetery by that name. I do not show a parent for William. I am attaching what information I do have in my database on Lemons/Lemmons. Sorry, I live in Florida so I cannot copy any tombstones for you." -- Nancy Pascal, , Email: 26 Sept 2002, Subj: Re: Swartzwood Cemetery, To: Ancestory4Me@aol.com, File: Lemons.rtf (6827 bytes). [NOTE: Lemons.rtf = family of John LEMONS (1750-1809) & Elizabeth TITMAN (1756-1829). - MDL]. ================================================================================ Medical Notes (Husband) ================================================================================ Received bullet wound in Civil War, 1863-4 100 YEARS AGO, March 24, 1904, County Correspondence, SWARTSWOOD "We are glad to report William LEMONS so far recovered from his recent attack of the grippe as to be able to go to Jersey City on Saturday last, where he will rest and recuperate at the home of his daughter; Mrs. WASHER." SOURCE: From the Archives, NJSUSSEX-D Digest V04 #67.(13, 54) ================================================================================ Burial Notes (Wife) ================================================================================ Tombstone Inscription: William B. Lemmons / Born August 26, 1841, / Private Company E. Ninth New Jersey / Regiment. War Of The Rebellion. 1861-1865. / Died Sept. 16, 1906 / Aged 65 Years & 21 Days. // Rebecca C. Blackford, / Wife Of / William B. Lemmons, / Born November 13, 1840, - Died September 27, 1901. / Aged 60 Years 10 Months & 14 Days. LEMMONS Left Footstone: R. C. L. ================================================================================ Source Citations ================================================================================ 1. Harold Smith - correspondent, Email: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Lemmons Family Plot. Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 26 Dec 2003 2. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; 1870), Pg. 40, Lines 20-24. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. Cit. Date: 24 Dec 2003 3. How a Jerseyman Did a Brave Deed, (Unknown Newspaper; New Jersey; July 22 -- Special). Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 4. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, "My Family Register", (Marquette, Hamilton Co., NE), 8. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 5. Bob MacAvoy - correspondent, 18 Sept 2002; Subj: CW Veteran William Lemmons. Repository: MacAvoy, Bob. 6. Shirley M. (Deichmann) Fenster. Repository: FENSTER, Dale & Shirley, 2323 Wagon Wheel Road, Nampa, Idaho 83651, USA. 7. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 1. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 8. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey), Image 18, ED175, Sheet 9B, Date: 20 June, Lines 97-98, Dwelling 226, Family 252, Head of Household: William Lemmon. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 9. Harold Smith - correspondent, "Descendants of John Blackford", (Email: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Rebecca Blackford Ancestry). Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 21 Sep 2004 10. Donald Lee Fenster, 01 July 2002. 11. Nancy Pascal - correspondent, 26 Sept 2002; Subj: Re: Swartzwood Cemetery. Repository: Pascal, Nancy, , Florida, USA. 12. Pascal, Nancy, Newton Twp. Marriage Returns 1861-1865, (http://www.sussexcountyhistory.org/pascal/newmar3.htm). Repository: Pascal, Nancy, , Florida, USA. Cit. Date: 16 Sep 2007 13. A Sussex County Hobson, (Unknown Newspaper, New Jersey, 1899). Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. RE: William E. Lemmons' U.S. Civil War service. 14. Sussex County, New Jersey Marriage Books, (Newton, Sussex Co., NJ), Book B, record #275. Repository: Sussex County New Jersey Marriages. Cathy DiPietro (list admin NJSussex at Rootsweb) provided information on Blackford-Lemmons marriage [Email, 22 Oct 2002, vdpcom@warwick.net] 15. State of New Jersey, New Jersey Archives - Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1867, (Copyright © State of New Jersey, 2003-2004, http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/index.html), Bk. AF : Pg. 505. Repository: New Jersey Department of Archives & Records Management. Cit. Date: 16 Aug 2006. 16. Harold Smith - correspondent, 1880 US Federal Census, New Jersey, Sussex County, Stillwater Twp. (Family History Library Film 1254799, NA film T9-0799). Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 24 Sep 2004 17. Marriage Record: Lemmons, John C. & Lida Dance, (Hamilton Co., Nebraska, Marriage Record D, pg. 363, Filed 20 Oct 1898.) 18. Sussex County, New Jersey Marriage Books, (Newton, Sussex Co., NJ), Book B, record #275. Repository: Sussex County New Jersey Marriages. Cit. Date: 16 Aug 2006 19. Harold Smith - correspondent, "Descendants of John Blackford", (Email: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Rebecca Blackford Ancestry), Pg. 10. Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 21 Sep 2004 20. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; 1850), Pg. 166, Line 3-9, Dwelling 150, Family 157, Household of William Blackford. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 21. Ibid, Pg. 165-166, Lines 39-44, Dwelling 149, Family 156, Household of Stephen R. Blackford. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 22. Nancy Pascal - correspondent. Repository: Pascal, Nancy, , Florida, USA. 23. Mary C. Alvarado, correspondent, "Descendants of John Blackford", Email 24Aug2004, Re: Ellen Blackford part 2. Repository: Alvarado, Mary C. Cit. Date: 21 Sep 2004 24. Ibid, 1860 US Federal Census, New Jersey, Sussex County, Stillwater Township. Repository: Alvarado, Mary C. Cit. Date: 24 Sep 2004 25. New Jersey Gen Web, Baptisms at Stillwater Presbyterian Church (originally the Lutheran Congregation of Hardwick, NJ), http://members.aol.com/njdata/baptism.html. Cit. Date: 4 Oct 2005 26. Mary C. Alvarado, correspondent. Repository: Alvarado, Mary C. Cit. Date: 5 Oct 2005 27. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, "My Family Register", (Marquette, Hamilton Co., NE), 20. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 28. Ibid, pg. 20. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 29. Nancy Pascal, 1863-1867 Stillwater Twp., NJ Birth Returns, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/stwbirz.html). 30. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 20. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 31. Ibid, 2. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 32. Nancy Pascal, 1849-1867 Stillwater Twp., NJ - Death Returns, (http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl/stwdeath.html). 33. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), Lemmons family listings by Irma Irene Lemmons-Fenster. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 34. Leonard & Margaret Johnson, "Family History of William Dance", (compiled August 15, 2000) Rec. Date: 4 Sep 2001. Repository: McCarty, Bill and Karen, 10001 W. Frontage Rd #239, South Gate, California 90280. 35. Michelle Thompson-Larson, "Aurora Memorial Cemetery - Gravestone Photos & Transcriptions", (Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE; gravestones & markers photographed, transcribed, & indexed; 1994-2001.) Repository: Larson, Dean & Michelle, 212 East 9th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50703, USA. 36. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003). Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 37. Ibid, Note on 'Producers' paper. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 38. United States Federal Census, (South Platte Precinct, Hamilton County, Nebraska; 1900), Image 11, ED77, Sheet 6A, Date: 16 June, Line 16-17, Dwelling & family 100, Head of Household: Lemmons, John H. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 39. Aurora News-Register, Irma Fenster, (Aurora, Hamilton Co., Nebraska; Published 10 May 1995). Repository: Aurora News-Register, 1320 K St., P.O. Box 70, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-0070, USA. 40. United States Federal Census, (1880; Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey), Pg. 181A (Family History Library Film 1254799, NA film T9-0799). Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. 41. Windemuth Family Organization, (Http://www.kern.com/maykoski/wintermute.htm). 42. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; 1870), Image 9, Pg. 9, Date: 5 July 1870, Dwelling 70; Family 73; Head of household- Wintermute, James. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 43. Land purchase-inheritance by John C. Lemmons, (Hamilton Co., Nebraska, Deed Record No. 20, pg. 24, September 28, 1909). Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 44. Harry Smith, "Ancestors of Watson Isaac Wintermute", (12 Generation Report - 30 pages. Created 23 Dec 2002), 1, 5. 45. Windemuth Family Organization, (Http://www.kern.com/maykoski/wintermute.htm), http://www.kern.com/maykoski/d0000/g0000064.html#I2108. 46. Harry Smith, "Ancestors of Watson Isaac Wintermute", (12 Generation Report - 30 pages. Created 23 Dec 2002). 47. United States Federal Census, (Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey; 1930), Image 38, ED21-8, Sheet 19B, Date: 22 April, Lines 93-94, Center Street, #652, Dwelling 432, Family 630, Henry Washer, Head of Household. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online. 48. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 4. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 49. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, 01 July 2002. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 50. Dale L. Fenster. Repository: FENSTER, Dale & Shirley, 2323 Wagon Wheel Road, Nampa, Idaho 83651, USA. 51. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 06/14/2001 Lemmons family listings by Irma Irene Lemmons-Fenster. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 52. Harold Smith - correspondent, Email: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Ella Lemmons Tombstone. Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 26 Dec 2003 53. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), Lemmons family listings by Irma Irene Lemmons-Fenster, Pg. 4. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA. 54. From the Archives, (NJSUSSEX-D Digest; submitted by "Linda Cammaroto" ), NJSUSSEX-D Digest V04 #67. The articles in "From the Archives" are reprinted from previous editions of The New Jersey Herald, which began publication in 1829; the Sussex Register, which began in 1814; and the Sussex Independent, which began in 1871. The stories appear in their original form, although some have been edited for length.