LAMON FAMILY TREE
Joseph Brown Lamon and Ward Hill Lamon
James Lemen (*) b abt. 1710 in County Tryone, Ireland d in PA
George Lamon/Lemen Sr. (*) b abt 1756 d 12 Jan 1826 Berkeley Co, VA
Mary MacDonald m 17 Nov 1785
1. Esther G. Lamon
John Buckmaster m1
Joseph Brown m2 15 July 1808 Berkeley Co VA.
2.
John E. Lamon b May 1785 Berkley Co VA d 1846
Brooks Point, Vermillion Co IL
Ruth Ann Chenoweth m 3 Jan 1811 b 3 Dec 1792 in Virginia d 1849 Vermillion Co IL
2.a. Joseph Brown Lamon b abt 1812 d before 1860
Mary Williams Beckwith m1 (Childrens gravesites)
2.a.1.
Edward Charles b 20 May 1843 d 11 Sept 1923
(Census thru 1920 shows living on North Street
House Painter 1870; Coal Dealer 1880-1910)
2.a.2.
Mary Virginia b 01 Jan 1847 d 11 Jan 1907
Robert Holton m 01 Jan 1866 b 1835 d 20 Feb 1913
(Cemetery records indicate he committed suicide)
Melissa Beckwith m2 24 Apr 1847 b 28 July 1830 d 5 Dec 1898
2.a.3.
May (Mary) b 10 April 1856- d 13 Mar 1926 (Never Married)
2.a.4.
Laura (Lollie) b 1852
Harry Mott m1 23 Jan 1879 b 7 Aug 1849 d 20 Mar 1892
Senator H. P. Bird m2 1906- b d 1912
2.b.
Theodore Lemon (Lamon) (M.D.) b 16 Dec 1812 VA d 19 Dec 1885 IL
Lavinia E. Sconce m 14 Sept 1848 b 20 Jan 1828 KY d 24 Aug 1907 IL
2.g.1. Albert J. b 1 Jan 1851 d 14 Oct 1914 (Town Clerk City of Danville 1889)
2.g.2. Charles V. b c1853 d 28 Apr 1898
2.g.3. Edward B. b 29 Sept 1856 d 12 Sept 1910 (Single age 54)
2.g.4. Theodore H. "Babe" b 01 Jan 1860 d 18 Sept 1906 (Single age 46)
2.g.5. Mary L. b 28 Sept 1862 d 5 June 1894 (Single age 31)
2.g.6 John James b 20 Nov 1864 d 12 Sept 1930
2.g.7. Lavinia E. b 12 June 1867 d 30 June 1945 (Never married)
2.g.8. Lafayette Fay b May 1870 d aft 1930
Dr. and Mrs. Lemon had eleven children three died in infancy.
None of their children ever married. All the sons adapted
music as a profession. 1889 all children live with their widowed mother.
2.c. Mary E. Lamon b Bet. 1816 - 1820 in Virginia d Unknown IL
(Living in Danville, IL in 1889 - Never Married)
2.d. Rebecca R. Lamon b: Abt. 1817 in Virginia d Bef. 1875 in Danville, IL
Dr. Cromwell b Bet. 1802 - 1822 d Unknown
2.e.
James Chenoweth Lamon b 10 May 1817 in Bunker Hill, W. Va
2.f.
Ann E. Lamon b Abt. 1818 in Virginia d 3 Oct 1877 in Danville, IL
Carlyle Turner b Bet. 1800 - 1820 in Virginia d Unknown
2.e.1. Robert G. Turner b Abt. 1857 in Vermilion Co., IL
2.g. George Washington Lamon b 7 Mar 1819 in Bunker Hill, VA
d 02 July 1890 in Oatmeal, Burnet Co., TX
Ruth Knight b 02 Sept 1832 in Danville, IL d Jan 1923
2.h. Virginia Lafayette Lamon b Jun 1825 Bunker Hill Berkeley Co Va
John H. Moores m 11 May 1847 Benton Co MO
2.h.1. Charles Bruce Moores d Unknown
2.i.
John E. Lemon (Lamon) b 1826 d 5 Sept 1864 Andersonville Prison, GA [Updated 9-14-07]
Mary Elizabeth Greer m 1856 Wood County, TX [Updated 9-14-07]
2.i.1. Lucy L. 'Lute' Lemon b Abt 1856 Texas [Updated 9-18-07]
2.i.2. Ruth A. Lemon b Abt 1859 Illinois [Updated 9-18-07]
2.j. Robert Bruce Lamon b 8 Feb 1829 VA d Unknown
CA Congressman,Lawyer and Judge in Paris, IL and Washington, DC
Lucy Alexander m 1864 b 8 Feb 1829 d 19 May 1879
2.j.1. Walter S. Lamon b 26 Feb 1865 d 15 Apr 1952
Martha W. Varner b 23 Aug 1871
2.j.2. Judson A. Lamon b 7 Dec 1867 d 20 June 1933
Emma Scott b 21 Dec 1878
2.k. Ella E. Lamon b 1831 VA d Bef 1875 in Portland OR
Isaac Ross Moores II m d Unknown
2.l.
Lucy A. Lamon b 1834 Berkeley Co VA d 1876 Danville IL
Washington T. "Bud" Cunningham m 4 Apr 1859 b 8 Feb 1834 d 3 June 1897 (Spring Hill Cemetery)
2.l.1. Charles Cunningham b May 1860 Danville IL [Updated 9-17-07]
2.l.2. Oliver Cunningham b 1862 d 1863 Danville IL
2.l.3. Joseph Cunningham b abt 1863 Danville IL [Updated 9-17-07]
2.l.4.
Lucy Ellen Cunningham- b Jan 1870 d Jan 1927
Edward Beyer m 24 Oct 1893 Danville IL
2.l.5. Ruth Cunningham b abt 1875 Danville IL [Updated 9-17-07]
W.T. and Lucy
Had 5 Children four were living in 1879.
2.m.
Charles Edward Lamon (M.D.) b 11 Feb 1837 Brooks Point d 29 Sept 1919 Fairmount IL [Updated 9-18-07]
Virginia L. Catlett m b 1835 VA d 1925 Fairmount IL [Updated 9-18-07]
3. Aurra (Anna) Lamon b 17 Apr 1791 d 10 Apr 1856
Joseph Maslin m 04 Sept 1809
3.a. George Lamon
3.b. Mary E.
3.c. William James
3.d. John Joseph
3.e. Michael
3.f. Ann Elizabeth
3.g. Martha Rebecca
3.h. Francis Titus
3.i. Mariah Ellen
3.j. Carville Hynson
4. Eleanor Lamon b 1794 d 28 Jan 1870
George Martin Bowers m 4 Dec 1821
5.
George Lamon Jr. (*) b 1797 Bunker Hill, Berkeley Co., WV d 7 Mar 1865 Millcreek,
Berkeley Co. WV
Margaret "Betsy" Elizabeth Ward m 2 May 1824 Berkeley Co WV d 1873
5.a. Henrietta Lamon -- died as a baby
5.b.
John W. Lamon b 14 Apr 1826 d 1 Sep 1902
Maria L. b 1832 [Updated 02/25/08]
5.b.1. James M. Lamon b 1852 Berkeley Co, WV
5.b.2. William H. Lamon b 1855 Berkeley Co, WV
5.b.3. Charles W. Lamon b 1859 Berkeley Co, WV
5.b.4. Lily G. Lamon b 1869 Berkeley Co, WV
5.c. Ward Hill Lamon
b 6 Jan 1828 Summit Point, VA d 7 May 1893
Angelina Turner m1 Sept 1850 b VA d 13 Apr 1859 Bloomington, IL
5.b.1.
Julia Hill Lamon d Sep 3 1853
(Age 2yr 1mo 3da) Buried Spring Hill Cemetery Danville, IL
5.b.2.
Kate Lincoln Lamon b d Sep 4, 1858
(Age 10mo 18da) Buried Springhill Cemetery Danville, IL
5.b.3.
Dorothy Lamon b 13 Nov 1858 d 20 Jan 1953
(lived in Danville IL with her aunt, Anna Ward Lamon Morgan)
William Carnahan m1 1880 Danville, IL
5.b.3.a. Infant b 1882 d
5.b.3.b. Ruth b 1883 d 1887
Xavier Teillard d 1931 France m2 August 1907
Sallie Logan m26 Nov 1860
5.d. Anna Ward Lamon b 1830 d 1912
(lived in Danville IL raised Ward Hill Lamon's
daughter Dorothy)
William Morgan m 18 Sep 1851 Berkeley Co VA b 1823 d 1903
5.e.
George Milton Lamon (*) b 1832 Millcreek, Berkeley Co., WV d 1913 Millcreek,
Berkeley Co., WV (Farmed the old Ward Place WV)
5.f. Robert Davidson Lamon b 25 Feb 1835 VA d 22 Oct 1895 Ver Co IL
Mary Catherine Miller m1
Bessie K. Burkhart m2
(Ward Hill Lamon died at Robert Davidson Lamon's house
in Martinsburg, WV. Robert was a carpenter while
living in Danville, IL. In a history of Danville written
in the 1880's Robert is credited with building nearly
all the wooden structures in the town--Robert was also a
friend of Abraham Lincoln's and served as a Deputy
U.S. Marshall in Washington during the Civil War--
Robert Davidson Lamon and Ward Hill Lamon are
shown as attending the dedication of the Gettysburg
Battlefield, and heard Lincoln's famous Gettysburg
Address).
5.g. Charles Lamon b 1838 d 1894
(Farmed Lamon Home Place in WV until his death) [Updated 03/21/08]
5.h. Mary "Betsy" Elizabeth Lamon b 1840 d 1909 [Updated 03/21/08]
5.i. Elizabeth Virginia Lamon b 1844 died in Illinois while visiting Hill [Updated 03/21/08]
6. Margaret Lamon b 1812 d 17 Sep 1855
7. Mary Lamon
John Mefford m
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Joseph Brown Lamon and Ward Hill Lamon
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