Mary Shane Lemon was born in July 1812 in Berkeley County, Virginia, which is now a county in West Virginia. I believe that her parents were James Shane and Catherine. In online trees Catherine’s last name varies and I have no birth record for Mary that indicates a name for her mother, other than Catherine or Katherine.
Mary married
George Lemon about 1832. I am
speculating that George was born about 1810 in Virginia. George Lemon and Mary had two children:
George (1833-1864) and Jane Frances (1834-1927). Later census records indicate that George was
born in Ohio and Jane Frances was born in Virginia, but this is not confirmed.
In the 1850
census for Peoria County, Illinois, George and Jane F. are living with his
mother Mary King, and children Elizabeth (1842-1918), James (1845-1918), Joseph
(1846-1920) and Rufus (1847-1915) King.
A marriage index for Illinois shows that Mary Lemon married William King
in July 1839 in Peoria County.
In the 1860
census Mary is enumerated with William Merrett and has children listed as John
T. Merrett, age 5, and Rufus King, age 12.
According to
an obituary in the Brimfield News for
Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois for January 14, 1892, Mary Shane was born in
Berkeley County, West Virginia. At age
24 she moved to Illinois with her father and other family members and then
married William King. Then, in 1857 she
was again married, but to William Merriott.
I am
researching the descendants of Mary’s daughter Jane Frances Lemon who married
Thomas Greenslade Blackmore. AND, then,
naturally, I am trying to document the ancestors of Mary Shane Lemon King
Merriott, as well as the ancestors of her first husband George Lemon. If you are interested in sharing information
about this family please contact me.
