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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
under command of General Slack, who was
killed at the battle of Pea Ridge; after his
death, the brigade was commanded by General
Frank M. Cockrell, and did service in the
Trans-Mississippi department, Colonel James
McCown of Warrensburg being the Colonel.
In the battle of Corinth, October the 4th, the
subject of our sketch lost his right arm while
gallantly charging the enemy's breast-works,
and was subsequently assigned to the command
of the military post at Montevallo,
Alabama, which position lie held until the
surrender.
After the war he was engaged in the mercantile
business at Montevallo, Alabama, for
three years. From that time until October,
1889, when he came to Dallas, Texas, he was
variously engaged at different places. In
1869, he returned to Polk county, Missouri,
where he taught school and farmed; was
principal of the schools at Bolivar, Missouri,
County Clerk for five years; Commissioner
of Schools one year, and Revenue Clerk in
the State Auditor's office at Jefferson City,
Missouri, four years; President of the Western
Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company,
at Jefferson City; has devoted much time to
newspaper work, having been a regular correspondent
for the Kansas City Times, and
St. Louis Post Dispatch, and local editor of
the Jefferson City Daily State Times. He
was elected official Reporter of the State
Senate of Missouri, in 1887, and re-elected
at the special session of the Senate in June
tfllowing, and again re-elected in 1889. He
has always been identified with the Democratic
party,and has ofttimes been delegate
to State, Congressional and other conventions
of the party.
Major Lemmon was married December
21, 1865, at Moutevallo, Alabama, to Miss
Louise J. Nabors, a native of that State, andyoungest danghter of the late Colonel James
M. and Caroline (Henry) Nabors, natives
respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee.
Colonel Nabors frequently represented Shelby
county, Alabama, in both houses of the Legislature;
he raised a large family of children,
only two, however, are living, Mrs. Lemmon
and the eldest brother; John Henry Nabors,
an extensive planter near Mansfield, Louisiana;
the late Rev. Ezekiel Nabors of Pascagoula,
Mississippi; and James M., Jr., who
died of yellow fever at Shreveport, in 1873,
were brothers of Mrs. Lemmon; Mrs. Parolee
McHenry, a lady of culture and literary
talent, late of Mansfield, Louisiana, was a
sister, as were the first wives of the Rev..
U. B. Philips, pastor of the Methodist
church, at Kaufrnan, Texas, and the Rev.
W. G. Perry, of one of the Texas conferences.
Her father died in 1852, and her
mother at Summerfield, Alabama, in 1858.
She was a lineal descendant of Patrick Henry,
the orator of Revolutionary times. Her
grandfather, Captain Henry, died in Cherokee
county, Texas, before the war. Mrs.
Lemmon was educated by her kinsman and
guardian, French Nabors, of Alabama, at
Prof. Samuel's private school, at Talladega,
and the Judson Female College, of Marion,
Alabama, graduating from the latter in 1865.
To Major Lemmon and wife, eight children
have been born, two died in infancy, and A.
C., Jr., a bright intelligent lad of twelve
years, after ten months' severe illness from
rheumatic hip-joint trouble, 'died in great
peace on April 11, 1892, since this sketch
was written. The living are: William
Campbell, the eldest, of the real-estate firm
of Mahana Walter Scott, a lawyer and member
of the well-known law firm of Russell,
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/807/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.