John E. Lemon (Lamon)
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"The Quitman Texas Free Press appeared in Wood County in 1856
after John Brown's raid and contributed to growing fears of
slave insurrectionsqv in Texas. The paper, edited by Winston
Banks and published by Banks and Turner, claimed to be Democratic
but soon revealed its intention to foster a discussion of
slavery. (qv) Free-Soil in its sentiments and against filibustering
efforts in Nicaragua, the paper aroused fears that abolitionists
prevailed in North Texas. It was subsequently disclosed that
John E. Lemon, an abolitionist, had been the owner, or at least
a major contributor, to the Texas Free Press and had been expelled
from the state. The paper had disappeared by the summer of 1857."
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Marilyn M. Sibley, Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers before the Civil War (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983). Diana J. Kleiner Handbook of Texas Online, s.v., http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/QQ/eeqws.html (accessed September 14, 2007). |
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"J. E. Lemon ceases his connection with the Press with
the outgoing year."
From Vermilion County Press - December 22, 1858 |
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Pennsylvania, Company E, 76th Regiment Born: c 1826, Berkeley County, Virginia (West Virginia) Died: Sept 5 1864, Andersonville Prison, Georgia Buried: Grave # 7938, National Cemetery, Andersonville Prison Site, Georgia Married: Mary Elizabeth Greer, c. 1856, Wood County, Texas Drafted: Oct 7, 1863, New Brighton, Pennsylvania ( 76th Regiment, Company E was recruited from Bedford County Pennsylvania beginning in August, 1861) |
Andersonville National Cemetery |
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