Carrie Hughes (Miller) Lemon (1884 - 1931)

Born 19 Jul 1884 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clay Gladstone Lemon — married 16 Aug 1900 in Massac, Illinois, United States

Died 1 May 1931 at age 46 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Names

Carrie Miller,^[1][2] Carrie Lemon,^[3] Carrie Hughes Lemon^[4]

1884 Birth and Parentage

Carrie b. 19 Jul 1884 Paducah, McCracken Co., KY^[1] d/o Joseph A. "Joe" Miller b. 13 Feb 1853 Ballard Co., KY d. 27 Nov 1916 Paducah, McCracken Co., KY and Idella Hughes b. 10 Sep 1859 Woodville, Ballard Co., KY d. 06 Feb 1940 Paducah, McCracken Co., KY. She was raised in McCracken Co. and attended school there.^[3][2]

1900 Paducah Life

On 02 Jun 1900, Carrie lived in a home owned free and clear by her parents Joseph (46, b. Oct 1854) and Idella (40, b. Aug 1860), brother Clifton (single, 18, b. Oct 1882) and sisters Bernice (11, b. Mar 1889) and Josephine "Jo" A. (7, b. Nov 1893) 416 South Sixth Street, Paducah, Kentucky. All family members and their parents were born in Kentucky. Carrie's father was a jailer at the time. He was the jailer of McCracken County for twelve years and for two terms was clerk of the Circuit Court, dying while in that office. Carrie's brother was a railroad watchman and she and her sisters attended school. All could read, write and speak English.^[5]

1900 Marriage

On 16 Aug 1900 Massac, Illinois (near Paducah) Carrie m. Clay Gladstone Lemon b. 09 Jul 1876 Benton, Marshall Co., KY d. 22 Apr 1948 Chicago, Cook Co., IL s/o James Robert Lemon b. 10 Apr 1848 Guilford Co., NC d. 27 Jan 1919 Mayfield, KY and Cora A. Wilson b. abt. Apr 1850 KY d. 20 Mar 1885 Benton, Marshall Co., KY.^[6]

1910 Paducah Life

On 15 Apr 1910 7th St., Mayfield, KY, the Lemon household consisted of Clay father 34 yo and Carrie mother 26 yo renting their home with Clifton son 9 yo living with them. Clay and Carrie had been married for 10 years. Carrie had one child living (Clifton). Clay was a self-employed editor of the newspaper, Carrie had no occupation and Clifton was attending school. Clay was working on 15 Apr 1910 and throughout 1909. All individuals and their parents were born in KY.^[7] Clifton was educated in the Mayfield High School and was associated with his father in the conduct of the Livingston Enterprise newspaper.

in 1918, Clay and Carrie adopted Otto Morris b. 04 Feb 1911 who became known as Herbert Otto Lemon.^[4]

On 03 Jan 1920 on North Sixth Street, Mayfield, Graves Co., KY, the Lemon household consisted of Clay G. Lemen (Lemon) husband, renting home, 38 yo, married, literate, b. KY, parents b. KY, proprietor of a daily paper, employer; Carrie Lemen, wife, 35 yo, married, b. KY, parents b. KY, no occupation; Clifton Lemen, son, 19 yo, single, attending school, literate, b. KY, parents b. KY, no occupation; Estelle L. Morehead, lodger, male, 35 yo, married, literate, b. KY, parents b. KY, book store merchant, employer; Bernice Morehead, lodger, male, 26 yo, married, literate, b. KY, parents b. KY, no occupation. Clay's household lived next door to his step-mother Lucretia Lemon and his step-brothers Scott and Bryan.^[8]

1924-1931 Chicago Life

Clay and Carrie moved to Chicago btw. 03 Jan 1920/20 May 1924. On 20 May 1924 Chicago, Cook Co., IL the day their son Clifton was married to Loretta Farmer, Carrie was keeping house and husband Clay was a newspaperman^[1] for the Chicago Tribune.^[4]

On 03 Apr 1930 at 636 Cornelia, Chicago, IL (likely an apt building; several renters lived at that address), the Lemon household consisted of Clay G. Lemon, father, 52 yo, married, 23 yo at first marriage, publishing company proofreader, waged employee, rented home for $65 a month, had a radio set; Carrie Lemon mother 47 yo, 16 yo at first marriage, no occupation; Clifton son 27 yo, single, no occupation, unemployed; adopted son Herbert 17 yo, no occupation. Carrie and Herbert attended college or school at some time since 01 Sep 1929. All individuals and their parents were b. KY except Clay's parents b. NC. All individuals were literate.^[9]

Carrie and Clay had lived in Chicago for several years prior to her death in 1931.^[3] Clay worked for the Chicago Tribune and Carrie was active in civic affairs.^[4] She was an active member of he Southern Women's club in Chicago, which she helped to organize. Previously, she was a member of the First Christian Church in Paducah. She had many admirable traits of character and a charitable disposition which made everyone love her both in Paducah and Chicago.^[3]

1931 Death and Funeral

Carrie d. 01 May 1931 Chicago, Cook Co., IL^[10] following a brief illness cased by diabetes and was buried in Maplelawn Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky. Her mother, Mrs. Joe A. Miller and her sister Mrs. Tom A. Sanders, were at her bedside. A short funeral was held in Chicago prior to her body being transported to Paducah. Clay, Clifton and Carrie's mother and sister accompanied her remains to Roth Chapel on Fifth and Monroe streets in Paducah for the funeral. The Rev. Homer Strong conducted the rites and Alben W. Barkley, later US Senator from Kentucky and Vice President under Harry S. Truman,^[4] delivered the funeral sermon. The active pallbearers included Gus Covington, Pete Seay, Earl Johnson, George Bingham, Ester Morehead, and R. A. Love, all of Mayfield, Kentucky. Honorary pallbearers were Marshall Jones, Tom Settle, Will Utterback, George H. Goodman, Gus Rogers and Senator Alben W. Barkley. Survivors included her husband Clay, son Clifton, mother Mrs. Joe A. Miller, three sisters Mrs. Tom Sanders, Mrs. Elmer Englert and Mrs. W. P. Allen, all of Paducah, brother Cliff Miller, cousin Mrs. J. C. Butler of Charleston, MO and a number of nieces and nephews.^[3]

Children

Clay and Carrie had issue:

1. Clifton Wilson Lemon b. 15 Apr 1901 Paducah, McCracken Co., KY d. 09 Nov 1955 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY
2. Herbert Otto Morris Lemon (son adopted 1918) b. abt. 03 Feb 1911 Luca, Livingston Co., KY d. 19 Mar 1990 Lakewood, Jefferson Co., CO; m. Agnes Johansson; had issue: Jim Lemon b. 1940s

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Clifton (son) marriage record in "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXLC-5HJ : 21 January 2016), Clifton W Lemon and Loretta Farmer, 20 May 1924; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,311,795.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 : accessed 08 May 2018 at [1]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Obituaries of Mrs. Carrie Lemon and Clay G. Lemon in various newspaper articles held by the Maplelawn Cemetery, Paducah, KY copies of which were sent to and are in the possession of Bob Sparanese, Clay's grandnephew.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Billy G. Wallace (1928- ), Roots in Ireland: James K. Wilson Family including Foust, Johnston, Lemon and Wallace Families, Marshall County, Kentucky : accessed 06 May 2017 at [2]
5. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Paducah Ward 4, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: 540; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0068; FHL microfilm: 1240540. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
6. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-KB34 : 3 March 2016), Clay G Lemon and Carrie Miller, 16 Aug 1900; citing Massac, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 963,669.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DS-QNQ : accessed 11 April 2017), Clifton W Lemon in household of Clay G Lemon, Mayfield Ward 1, Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 2B, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 475; FHL microfilm 1,374,488.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch : accessed 30 Apr 2018 at [3]
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002 : accessed 06 May 2018 at [4]
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008 : accessed 08 May 2018 at [5]