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Mary Y. (Caplinger) Lemen (1806 - 1873)

Mary Y. Lemen formerly Caplinger
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 12 Nov 1823 in Shelby, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Canaan, Jefferson, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Mary (Caplinger) Lemen migrated from Kentucky to Indiana.
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Mary Y. (Caplinger) Lemen was born on February 2, 1806 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States. Her parents were Henry Caplinger (~1780 - 1806) and Margaret (Harper) Caplinger (~1784 - ).

Mary married Gabriel David Lemen (1789 - 1869) on November 12, 1823 in Shelby, Kentucky.

Their children were...

  1. John Thomas Lemen (1825 - 1904)
  2. Martha Ann (Lemen) Thomlinson (1828 - 1847)
  3. Henry Clay Lemen (1832 - 1910)
  4. William Sherman Lemon (1833 - 1865)
  5. Robert Friend Lemen (1833 - 1872)
  6. Gabriel David Lemen Jr (1837 - 1891)
  7. James Alexander Lemen (~1841 - 1920)
  8. Thomas E. Lemen (1854 - 1891).

Mary died on May 4, 1873 in Canaan, Jefferson, Indiana aged 67. She is buried in Lemen Graveyard, Canaan, Indiana.

She died two days after writing her Will. She left all of her property to her son, James Alexander Lemen who cared for her and his brother, Henry Clay Lemen, who had a mental illness.


Sources

  • Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
  • Year: 1850; Census Place: Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana; Roll: 154; Page: 212B
  • Year: 1860; Census Place: Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana; Page: 408; Family History Library Film: 803270
  • Year: 1870; Census Place: Shelby, Jefferson, Indiana; Roll: M593_328; Page: 540A; Family History Library Film: 545827
  • Wills; Author: Indiana. Probate Court (Jefferson County); Probate Place: Jefferson, Indiana; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 October 2020), memorial page for Mary Caplinger Lemen (2 Feb 1806–4 May 1873), Find a Grave Memorial no. 8211243, citing Lemen Graveyard, Canaan, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA




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