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Info from Virginia Kohl Marshall:

"My father [James Floyd Lammon] left home at 15 yrs of age and did not finish high school. He married my mother, Virginia, at 19 years of age. He joined the navy during World War II where he served as a mechanic on a destroyer. He was honorably discharged from the navy. His trade was that of a diesel mechanic. An accident caused the loss of vision in his left eye from which he was medically retired at the age of 49. He spent the remainder of his life doing odd jobs as a mechanic, operating a service station, and owner/fisherman of his own commercial fishing boat. He had a heart attack in 1976 from which he recovered. In 1979 he died in his sleep from a fatal heart attack. My father was an avid outdoorsman who loved to camp, fish and hunt. He taught me to love the outdoors, and I, in turn, have done the same to my children."

----John Floyd Lammon

The following note from John Floyd Lammon:

James met and married Virginia Louise Monner while in California. They took up residence in South San Francisco and had two children, James Franklin Lammon and Carol Louise Lammon. While living there his father-in-law, Robert Kohl, taught him about being a mechanic. World War II began and James enlisted into the U. S. Navy and was honorably discharged after serving as a mechanic on a Battleship. James and Virginia had their third and last child, John Floyd Lammon, shortly after the war ended and prior to his being discharged. After a few months of continuing to reside in South San Francisco the family returned to Alabama. In 1948 the family took their 18' travel trailer and returned to California where they took up residence in Menlo Park. James returned to work as a mechanic in South San Francisco. With the children growing older and getting bigger they sold the travel trailer and moved into a rented home. In 1952 the family moved to Vallejo, California. In 1954, while still living in Vallejo, they purchased their first home. James continued to work as a diesel mechanic only now he was working in San Pablo, California. In 1956, while doing a welding job at work, a flying piece of metal penetrated his safety goggles and entered his left eye causing blindness to this eye. However, he continued to work until his retirement. He remained in Vallejo until his death in 1979 following his second heart attack in three years.

James and Virginia divorced in 1962, but remained friends. In 1965 he married Nancy Christiana who was the mother of an adopted child, David Schiccitano. James adopted David in June of 1970.

James was an avid fisherman, hunter and all around outdoorsman. Along with the relatives of Enoona Buffalow (Lammon) who were still living in the San Francisco bay area they leased over 500 acres near Putah Creek located in Winters, California. This was a location about 1-hour from Vallejo and 2-hours from the Bay Area. They developed this property into campsites, which was used by family members during the summer months for hunting, fishing or vacationing. This property was lost when the State of California built a dam and created Lake Berryessa. James took his love for fishing and turned it into a second job when he bought a 44' boat and converted it into a commercial salmon fishing boat. He fished this boat with his son, John Floyd Lammon, from 1962 until 1964 when John had to quit because he took a full time job as a letter carrier. James sold this large boat and bought a smaller boat and continued to fish commercially. He was forced to quit in 1967 when he realized this was too dangerous a job for just one person.

James never developed a relationship with God like his brother, Freddie Franklin Lammon, but he did possess and instill into his family the love of family, self respect, inner strength and he demanded all of his children receive the education he never had.

James married Nancy Lorraine Christiana on 22 Oct 1965. Nancy was born on 29 Mar 1929 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died on 22 Dec 2011 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE LAMMON TREE: 1900 Geneva Alabama Census.

During the depression, Freddie moved his family to California to find work. The depression caused many other Lammons to leave Hartford, as they were unable to make a living there.

--Elmer B Lammon

Note from granddaughter, Sharon Lammon Tracy:
You ask me about my grandfather. He did help build the Golden Gate Bridge, daddy also work on the bridge. I wish we had pictures of this happening. I'm not able to tell a whole lot about Big Daddy because I never knew him. But my mother says he was wonderful to her. He would let her take iodine and draw pictures on top of his head - he was bald. As a child I thought this was so funny and would picture my mother doing this. She was only 16, and a little thing.

Freddie married Enoona Buffalow on 28 Jun 1906 in Geneva County, Alabama. Enoona was born on 1 May 1889; died on 19 Aug 1957; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE LAMMON TREE: Known for her beautiful quilts.

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Notes:
The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon.
1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census
1860 Dale Co. Alabama census.
1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D 66, house 167.
1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census B-Gravestone inscriptions, Hartford, Geneva Co. Cemetery inscriptions, p.22. M-Pension application of Mary Jane Lammon, SLC #1510411: Confederate Pension applications --Alabama.
DPension application of Mary Jane Lammon, SL C #1510411: Confederate Pension Applications--Alabama, (alphabetical). D-Cemetery inscriptions, Hartford Cem. Geneva Co., Alabama, p. 22.


"The historical record roll of Co. E, 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment shows James Lammon, Private, enlisted in the Confederate Army August 3, 1862 at Newton (formerly Westville) Alabama. He was honorably discharged from the service on the 13th day of April 1865. The James Lammon family moved from the Barnes X Roads in 1893 to settle in Geneva County. They spent the first year in what was known as the Kinsaul Community and in 1894 they bought land and moved to Hartford, where they cleared land and farmed. Later they organized a milling company and operated sawmills, planer mills, a variety shop, gristmill and a cotton gin. They were a busy family and attended church about two miles from their home, the Pondtown Methodist, until the town grew enough to build and support one, which was only a few years."

"The first time real tragedy struck in the family was in 1902 when their 20-year-old son, James Olin, died suddenly. He is buried in the Pondtown Methodist Church Cemetery. In 1906 a beautiful two-story home was built of choice timbers saved over the years for this purpose. The outstanding feature of the home was the wide veranda all around the house with decorative woodwork and banisters. Another tragedy of the family was when the home and practically all of the furnishings were completely destroyed by fire March 31, 1911."

---Sadie Lammon Johnson Irene Lammon Hardwick Avis Lammon Atkinson



The following note from Elmer Burns Lammon:

In corresponding with Wanda Gale Stafford, a descendant of Frances Caroline Lammon, she showed James Lammon as having the middle name Daniel. I wrote and told her that I had never known that he had a middle name and asked her for the source. She replied, "I received a handwritten copy of Snell and Lammons family information. The Snell outline was of my gg gf Wilburn and his wives (2) and children and the Lammons family Info page reads like this:

Smith side of family - From Lammons family records. Grandmother Mary Ann Rebecca Smith. (then lists the family info)

Mary Ann "Mollie" was the second wife (my gg gm) of Wilburn Snell. Mollie's mother was Francis Caroline Lammons that married James F. Smith. Your ancestor's name was listed with both names that I gave you.

I was told it was taken from a family bible. The bible was held by one of my gg aunt's, but I do not know who got it when she died. The document was very yellow and old looking. I made a copy and mailed the original back to its
owner."

As this source is as good or better than most of my sources, I will use it.

James married Mary Jane Barnes on 29 Dec 1870 in Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama. Mary (daughter of Edward Barnes and Sarah Francis Dean) was born on 28 Nov 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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General Notes:
B-Confederate Pension Application, Alabama: SLC #1510411: widow's pension app. of Mary Jane Lammon. (Alphabetical) M-ibid. D-Hartford, Geneva Co., Alabama Cem inscriptions, p. 22.
1850 Dale Co., Alabama Census.
1860 Dale Co., Alabama Census.
1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, E.D. 66, house 167.
1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census.
1920 Hartford, Geneva Co. Census, age 68, enumerated with Joseph S. Fields, s-in-l.