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- 1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Soundex.
1910 Escambia Co. Alabama Soundex.
1920 Washington Co. Alabama Soundex.
Personal knowledge, via phone, of son, John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 (1996).
B&D-Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Walker Springs, Clark County, Alabama via Internet:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clarke/cemetery/mountgil.txt
B&D-Social Security Death Index.
- Sanford Mack Lammon married late in life. He and his wife Bessie held hands and showed their affection for one another all their married life. Sanford was a very humble, kind man. Some of his friends called him "Job. "
--John Duncan Lammon.
SS# 423-05-8934
- The following is transcribed from a handwritten letter of Sanford "Mack" Lammon. I think the letter was written to John Holcombe Lammon or Walter Lee Lammon, who lived in Columbus, Georgia (location to which he refers near the end of the letter.) - EBL
Allen, Ala.
Sunday April 18th [year 1954 can be deduced from information in the letter - EBL]
Dear Cousin:
Your letter of the 10th came a few days ago and I was sure surprised but it a pleasant surprise, yes I remember you well. I knew Duncan was dead but I had not heard about Fred and Flaudy. I was in Hartford in '48 and saw Carl [Carol Ann Lammon was called "Carl" - EBL] and Duncan but didn't have but a short time to be with them, and haven't heard much of the family since.
Now I will try and give you a little family history. I don't know too much about my Great Grandad but he came from Scotland, and settled in North Carolina and my Grandad was born in N.C. in 1792 and moved to Alabama about 1833, or '4. They were on their way and camping out the night the stars fell. Aunt Sara and Aunt Annie, the two oldest children, could remember it and I have heard them tell about it.
Yes, my father and Duncan's father were brothers and their father was named Duncan and his wife was Ann McColskie. Grandfather had a brother named Daniel, or Dock. And his wife was Aunt Isabella. Don't know her maiden name. This Col. Frank Lammon and Monroe Lammon are first cousins, and grandsons of Uncle Daniel, and Aunt Isabella Lammon.
Now for the name, Col. Frank Lammons put the "s" to it and wanted to know how come my branch of the family to leave it off? Well I was wondering how he got it on. My father, and Uncle Jim never used it, and all the records of the family I have, spell it Lammon and if you will visit Post Oak Cemetary you will find all the old generations' graves dating back to about the Civil War and there is no "s" to the name on the tombstones. Sometimes when you go by Ozark and Post Oak is about six miles North on the Montgomery Highway, go by and visit these old graves.
Now for my family. My wife was Bessie Moore. We married in 1926, have one child, a son, 22. His name is John Duncan, he is in the Navy, he enlisted Sept. 1, 1950 for four years and the enlistment was cut two months so he is getting out July 1st. He is aboard the USS Saufley, a destroyer, and based at Key West, Fla. When he gets home we plan to do a little running around and will probly go see the folks in Columbus. And if we have time we would sure like to see you. Would be glad to have you visit us sometime.
Mack
S.M. Lammon
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1889 - 1967 (77 years)
