Family/Spouse: Sarah McCoulskey. Sarah was born on 10 Apr 1767 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 5 May 1807 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Duncan Lammon in 1825 in Cape Fear, River Valley (Wilmington), North Carolina. Duncan (son of Duncan Lamon(t) and Unknown Lamon(t)) was born in 1792 in Wilmington, New Hanover, NC; died on 17 Oct 1864 in Dale County, AL; was buried in Post Oak Methodist Cemetery, Dale County, AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale Co., Alabama Census, p. 455, Dwelling 852.

The following is excerpted from "Sons of the Horse Lords, Genealogy of The McEachern Family, 1788-1995" - Owen Daniel McEachern.

"?James Owen McEachern is in our direct line of ancestors, and additional information is given about his life in a succeeding section. He died at the age of 76 on February 9, 1931, and is buried at Thurston Cemetery..."

"Sarah Ann Lammon was only 4 years old when she left North Carolina with her family in 1830, after joining a wagon train to seek new territories for themselves. The families in the wagon train spent many days and nights on the rugged trails, marked only by previous travelers who had blazed the way. Her parents, Duncan and Ann McColskie Lammon, enjoyed the northern areas of Alabama and Georgia, and they tarried there for about two years. They had been warmly welcomed by the Cherokees in what was called "The Cherokee Nation." The Indians treated them royally, often inviting them to their celebrations and other rituals."

"In 1833 the Lammon's bade goodbye to the Indians and pushed on southward. It was during this trip they saw the 'Stars Falling on Alabama' a noted event which was later immortalized in song."

"The Lammons eventually reached an area they liked, called Barnes Cross Roads, Alabama, and they settled there. "Sarah Ann married John McEachern at Christmastime, 1841. Sometime in the 5 or 6 years following the birth of her last child, James Owen in 1854, his father, John, disappeared. Where he went has remained a mystery to this day. Some of the older members of the family believed he may have gone to Texas with a young girl of the area who disappeared about the same time. Other family members mention hearsay to the effect that John was asked by his wife, Sarah Ann, one cold rainy night to ride to the grocery store and buy salt so she could complete the evening meal. He went to the store and bought the salt. However, when he returned home he was reprimanded by Sarah Ann for buying rock salt rather than the desired table salt. She instructed John to return the salt to the store and to exchange it for the proper kind."

"Sarah Ann was known to be very strict and firm, and since she was so overbearing she probably exhibited those qualities on that occasion. In any event, John took the salt and headed back toward the store. What happened next has never been determined, but he never returned home, and nothing further was ever heard of him. "Sarah Ann did an excellent job thereafter in caring for her children. By the judicious use of the farm income, supplemented by money she earned as a seamstress, she was able to have all her children finish their public education, and in the case of her two youngest sons, Daniel Carlie and James Owen, see them through further education which enabled them to be public school teachers."

---Owen Daniel McEachern, great grandson

Sarah married John McEachern on 25 Dec 1841 in Dale County, Alabama. John (son of Archibald McEachern and Catherine McEachern) was born on 1 Apr 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Edward Barnes in 1858. Edward was born on 4 Oct 1816 in North Carolina; died on 4 Jun 1871; was buried in Barnes Cemetery, Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:
The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale C o. Alabama Census. B&D SLC# 0924918, Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Old Post Oak Cemetery. p.4.
1860 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Newton P.O., p. 721/223.
1870 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road, Beat #12, p. 196.
1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, E.D. 66, dwelling #100.
1900 Dale Co., Alabama Census, E.D. 69, line 88, sheet 10, Barnes Cross Rd.

Martha married Thomas H. Glenn in 1855 in Dale County, Alabama. Thomas (son of John N Glenn and Elizabeth Bradley) was born on 9 Mar 1827 in Georgia; died on 26 Jul 1901 in Dale County, Alabama; was buried in Post Oak Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel's grave lies next to his mother's. Inscribed upon his gravestone:
In memory of our brother
Daniel C. Lammon
Born October 21, 1832
Died October 19, 1850
Age 17 years, 11 months, 28 days"
---Source: John Duncan Lammon

Notes:

General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon.1850, 1860, 1880, Dale Co., Alabama Census. 1900 Geneva Co., Alabama Census.
B&D-"Geneva Co., Alabama Tomb Records," Vol. 1, p.6, Pondtown Methodist Church Cemetery.

Notes:

General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census. 1860 Dale Co. Alabama census. 1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Vol 7 E.D.66, sheet 18.
B&D-"Geneva Co., Alabama Tomb Records," Vol. 1, p. 6, Pondtown Methodist Church Cemetery.

Notes:

General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon.
1850, 1860, 1870,1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census.
1910 Escambia Co. Alabama Census, E.D.76.
1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census.
1920 Washington Co. Alabama Census.

B&D-HARTFORD CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, Geneva Co., Alabama, p. 22. BPAlabama Death Cert., Washington Co. DP-Ibid. Military Records 1861-1865: SLC # 1487288

John Duncan Lammon contributed the following:
"John Lammon was the second son and seventh child of Duncan and Nancy Ann McColskie Lammon. As a young man of twenty-one, hearing that The War Between the States had started, John volunteered and enlisted at Abbeville, Henry Co., Alabama. Private Lammon was assigned to Company B, 6th Alabama Infantry, an early company sent to Virginia and led by General Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee's predecessor. In the Battle of Seven Pines, seven miles from Richmond, Virginia, on May 31, 1862, a two day battle ensued. John's infantry had the great honor of leading the charge against McClellen's northern army of 120,000 men. The battle occurred during heavy rains and muddy fields. John took a bullet in the left groin area. Though he was down, his army pushed on. John found a muddy, water-filled hole that the area pigs had rooted out and crawled in. He stayed there for two days until the plantation people found him. For three months they nursed him back to health. It is said that the muddy water clogged John's wound and prevented him from bleeding to death. When he left, these kind, plantation farmers gave him a blanket. John always talked about that blanket and said that he wanted to find these people and thank them for their kindness and for the blanket. But because John's family was a poor family, he was unable to accomplish his wish. After his recovery, John left to return to his outfit. But his war wound left him with a permanent limp and he couldn't keep up with his unit, so he was sent to Hartford, Alabama, to recruit other soldiers for the South's cause. John was the father of nine children, three of whom died while young. For a living he was a postmaster, a census taker, a tax collector, taught school for a short time, but mostly he farmed. John had beautiful red hair and a long beard. His wife said that she had never seen him clean shaven, because when she met him, he had a beard, and when she died three and one half years before he did, he still had the beard. When John was about 75 years old, the state of Alabama finally approved pensions for all Confederate veterans. When his wife Frances Elizabeth--Lizzy--died in 1919, John purchased, with his pension money, a beautifully imposing 7-foot double cemetery monument in the Hartford cemetery. Three years later, on 15 January 1923, John died and was buried next to his wife of forty-plus years, still carrying the Civil War bullet imbedded in his left groin."

--John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 (1996)

[The following is thought to have been written by Franklin Bishop Lammons, the family's earliest known researcher of the family ancestry. -- Elmer Lammon]

From Mark A. Lammon.
John Lammon was born at Barnes Cross Rd., Ala. John served in the Civil War and was wounded in Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia. He returned to Alabama and taught school when he married "Lizzy." Granted Teachers Certificate June 1, 1870 Frances Elisabeth (Lizzy) was raised by her grandmother Highnote in Milton, Fla. until the age of 5 when her father remarried. Her own mother and Frances' twin sister died in August 1852, apparently of an epidemic type illness. John and Frances were married June 16, 1870 by a Methodist minister, Rev. J.W. Parker. They lived near Ozark, Alabama, but later lived from town to town in Alabama as John worked in (operated and owned) sawmills. They had 9 children, six of whom lived. They were Duncan, Daniel, Holcombe, Sanford (Mack) John and Allen.

John and Lizzy Lammon were grandparents of Ruth, Inez, Jewett and D.C. Lammon.

Of historical interest is a copy of the Southeastern Illustrated News, Vol. II, Richmond, Va., Sept. 12, 1863 which is now in the possession of the Holcombe Lammon family. John brought it home from the Civil War with him as it was printed the week he was coming home on furlough.

Parents of Frances Elizabeth McSwain:
Frances McSwain's father was Daniel. He came from Scotland to America when he was 13 with his mother and two brothers. They landed somewhere in North Carolina and made their way down to the Ozark, Ala. area. Daniel married a Miss Highnote of Milton, Fla., and they went to live on his plantation outside of Ozark. He was an inventor, a successful plantation owner with many slaves. He had a gristmill, a general store and a furniture and wagon shop. His mother lived with them and she never mastered the American English dialect.

Parents of John Lammon:
Ann McColskey Duncan Lammon
Born: Sept 29, 1799 Born: 1792
Died: Nov. 14, 1872 Died: Oct-17, 1896
(Buried Post Oak [Methodist] Cemetery N. of Ozark)

They were married in 1825 in Cape Fear, River Valley, N.C . They spent two years in Cherokee County, Ala. on their way down South from N.C. Five of their ten children were born in N.C. and five in Ala. They settled at Barnes Cross Roads near Ozark, Ala. Their children were Sara Ann, Ann, Mary, Martha, Daniel, Mary Ellen, Liza, John, Frances, Carolina and James.

Note:
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Regimental Roster lists his middle initial as "L".
LAMMON, John - Brewton, AL; born 11 September 1839, Dale Co., Alabama; PVT; entered service July 1861 at Abbeville, Henry Co., Alabama in Company A, 6th Alabama Regiment. Was wounded at Seven Pines, Virginia. Discharged about a year after being wounded in the valley in Virginia.

John married Frances Elizabeth McSwain on 16 Jun 1870. Frances (daughter of Daniel McSwain and Julianne Highnote) was born on 7 May 1852; died on 7 Jul 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1st name:

1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census.
BD-1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census.
1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D. 66, p. 4, dwelling 37.

The following from Gale Stafford-Wall, Jacksonville, FL:
Census: -1850 Dale County, AL, Southern Division: 9 years old. Born in AL. Attending school.
1880 Dale County, AL Census: Francis C. 36 years old. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Children: Molee A., William D., Bascom, Eliza J.
1900 Geneva County, AL Census: "Francis C." Wife of James. Born November 1842 (conflicts with family records). 57 years old. Married 32 years. 5 of 6 children living. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Can read and write. Children living at home: Bascomb M., born December 1871, 28 years old, born in AL; Bertie C. , born March 1882, 18 years old, born in AL.
1910 Holmes County, FL Census: "Faney C." widowed mother. 68 years old. 5 of 6 children living. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Can read and write. Living with son Bertie.
1920 Holmes County, FL Census: "Callie". Widowed mother. 78 years old. Can read and write. Born in AL. Parents born in "U.S." Living with son Bertie.
Marr: ca 1867

Frances married James F Smith in 1867. James was born on 4 Apr 1844; died on 28 Aug 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

Info from Owen Daniel McEachern

Family/Spouse: Martin Matthew Baker. Martin was born on 30 Jan 1839; died on 29 Oct 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: Info from Owen Daniel McEachern.

"William Lammons McEachern never married, as he enlisted in the Confederate army at the age of 18. His enlistment on June 18, 1863 was at Abbeville, Alabama. He had been a farmer in Dale County, Alabama, and was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. His complexion was fair. During his military service he became ill with fibrous typhoid and was admitted to the confederate hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on March 6, 1864. He lingered there until his death June 22, 1864."

--Owen Daniel McEachern

Notes:

General Notes:

Ibid. B&D- SLC #0924918: Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Old Post Oak (Methodist) Cemetery, p. 4.

"Duncan McEachern lived a short life.... The cause of his death is not known. He was 15 when he died. "

-- Owen Daniel McEachern.

Notes:

"Daniel Carlie McEachern, at birth, was named Washington McEachern, and he is so listed in the 1850 census, which was taken when he was 4 months old. Sometime after that, he was renamed Daniel Carlie. Some members of the family think he was also renamed Daniel McColsky at some point in his life. This could not be verified. However, it is known that he used Daniel Carlie as his legal name all his adult life. Daniel Carlie was known to be fond of small children, particularly those of the black farm workers. The black children were called "Pickaninnies" in those days, and his liking them led to Daniel Carlie's nickname, "Uncle Pick." He was fondly called by this nickname the rest of his life--by friends and relatives alike. Throughout his life, "Uncle Pick" remained a bachelor, despite his love for children. It is said that as a teenager, "Uncle Pick" was in love with a young lady but the courtship turned into an unfortunate affair, which turned him against marriage."

"As he grew older, "Uncle Pick" remained active in the management of his farm, and was in fairly good health. He eventually developed a kidney problem, and also was bothered by a small murmur from the mitral valve in his heart. Although these problems only bothered him at times, they were more serious than he thought, and "Uncle Pick" eventually called for assistance from his doctor. On Thursday, March 18, 1926, Dr. J.W. Beasley arrived to examine "Uncle Pick." He duly noted the kidney problem and the mitral valve murmur, but saw no cause for alarm. However, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, 1926, just after he had eaten supper, "Uncle Pick" suffered a sudden fatal heart attack. He was buried at Thurston Cemetery. (Pleasant Home Free Will Baptist Cemetery)"

-- Owen Daniel McEachern

Notes:

General Notes: Correspondence from Owen Daniel McEachern, grandson, via Jane Linton, P.O. Box 218, Gordon, Alabama 36343.

"James Owen, the son of John and Sarah Ann Lammons McEachern, was born at Barnes Cross Roads, Dale County, Alabama, October 28, 1854. He attended public schools there, and then took additional courses, which qualified him to be a schoolteacher. Mary Barton Miller was born in 1860 and she was 20 years old when she fell in love with James Owen. They were married in 1880 and, not long after that, they moved to Pike County, Alabama, where he became a teacher at Blackwood School. There, their first two sons were born.

With their growing family, James Owen and Mary decided to make a change, and during the latter part of 1885, moved to Dothan, Alabama. James Owen entered into a partnership there with his cousin, Earley Garner, in a hardware business. James Owen also became an administrative assistant to Dothan's first mayor and a few years later became the third mayor of Dothan. In 1892 Mary contracted typhoid fever. She lingered 88 agonizing days and then quietly passed away November 30, 1892. She was buried in the Dothan City Cemetery.

With the death of his wife, James Owen was left with three young sons to raise, Alvin 11, James Cleveland 8, and Daniel Carlie 3. He prevailed on his widowed mother, Sarah Ann Lammons McEachern, to leave Dale County and come to Dothan to help raise the children. She accepted the challenge, bringing with her Daniel Carlie, her bachelor son (Uncle Pick) who lived with her. In the meantime the hardware store was suffering from neglect and was not doing well financially. Too, there were differences of opinion between the partners over management policies, which led to the sale of the business.

In 1894 James Owen moved the family to the nearby small settlement of Dundee, and began farming there. After almost two years at Dundee, it did not appear that the family could make a go of it there, and James Owen began exploring other possibilities. He still owned his house and lot in Dothan, and was finally able to swap it, "Even-Steven", to a Doctor Chapman for 40 acres of land, with a house thereon, at Thurston, Geneva County, Alabama, about 40 miles away.

The family, including James Owen, Sarah Ann, Uncle Pick, Alvin, James Cleveland, and young Daniel Carlie, were on their way to their new home on January 1, 1896. The date was well remembered because of the bitter cold and the 14 inches of snow on the ground, something most unusual in that area. After they were settled in at Thurston, they began clearing and cultivating the land. With Sarah Ann doing the housework, and the men and boys doing the farm work, they adjusted easily to their new surroundings.

On August 6, 1900, James Owen was elected tax assessor for Geneva County and served in that capacity from September 1, 1900 through August 31, 1905. The usual term of four years had been extended to five years due to a change in the election laws. During his term of office, James Owen purchased an additional 160 acres of land at Thurston from William Holloway.

In 1903, the 3 McEachern sons, Alvin, James Cleveland, and Daniel Carlie decided to go out on their own and moved to Hartford, Alabama, where they established a furniture store. It was in Hartford that Alvin and James Cleveland met the girls who would later become their wives. While James Owen was tax assessor he met Lou Ada Hagans, an illiterate girl who lived with her parents, Z.B. and Martha Riley Hagans. Lou Ada had been born in Dale County, Alabama, September 24, 1886. The two soon fell in love and were married at the bride's home on Sunday, October 15, 1904.

James Owen taught her how to read and write, and do mathematics. When his eyesight failed in his declining years, she was able to handle all his correspondence and all accounting records. Soon after the marriage of James Owen and Lou Ada, his brother, "Uncle Pick" and their mother, Sarah Ann, moved to a house on his own land about a mile away. Sarah Ann did the housekeeping chores while "Uncle Pick" managed the farm work. This set-up continued for some time, until "Uncle Pick" was able to employ two colored workers to live with them, Minnie Collier who would cook and handle the housework, and Frank Parks, who would assist with the farm work.

In the meantime, to make room for the two new employees, Sarah Ann moved back in with James Owen and his wife, Lou Ada. The furniture store in Hartford had done well for several years, but by 1909 was beginning to fall on hard times, and plans were made to sell the business, the sale was finally consummated in April 1910, and on May 1, 1910, was turned over to the new owners. On that date Danile Carlie and James Cleveland returned to Thurston and moved in with "Uncle Pick" and assisted with the farm work.

Alvin remained in Hartford for a time as he had married in 1908, and had a young son. They were having a house built in Thurston, and when it was completed in 1910 he and his family moved there. At about the same time, Sarah Ann decided to visit friends and relatives at the old home place in Dale County. While there she became ill, and on June 27, 1911, she died. She was buried at Mount Olive Cemetery in the Rocky Head community in Dale County.

The McEacherns used the proceeds from the sale of the furniture store to buy an additional 320 acres of land at Thurston from William Holloway. This brought the family holdings to 520 acres, and it was decided at this time to formally divide the acreage among the family. James Cleveland was given power of attorney to accomplish this through a series of deeds.

The McEacherns cleared and cultivated their lands, raising corn, cotton, and peanuts, as well as livestock. In addition to the crops, they did a thriving business smoking and curing hams, bacon, and sausage, shipping it throughout the south. They also used the meat in paying workers to stump and clear their land."

--Owen Daniel McEachern

James married Mary Bartow Miller in 1880 in Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama. Mary was born in 1860; died on 30 Nov 1892; was buried in Dothan City Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis Lammon Atkinson 1860, 1870 Dale Co. , Alabama Census

Notes:

Info from THE LAMMON TREE by Avis Lammon Atkinson 1870 Dale Co., Alabama Census. Jane Atkinson Linton

Jacob married Caledonia D Ard about 1889. Caledonia (daughter of Rueben Norman Ard and Mary Ann Ard) was born on 30 May 1865 in Dale County, Alabama; died on 19 May 1942 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama; was buried in Barnes Cemetery, Barnes Cross Roads, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census. THE LAMMON TREE.

Family/Spouse: H.A.W. Martin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE. 1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census.

Margaret married Albert Burt Segler in 1888. Albert was born on 6 Feb 1870 in Dale County, Alabama; died on 26 Sep 1907 in Dale County, Alabama; was buried in Center Ridge Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:
1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Newton P.O., p. 721/223.
1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., p. 196.

Notes:

B-1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census, p. 721/223, Newton P.O. 1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road, Beat #12, p. 196.
1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E. D. 66 Dwelling #100.
1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D. 69, line 88, sheet 10, Barnes Cross Rd.

Wilborne married Lottie Stuckey on 17 May 1903. Lottie was born on 28 Nov 1879 in Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia; died on 26 Dec 1969 in Pass Christian, Harrison, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census, p. 721/223, Newton P.O.
1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., Beat #12, p. 196.
1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D.66, Dwelling #100.
B-1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D. 69, line 88, sheet 10, Barnes Cross R. D-SLC #0924918, Dale Co. Alabama
Cemeteries , Centerridge Cem. p. 86.

Lawson married Frances Franklin Blackman on 20 Nov 1889 in Dale County, Alabama. Frances was born in 1858; died in 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married E. M. Grace on 24 Dec 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:

1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., Beat # 12, p. 196.
1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, E.D. 66, Dwelling #100.

Notes:

Info from John Duncan Lammon, P.O.Box 696, Jackson,
Alabama 36545 (1996).

1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, and Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, Florida 32579.

B-1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census, R#4 Wrights Creek, E.D. 72, sheet 26, dwelling 450.

"A farmer and part time Minister; and passed on to me by all family members as being loved by all. Although I was only six years old at his death, I can still remember that he and I were very close. Moved his family from the farm (near Hartford, Alabama or Graceville, Florida) to Columbus, Georgia in 1918."

-- Moody Lee Lammon, 2000.

Duncan married Rozetta Tew on 7 Mar 1897. Rozetta was born on 30 Jun 1878 in Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama; died on 31 Mar 1950; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., p. 12, house 106.
1900 Geneva Co., Wright Creek Census, E.D. 72, sheet 26, dwelling 449.
Info via phone from John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 (1996) and from Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, Fl 32579.
1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census, Wicksburg, Prict. #1, E.D. 131, sheet 7, p. 0615. MSLC #1290911 Geneva Co., Alabama Marriage Index A-Z, 1898-1979, Vol. L to Z White Males.

Daniel McColskey Lammon was educated at Macon Business College (Georgia) for two years where he studied mathematics and surveying. He returned to Alabama and married Beatrice and went into the sawmill business with his father and brothers in Whittaker, Alabama. They then moved the sawmill to Bonifay, Florida where their first child, Ruth, was born. Daniel was an excellent carpenter and constructed three homes for his family. He could entirely design and build houses. He was a bookkeeper and general manager of the Brewton Bargain House (Alabama) for a while. He later bought that business and moved it. He traveled in later years but maintained a more-or-less permanent residence in Graceville, Florida his last 20 years. He died of cancer in Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami on Jan. 22, 1945. He was buried in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, where his daughter, Ruth Lammon Bruner, lived. He was affectionately known as "Papa" to his children and five grandchildren.

--Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff

All of the following are from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, courtesy of her son Granger:

.... was in partnership in the sawmill and monument business. Then at age 3 weeks, moved by horse and buggy to Brewton, Ala. Furniture was shipped by railroad. Her father went to work as a "lumber tallier". Her mother taught kindergarten school until 1907 when they moved to a farm. Grandma Bailey gave Beatrice as her inheritance in Wicksburg, Ala* some seven miles from Slocomb. Ruth was first educated at home by her mother."

"In the winter of 1907 my mother, father and sister Inez and myself moved from Castleberry Ala. to Wicksburg, Ala., a small crossroad village. We came by train to Slocomb, Ala. and were met by my Grandmother's (Bailey) team of horses and carried out to her Plantation about eight miles north of that saw mill town and spent several weeks with her while my grandmother and father got things in shape for us to move into a long house with stickin-dirt chimney. The house had three rooms and a small porch. Within two years we had one of the finest houses in the community--a two-story home our father built.

Daniel married Beatrice Leonia Bailey on 4 Apr 1900 in Geneva County, Alabama, and was divorced about 1925. Beatrice (daughter of Benjamin Walter Bailey and Jospehene Saphrony Casey) was born on 1 Feb 1880 in Dale County, Alabama; died on 23 Jun 1933 in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama; was buried on 24 Jun 1933 in Newton, Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:

B&D-SLC #0924918: Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Post Oak Methodist Cem., p.4.

Personal knowledge via phone of John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545.

1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census.

Notes:

General Notes: B&D-SLC #0924918: Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Post Oak Methodist Cem. p.4.

1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census.

Middle name from Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, FL 32579.

Angus was killed in an accident by a run-away wagon

-- (Info from John Duncan Lammon.)

Notes:

B-1900 Alabama Soundex, Geneva Co.
D-Barbara Helland
1910 Alabama Soundex, Escambia Co. says born in 1887. 1920 Alabama Soundex, Washington Co. says born in 1886.
Personal Info via phone from daughter, Barbara Lammon Helland, (1996).
B-SLC #1752977: Washington Co., Alabama list of Registered Voters, p. 394: registered 1920 Preswick P.O. Stricken from list in 1948: left county.

Holcombe Lammon, Sr. worked in sawmills most of his life as superintendent. During WW II he worked in Maritime Shipyard in Mobile, AL., in the "Mold Loft" where the templates for battleships were made. His first son, Holcombe Lammon, Jr. was also a woodcraftsman and worked in the same place as his father during WW II until he entered the Merchant Marine. His ship was torpedoed near Murmansk, Russia. He served as Boatswain and was cited for his heroic actions trying to build life rafts right until the time the ship went down. He was lost with the ship. Allen McKee Lammon, second son of Holcombe Lammon, Sr., was also aboard this ship. He was rescued and worked as a construction engineer until his death.

Holcombe married Maggie Belle McKee on 31 Jul 1918 in Achensburg, Mississippi. Maggie was born on 1897 Mar 28 in Phoenix, Yazoo County, Mississippi; died on 1960 Oct 03 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:
B&D-SLC #0924918: Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, p. 4.

Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, FL 32579.

Notes:

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

Sanford married Bessie Ann Moore on 19 Dec 1926 in Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama. Bessie was born on 7 Oct 1898; died on 23 Oct 1963 in Walker Springs, Clarke County, Alabama; was buried in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info by phone from John Duncan Lammon, P.O .Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 and Barbara Lammon Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, Florida 32579, (both 1996).
B-SLC #175 2977: Washington co., Alabama List of Registered Voters, p. 316, Registered in 1907, stricken in 1940, transferred to Mobile Co. John worked as a millwright and carpenter.

The following Info from Regina Lammon.
"He was loved and respected by his children." His hobbies: hunting and fishing. Moved to California in 1944 for reasons of health. Died 4 years later.

John married Christine Velma Knapp in 1926 in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi. Christine was born on 6 Oct 1894 in Fairford, Washington County, Alabama; died on 31 Dec 1968 in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Memorial Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

B- 1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Soundex says born in 1896;
1910 Escambia Co. Alabama Soundex says born in 1898.
1920 Washington Co. Alabama Soundex says born in 1897.
Info, via phone from Barbara Lammon Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, Florida 32579 & John Duncan Lammon, P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama 36545 (both 1996). Info from daughter, Frances Marie DuBose, 769 Linlen, Mobile, Alabama 36609 (1996).

Note by Frances Lammon DuBose:
Allen Lammon was in the army during WWI and was a Sergeant in the Rainbow Division. Sometime after the war he moved to Mobile, Alabama, to work on the Causeway spanning the five rivers that flow into the Mobile Bay making the Eastern Shore more accessible. When that was completed he worked in the lumber industry. He and Gladys married in 1928. Twice during the 30s he went to Nicaragua to cut hardwood out of the jungle for United Fruit who was planting banana plantations. During the war - about 1943 - he got special permission to go to (then) British Honduras to do the same thing. Most of the wartime he spent working on refitting ships at the local shipyard. He built furniture for Waterman Steamship Line when, after the war, their ships were sent back to them. He fitted them again for civilian use. He died in 1948 of a heart attack.

Buried:
According to Frances Lammon DuBose, he died of a heart attack.

Allen married Gladys Marie Davis on 16 Jun 1928 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Gladys (daughter of Warren Marion Davis and Fannie Verhille) was born on 11 Mar 1902 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; died on 12 Nov 1991 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://pineyprairie.blogspot.com/2011/07/wilburn-h-snell.html

1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D.66, dwelling 37, p. 4.

The following from Gale Stafford-Wall, Jacksonville, FL:

Census:
1880 Dale County, AL Census: Molee A - 12 years old living in the household of her parents. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.
1900 Dale County, AL Census: Listed as 32 years old, born October 1867, born in AL. Parents born in AL. Married 9 years. 8 of 8 children living. Note: Only Jamie, Naomi, Elias (Baud), and Callie would be her children. Willy, Alto, Della, and Donie would have been her stepchildren.
1910 Geneva County, AL Census: 42 years old. Married 19 years. 5 of 5 children living. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.

Maryann married Wilburn Helton Snell on 11 Sep 1890 in Dale County, Alabama. Wilburn (son of Wesley I Snell and Mary Dubois) was born on 20 Jun 1853 in Alabama; died on 23 Apr 1923 in Chipley, Washington County, Alabama; was buried on 26 Apr 1923 in Chipley, Washington County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note from Wanda Gale Stafford:
Census:
1880 Dale County, AL Census: 11 years old. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.
1900 Geneva County, AL Census: Born January1868. 32 years old. Married 8 years. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.

William married Rosey A Silevant on 14 Apr 1892 in Dale County, Alabama. Rosey was born in Apr 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Birth date is from Headstone

Buried:
From www.findagrave.com

Bascomb married Dora L Horne on 19 Jul 1903 in Geneva County, Alabama. Dora (daughter of Willis Horn and Theresa Ward) was born on 10 May 1882 in Bullock County, Alabama; died on 8 Dec 1960 in Geneva County, Alabama; was buried in Tabernacle Methodist Church, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census:
1880 Dale County, AL Census: 7 years old. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.

Notes:

General Notes: B&D- SLC #0924918, Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, p. 5.
Birth: 25 Dec 1876, Dale County, AL
Death: 11 Aug 1877, Dale County, AL
Burial: Post Oak Methodist Cemetery, Dale County, AL

Notes:

The following from Gale Stafford-Wall, Jacksonville, FL:
Birth: Mar 1882, Alabama
Census: -1900 Geneva County, AL Census: Born March 1882. 18 years old living in the household of parents. Born in AL. Parents born in AL. Can read and write. Works in a saw mill.

-**Double Census Entry?
-1900 Geneva County, AL Census: "Birt". Born ? 1881. 18 years old. Living with brother Duncan. Born in AL. Parents born in AL.
-1910 Holmes County, FL Census: 28 years old, married 5 years. Born in AL. Parents born in AL. Can read and write. Works in a lumber mill. Nephew Jamie Snell living in household. Mother living in household.
-1920 Holmes County, FL Census: Berty "B." 38 years old. Married. Rents house. Can read and write. Born in AL. Parents born in AL. Works in a lumber mill.
Boarders: Sidney Jones, 26 and his wife, Ethel Jones, 28. Mother Callie living in household.
Spouse: Ella B. HORN
Birth: ca 1881, Alabama

Bertie married Ella B Horne on 20 Mar 1905 in Geneva County, Alabama. Ella (daughter of Willis Bryant Horne and Theresa Ward) was born in May 1880 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Lammon Tree 1900 Soundex
"Edward Barnes Lammon met Alice O'Keith Fields on his birthday February 2, 1893, when she went with one of his cousins, Lizzie Smith, to visit him as he was sick with typhoid fever. He made the remark that day that, "This girl will be my wife"--and it happened two years later. "
--Sadie Lammon Johnson
--Irene Lammon Hardwick
--Avis Lammon Atkinson

The following is part of a taped interview with Avis Lammon in 1988. Present at the interview were Avis Lammon Atkinson, Nancy Lammon Tuck, Ann Lammon Day, Joseph Edward Lammon. - EBL
AVIS: Elmer came home. Elmer came home from the Navy. I think this is right interesting, too. Elmer was in the Navy when Papa was real ill, fixing to die. And we knew that he was going to die. So, Mama tried every way she knew -- all of us did -- to get in touch with Elmer's commanding officer or whatever he was. And the last letter we had from Elmer he had come from the Pacific side of the United States over to the Atlantic side. And we couldn't seem to get in touch with him. So, Elmer called one day on the telephone, and he was in Jacksonville, Florida, when he called, and said, I haven't heard -- he said, well, I haven't written y'all in a long time. He said, since I'm this near home, I wanted to let you know I was here. And so Mama told him about Papa being so ill. And ? they let him out of the Navy, and he didn't have to go back. His time was so near out, they just dismissed him then. So, he came on home, and Papa died just a few days after Elmer got home. That was in -- I declare. Let's see. I need that book, don't I?
NANCY: I believe it was '24.
ANN: About '24 because Daddy was about fourteen.
NANCY: I think it was '24 or '25.
ANN: Tell us about when Granddaddy died, how he talked to all of y'all. He called each one of you in.
AVIS: Yeah. Papa never had accepted the Lord, never had professed to have any kind of salvation. And when people would talk about -- about him getting religion or whatever, he'd say, I got to stay out and fight for the family. These women got to have it, he said. And I don't want nobody talking about them, so I'll fight for them. So, after he got sick, well, he told Sadie one day -- Sadie had got to be around a preacher. So, he told her one day, he said, Sadie, tell me how to accept the Lord. I know I'm not going to live. So, she told him how to submit hisself to the Lord. And so then, after that, Grandma Lammon was in our house -- his mother. And he called her in the room and told her, said, Mama, I'm a Christian now. I've given up all this, and I'm telling the Lord about it. And so, he said, I know I'm going to die, and I just want to tell that you that I'm not going to Hell. Then, he called Mama and told her. Then, he told Sadie and Irene and Otis and Avis, Elmer, and Edward. He told each one of the children separately that week that he was saved. And we were all so glad, especially Mama. That thrilled her, of course.
ANN: Tell about ? the things you remember about your mother and daddy, different things about their personality. I know Grandma Lammon was supposed to be a really fine Christian all of her life ?
AVIS: Mama didn't, we never did, have much. And when Papa was young, when they were young, I was a kid, a little one, he had the Ford agency in Hartford and had it for the whole county of Geneva. Any car that was sold in Geneva, he would get a percentage of it. Well, he decided he had to go over to Bellwood to put in a gin for somebody, so he just turned over the Ford agency to Lee -- to one of his brothers. And he went over there to put in a gin. I'll tell you something else about that. While we lived in Bellwood - I started to school in Bellwood - but one day - of course, we didn't have telephones or anything - one day Mama ? sent me and Elmer to the gin to tell Papa to bring something for dinner, tell him to bring something she needed. And while we were there, a man from Hartford had bought an automobile and, in driving over to Bellwood, something had happened to it. And he brought it to the gin, and said Mr. Lammon - I know all Lammons are mechanical - and said, I want you to see if you can fix this car. So, Papa did whatever there was to do to it. And told me and Elmer, come get in the car, and I'll take y'all home. Oh, we just felt like we were -- well, we were. That's the first car I had ever seen. We rode home in it.
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Another part of the same interview:
EDDIE: What about your father's personality? Did he have a lot to do with the children, or?
AVIS: Yeah, he was real sweet and kind to children, and -- but he was a Lammon. It was kind of like your daddy. Your daddy was like him.
NANCY: Was he more like Uncle Ed, or was he more like Daddy?
AVIS: I don't know how to tell you that. I wouldn't know. To me, he was more precious than any of them, and, you know, he never was mean to any of us. The only time my father ever switched me, or punished me with a switch, Aunt Carl came over there one time, and I was studying. I was in the seventh grade, and I was studying for an examination in school. She said, if you'll climb that hickory tree right there and study that, you'll never forget it. So, up the tree I went and took my book with me. And my father came home about that time. He said, what are you doing up that tree? I said, I'm studying. He said, get down from there, and he whipped me about three times around the ankle. It broke my heart.
ANN: But he didn't want you up --
NANCY: He was afraid you'd fall.
EDDIE: You didn't forget that whipping, did you?
AVIS: I didn't forget that. But he was real kind and sweet. He was, I don't know, not real thoughtful, not as thoughtful as Eddie is to his younguns. But he was sweet and kind, and we were good to him, I remember. And he was heavy like you are. And he was always going to lose weight like you are. One time I remember he was sick and did lose weight because of the illness. We just had an old fireplace. And it was wintertime because it was there by the fire. And he said, go tell the children to come, I've got something I want to show all of them, something they've never seen before. And he was sitting right by a window, facing the fireplace. So, I first went to the window, and he was looking out the window. I said, what is it? Show me first. He said, no, I'm not going to show you 'til all of you get in here. So, I ran and told them. We all got in there. And what he was going to tell us was -- he had his legs crossed, like that -- like this. He said, this is the first time I've ever been able to do this, you know, put it up like that.
ANN: Eddie can't cross his.
AVIS: He always crossed it further down than that, just let it lay there.
NANCY: That's cute.
AVIS: And he said, I want y'all to see this. This is the first time you have ever seen my legs crossed like this.
ANN: Was he stocky like Eddie and Daddy?
AVIS: Eddie is built a lot like him.
ANN: But, now, his brothers were not that. Wasn't Freddie tall?
AVIS: Freddie was tall and thin.
ANN: Wonder how tall Freddie was?
AVIS: I don't know.
ANN: Over six feet, wasn't he?
AVIS: And Uncle Duncan was kind of stout, and Uncle Archie was stout like Papa and not as tall, so that made him look even broader. And Uncle Ed was just a medium-size man.
NANCY: Well, I've always thought of the Lammon men all being stocky. But when I think of Uncle Otis, I never thought of him being stocky. He was thinner, but he was probably about the same height as Daddy and Uncle Ed.
ANN: Yeah.
NANCY: He just wasn't as stocky. Because Daddy and Uncle Ed were built similar.
ANN: They said Granddaddy was the shortest of all his brothers.
AVIS: No.
ANN: He wasn't?
AVIS: I don't think. I think Archie was shorter.
NANCY: Shorter?
AVIS: Uh-huh. Does the Lammon book say that?
ANN: No. I just had heard somebody say that he was probably one of the shortest, and that Freddie was a lot taller and --
AVIS: Uncle Freddie was the tallest of all of them and the only one that was real tall like that. Uncle Duncan was taller than Papa, but was built -- not as broad, you know.
NANCY: Well, when your mother would take you all to church - I remember Daddy telling me one time - when he was little, and this may be one of his stories, because he said that they had him bundled up in a blanket and put him up underneath the pew, and they left church, and they left him in the church. They had to come back and get him. Now, that may be one of his stories.
AVIS: It may be so, too. I've heard that, too.
NANCY: I've heard that, too. Did your Daddy go to church?
AVIS: No, no, no.
NANCY: He didn't go to church?
AVIS: He didn't go to church. He stayed at home on Sunday.
EDDIE: How about the rest of the bunch -- Archie and that crowd?
AVIS: They didn't go either.
EDDIE: None of them did?
NANCY: So, just the women went to church?
AVIS: Uncle Joe went with Aunt Carl. Let's see. I don't believe a one of the Lammon men went, though. I don't know. I know one time when holiness first came through the country, I don't reckon I was old enough to go maybe. But Sadie and Irene, when we lived in Bellwood, they stayed with Grandpa Lammon and went to school in Hartford because they had already passed the school that was in Bellwood. And then they didn't have school buses to go. And, they had a holiness meeting, a tent meeting. I know where it is, but I don't know how to tell you the street it was on in Hartford. But it was over close to where the Assembly Church is now. And Irene and Sadie wanted to go. And Grandma Lammon, they were real strict with the girls. You didn't do things by yourself. You had to have an escort. So, Uncle Duncan said, well, I'll go with them. Then, when they got there, he told Sadie and Irene, said, don't you get up there close, they sprinkled powder on you and make you shout and do all that stuff, you sit way back here. So, Uncle Duncan didn't go, and he never did partake in any kind of church service. He married Mamie Hilton. They had two boys -- three boys.
ANN: So, the church influence y'all had came from your mother then?
AVIS: Yeah.
ANN: The little ones --
AVIS: Grandma Lammon now, she was a great church go-er and church worker.
EDDIE: You know, I remember Daddy talking about when he was a kid, that his mother took him to church all the time, and that he just couldn't wait 'til he got old enough not to go to church.
AVIS: He got tired of it.

Edward married Alice O'Keith Fields in 1895 in Fields Home, Alabama. Alice (daughter of Alexander Clayton Fields and Roxie Louise Atkinson) was born on 25 Feb 1872 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama; died on 20 Feb 1942 in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1880 Alabama Soundex 1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census: single in 1900
M-SLC #1290911: Geneva Co. Alabama Marriage Index, 1898-1979.
D-Geneva Co., Ala Tomb Records, Vol. 1., p. 22, by correspondence from Houston- Love Memorial Library, 21 2 W. Burdeshaw St., Dothan, AL 36302

The following note from Dorrothy Janette Lammons Medved:

Duncan had 6 brothers and 2 sisters. His family lived in Barnes Cross Roads, about 6 miles north of Ozark, Alabama. In 1894, the family moved to Hartford, Alabama, where they farmed and later organized a milling company and operated saw mills, planer mills, and gristmills and owned and operated a cotton gin. It was in Hartford that he met Mamie Evelyn Hilton. They married on March 2, 1910 and had 3 sons and 1 daughter. Duncan was the county sheriff and Chief of Police in Hartford. He loved playing with his grandchildren and taking them out to the gristmills and feeding them sugar cane and watermelon.

Duncan married Mamie Evelyn Hilton on 2 Mar 1910 in Geneva County, Alabama. Mamie (daughter of Augustus H Hilton and Lucy Janie Moon) was born on 31 May 1892; died on 8 Aug 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE LAMMON TREE 1880 Alabama Soundex 1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census: single in 1900

Marvin married Sarah Elizabeth Price on 4 Feb 1906 in Geneva County, Alabama. Sarah was born on 18 Mar 1883 in Blue Springs, Barbour County, Alabama; died on 28 Sep 1917 in Richmond, Virginia; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marvin married Sara Rena Sellers on 6 May 1923 in Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. Sara was born on 18 Mar 1894 in Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama; died on 16 Jun 1984; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1880 Alabama Soundex 1900 Alabama Soundex THE LAMMON
TREE

The following is an excerpt from a taped interview with Avis Lammon Atkinson in 1988:
AUNT AVIS: Yeah. When he came home from the Navy -- he was in the Navy when we moved here. And I never did tell her anything about Elmer -- him anything about Una, nor Una anything about Elmer. But after he came home, he said, why didn't you tell me about this gal? And she said the same thing. I mean, they fell for each other, and I can't remember how soon they married, but they married secretly. And once she and I went to Montgomery -- I've got to tell this too. This is kind of cute I thought. We went to Montgomery and Uncle Archie lived there. Uncle Archie -- I don't know how many children he has, but he had, at least, twelve. But, at that time, he didn't have any. But Olin, his second oldest child, had married, and had a new wife there. And Una was married, but I don't think that anybody knew it except me and Elmer. So Uncle Archie was -- they were real generous with food, and so we set out to get ice cream for lunch after a big dinner. and instead of getting a gallon of ice cream, they came in with -- from the ice cream factory with a five-gallon urn with -- you know, in the freezer with like -- you know, like we used to make. And Owen's wife went over -- everybody, when they got through eating was going to get a dish and getting ice cream. And Olin's wife went to get her some, and she looked up at Olin and said, Olin, if you want any of this, come and get it. These younguns are eating it all up. All right. That was Uncle Archie.

Archie married Lula Vinette Jerkins on 6 May 1900 in Geneva County, Alabama. Lula was born on 15 Aug 1884 in Dale County, Alabama; died on 10 Aug 1959; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "The Lammon Tree":
1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census: single in 1900.
1880 Alabama Soundex.

Rachel Rebecca Lammon Thompson told Elmer Burns Lammon that her "daddy used to get mad at someone's putting an "s" to the name Lammon. She said that Duncan McColskey Lammons and his descendants use the "s" because Mamie wanted to use it. There were some people in Hartford named Sammons, and Mamie liked the sound of it and thought Lammon sounded better with an "s" on it."

July 2000.

Lee married Martha Washington Strickland on 30 Dec 1905 in Geneva County, Alabama. Martha (daughter of Kinchen Peeler Strickland and Sarah Cobb) was born on 26 Sep 1885; died on 10 Dec 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE LAMMON TREE"
1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census.
B - Hartford Cemetery Inscriptions, Geneva Co. Ala., p. 13, by Correspondence from Jane Linton, 10 Jowers Rd., P.O.Box 218, Gordon, Alabama 36343, (1995).
D-ibid.

Carol married Joseph Spencer Fields on 16 Nov 1902 in Geneva County, Alabama. Joseph (son of Alexander Clayton Fields and Roxie Louise Atkinson) was born on 19 Feb 1877 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama; died on 1 Mar 1970; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes:
THE LAMMON TREE 1900 Geneva Co. Alabama Census.
B&D-Geneva Co., Ala. Tomb Records, Vol. 1, p. 6, by correspondence from Houston-Love Memorial Library, 212 W. Burdeshaw St., P. O. Box 1369, Dothan, Alabama 36302.

Headstone says "Jamsie O. Lammon"

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:

Died:
I found this information at http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/getperson.php?personID=I9162&tree=WmtheIm

---Keith Lammon

FamilySearch, Alabama Deaths

Name: Flaudie Frances Hatcher
Death date: 05 Apr 1953
Death place: Dothan, Houston, Alabama
Gender: Female
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Age at death: 68y
Estimated birth year: 1885
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Father name: James Lammon
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Mother name: Mary Barnes
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Film number: 1908878
Reference number: 7703
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974

Flaudie married John Albert Hatcher on 13 Oct 1909 in Geneva County, Alabama. John (son of John S Hatcher and Eunice Metcalf) was born on 22 Oct 1886 in Alabama; died on 31 Jan 1965 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama; was buried in Hartford City Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]