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:

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:

From Moody Lee Lammon -

Born on the farm and was deaf until an operation restored his hearing. I was told many times how amazed he was to hear the swamp frogs for the first time. I still have a 22 cal. Winchester rifle he bought new from a hardware store for three dollars. Moved from the farm to Columbus, Georgia when he was twelve. A very outstanding tool and die maker with the Army ordnance at Fort Benning, Georgia, as a member of the Army Field Board No. 4 that was devoted to developing and improving of small arms, instruments and other needs for the Army. This job required a top-secret clearance. The F.B.I. spent three months investigating his past and family history. Most of this time was spent around Hartford, Alabama. ord, Alabama.

At the beginning of World War 2, the draft board had him to report to Atlanta, Georgia for military service three times and each time the F.B.I. appeared and returned him to Fort Benning. After this he was put on a permanent deferment from military service. Retired from Civil Service, Fort Benning, Georgia." __ Moody Lee Lammon, 2000.

John married Lois Paloma Patten about 1927. Lois was born on 7 Mar 1909; died on 13 Jan 1977; was buried in Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Moody Lee Lammon in 2000.

Moved from the farm to Columbus, Georgia with his family 1918. In the early 1930's brothers Jake and Simon Schowb started Schowbilt Clothing for men. It became very successful, with stores in most Southeastern Cities. Walter was their first employee. He remained superintendent in charge of manufacturing until 1941; when he had a tumor the size of a large orange removed from his brain at Emory University Hospital. This left him partly paralyzed on one side. He took care of his mother, said he would not get married as long as his mother lived; this he did. Married very late in life to Beulah Reems.

Walter married Beulah Reams in 1958. Beulah was born on 15 Mar 1902; died on 22 Jan 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Aunt of James E. Moore, Jr.

"Ruth -
Her mother: Beatrice Leonia Bailey Lammon
Her father: Daniel McColskey Lammon
Her sisters: Inez and Jewett
Her brother: D.C.

"Ruth was named from Ruth of the Bible and from Beatrice, her own mother.

"She was born in Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida, Aug. 2, 1901, where her father was in partnership in the sawmill and monument business. Then, at the age of three weeks, the family moved by horse and buggy to Brewton, Alabama, while their 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 that Grandma Bailey (Josephene) gave Beatrice as her inheritance in Wicksburg, Alabama (7 miles from Slocomb).

"In the winter of 1907 my mother's father and sister, Inez, and myself, moved from Castleberry, Alabama, to Wicksburg, Alabama, a small crossroad village. We came by train to Slocomb, Alabama, and were met by my Grandmother Bailey's team of horses and carried out to her Plantation about 8 miles north of that sawmill town. We spent several weeks with her while my Grandmother Bailey and father got things in shape for us to move into a log house with stick-in dirt chimney. The house had 3 rooms and a small piazza (porch), Within 2 years we had one of the finest houses in the community - a two story home our father built." (Quote from Ruth). Until she was nine years old Ruth had not been to school except to visit. She then went to live with Grandma Lammon and Grandpa to attend 9 mo. of her first school in Brewton, Alabama, (Brewton Collegiate Institute). She remembers her first school as having colonial columns and all the "expensive homes She entered the second grade but, when May came, went to Wicksburg and went to the 7th grade there in 1917. She began the 8th grade in Dothan, Alabama, and moved to Graceville during World War I and finished 8th grade. Moved to Brunswick, Georgia, where Papa (her father) worked in shipyard during wartime. Ruth took her first job in Brunswick at age 14 selling hats - her first week she earned $3.50, the next week $7.50, and the next, $10.00. She worked there 8 weeks. She then went to work in a jewelry shop and stayed 1-1/2 days. Ten days later she found a job again, selling hats, and a hat trimmer from Baltimore came in and taught Ruth for 3 months how to make hats. The War ended on Nov. 11th so the family moved back to Graceville. Papa bought a farm in the Graceville, Florida, area and sold the Alabama farm. Since there was no transportation to schools, Ruth went to Hartford to stay with Grandpa and Grandma Lammon (her father's parents.) She was there only two weeks when Grandma got burned. Back to Graceville she went and attended school a little that year. Her appendix ruptured and it had to be
removed. The family then moved to Columbus, Georgia, for a year where Ruth and Inez worked in a cotton mill. Ruth ran the machines and sat reading Public Library books. She read every book the library had by Augusta J. Evans, one of her favorite authors and the author of the novel, "Inez". She then went to Dothan and entered the10th grade and completed it and part of the 11th grade at Slocomb. Ruth then journeyed to Hartford and worked for a lady who owned a hat shop, for one year without pay - for experience. The owner of the shop decided to sell Ruth half interest in the hat shop, so when Ruth was only 20 she borrowed money to go into business. She went to Atlanta, Georgia, for six weeks of training under a hat trimmer there. After she dissolved [the] partnership in Hartford. She moved to Slocomb and opened her own hat shop while living with Grandma Bailey. She was there from 1921 - 1925. She moved to Graceville and opened a hat and dress shop in 1926.

On March 31, 1928 she married Addis Lee Bruner of Cottonwood, Alabama, in Dothan, Alabama. (A judge married them, with Inez as only family witness). She kept the shop in operation in Graceville until 1938. In 1928 she gave birth to a premature baby boy (a six month term baby) who died. In 1932 (July 18) Ruell Granger Bruner was born in Graceville. He was named for his Grandmother Bruner who had been a Granger). In 1938 Ruth opened her own dress shop in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Addis was still farming and the depression years had been hard on him. In 1944 she divorced Addis. She bought half interest in the DeFuniak Hotel (DeFuniak Springs, Florida) in 1944 and the next year bought the other half interest and continued to operate the dress shop, too. In 1946 she sold the dress shop and the following year she bought the Monroe Inn in Tallahassee.

In 1948 she married C.L. Winecoff and divorced him the next year. After he licked his problem of drinking they remarried in 1956. In 1951 she sold the Monroe Inn to Jewett and moved back to the DeFuniak Hotel. In 1951 she bought a restaurant in Niceville and operated it a year. In 1954 she bought the Walton Hotel and operated it until Feb. 1959, when it was demolished. Her son Granger used lumber and brick from it to construct the new Colonial Inn restaurant and lounge in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. In 1954 the Lammon sisters had jointly bought Silver Sands Cottages in Destin, Florida, and then sold Jewett their interest. Ruth built two rental houses in Destin in the late 1950's.

Ruth's eyes had been impaired in the early months of her life when measles settled in them and left them extremely weak. It did not stop her from reading - an avid reader, she still delights in reading anything she can get her hands on, especially history. Talented with her hands, she can create flower arrangements or tables of food that rival the most experienced florist and caterer. She is a Bible student among other things. A story about Ruth, written by Ruth while in grammar school.

RUTH, A SCOTCH LASSIE
Ruth, a Scotch lassie, entered this world
In the county site of Holmes County
In the Land of Flowers.
This event, of which I had nothing to do,
Occurred in the sultry month of August
And in the year President McKinley was assassinated.

"Being the first granddaughter on both sides, so much love was lavished on her as any one baby could well get along with. And by some quaint ancestral notions missed what most babies get, such as catnip teas, toddies, sugar tits and pacifiers. Her name is Ruth Beatrice, this last in honor of her mother and the former from the Biblical story (and as it is said, it is all in a name). From her youth up she has been building a foundation that will enable her to make her life worth while. As "lives of great men all remind us that we too can make our lives sublime."

*When Ruth meets Boaz she will ask, "Why have you found grace in my eyes".

Some lines of poetry written by Ruth in her childhood:

"Love is like an onion
We taste it with delight
But when it is gone we
Wonder what made us bite."

Died:
From "A Mess of Lammons"

Dies in Emory Hospital, Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia at age 78

Ruth married Addis Lee Bruner on 31 Mar 1928 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. Addis was born on 31 Mar 1893 in Houston County, Alabama; died on 6 Dec 1949 in Donaldsonville, Seminole County, Georgia; was buried in Cottonwood City Cemetery, Cottonwood, Houston County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Carmi Ledwell Winecoff in 1948. Carmi was born on 21 Apr 1913; died on 26 Sep 1997; was buried in Destin Memorial Cemetery, Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons", by Elmer Burns Lammon

General Notes: Ibid. 1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census. Info from sister, Jewett Lammon Moore, via James Edward Moore.

Inez and her husband Henry lived in Miami for years, but retired to Destin, Florida.

--Frances DuBose

"Inez was named for Inez Casey, daughter of Bill Casey, Beatrice's uncle. The Book "Inez" by Augusta J. Evans was popular in the early 1800's and that was where Inez Casey's name originated." ? Jewett Lammon

Inez married William Henry Martin on 6 Jul 1914 in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. William was born on 1 Nov 1914 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: 1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census. B-Info from James Edward Moore, 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, FL 32536

Daniel C. Lammon was a Navy man. He married a Lammon, but was divorced-- (Info from Frances DuBose.)

B&D-wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Maletzki

D.C. was named for his father, Daniel.

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

Jewett was a cheerleader (the only one for several years) and seldom missed a sports event. Once the football coach admonished her brother, D.C. Lammon for not playing well and told him that if he did not improve his playing technique he was going to send Jewett in to take his place. D.C. played so hard, he broke his ankle but he would not come out of the game until it was over. When her brother D.C. was very young - possibly four years old, he prayed for a Billy goat. Every night. There wasn't a goat within miles of their place. But one night mysteriously one appeared at their door - just a little thing.

D.C. was overjoyed. His papa built him a little cart, complete with leather harness so the goat could pull D.C.and Jewett around for a ride. But the goat grew and got more unruly. One day he ran away with Jewett in the seat of the cart and tried to jump a fence, spilling Jewett out on the ground. That was to be the end of poor old Billy. They cut his throat and served him up for a meal; But Jewett cried and cried. She can still hear him yelping as he was killed. She refused to eat poor Billy.
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Daniel married Ovie Campbell on 12 Jun 1934 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Elizabeth Maletzki on 13 Aug 1946 in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas. Elizabeth was born on 28 Apr 1914; died on 22 May 2002 in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from James Edward Moore Jr.

Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk wrote the following. Copy obtained courtesy of Granger Bruner, son of Ruth Lammon. -- EBL

"Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk attended Belhaven, Miss, College after graduating from Leon High School (where she was in May Court her senior year). Enrolled at FSU in 1959 and attended two years. Married Peter Paul Hawryluk (a Princeton graduate) on Feb.20, 1960, in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida They moved to Philadelphia for 2-1/2 years and then to Miami. Florida, where Pete was employed as electrical engineer for General Electric. Ann continued her schooling at the University of Miami."

The following account is written by Ann Moore Hawryluk, the daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore:

"Here is a brief history of the Lammon lineage from its first American beginnings. John D. Lammon, (Jewett's first cousin), generously provided this information in January 1999. He has a wealth of knowledge concerning the family history, which was handed down from one generation to another. John D. is a great reference and can be contacted at P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama, 36545. His phone number is (334) 246-4493. His lovely wife is Melanie. He has two sons living in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area who are probably very informed of the family history, as well. Here is my recollection of what he told me and what I already knew of my mother's parents and siblings.

"Sometime during the last quarter of the 18th Century, my great-great-great Grandfather, Duncan Lammon was the first ancestor to reside in America. He was a young man approximately 26 to 28 years old when he committed some infraction in his native country of Scotland. Fearing the King's wrath and possible beheadment, he hid out one night and stowed away on a ship which ultimately brought him to America (specifically North Carolina). Before fleeing Scotland he confided his plan of escape to his parents who admonished him to always remember to name the first born sons in subsequent generations, Duncan, after the King. We don't have a great deal of information about this ancestor other than he married after his arrival in America and had many offspring one of which was his first son, Duncan, who was born in 1792. [Actually, Duncan had an older brother, Daniel, who was born in 1787. - EBL] This second Duncan is my great-great Grandfather. The original Duncan did later learn from his kinsfolk in his native Scotland that the infraction that he perceived to be great enough to merit risking his life to escape to America was later deemed very minor and only a minimum penalty would have applied. The descendents of the original Duncan are scattered throughout the country including factions in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, upper NY State, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Texas.

"My great-great grandfather, Duncan, as noted, was born in 1792 and was of the first generation with its beginnings here in America. He married a woman named Ann. He settled in Alabama through the most extraordinary circumstance. He was on a wagon train that had stopped for camp in the Ozark area in 1833. On that particular night the " stars fell on Alabama" and it was such a momentous and astonishing event that those who were gathered there were certain that it was surely the second coming of Christ. So bedazzled by the occurrence he decided to settle there considering, I presume, that it had been a sign from God. He and Ann are buried in Ozark, Alabama, at the Post Oak Methodist Cemetery (not to be confused with the Post Oak Baptist Cemetery).

"This second Duncan and his wife Ann had several children. John Duncan Lammon was their first born son though they had daughters preceding him. John Duncan is my great-grandfather and was born in 1839. He and his wife had nine children and, Daniel, my grandfather was their seventh. John Duncan subsequently joined the Confederate Army and was assigned to the 6th Alabama Infantry, in Company B. We do not know his rank. He is buried in the Hartford, Alabama, City Cemetery along with MANY of our Lammon ancestors. There is a very tall monument that marks his grave in that cemetery which my cousin, John D. Lammon, has in recent years had restored (the base had deteriorated).

"My grandfather is Daniel Lammon. He married my grandmother, Beatrice Bailey, and they had four children, Ruth, Inez, D.C., and my mother Jewett, who was the youngest. Ruth was born in 1901; Inez was born in 1905; D.C.'s birth year is uncertain but he is older than Jewett who was born June 3, 1910. Daniel and Beatrice raised their children in the Slocomb, Alabama and Graceville, Florida, areas. Daniel was an accomplished carpenter. He worked at a lumber mill in northwest Florida during part of his life. He also built houses. Daniel Lammon is buried in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He died in the mid-1940's." Ann Moore Hawryluk.
Ibid. Info from son, James Edward Moore Jr., 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, Fl 32536 (1996).

Ruth Lammon wrote the following note. Obtained courtesy of her son, Granger Bruner. -- EBL]

"Jewett is thought to have been named for a Doctor. She and James met while both were living in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and were married in Ponce de Leon, Florida, by Rev. A.M. Moore at the Presbyterian Church on Oct. 10, 1931, before a Saturday night revival congregation as witnesses. No family other than Rev. Moore was present. Spent honeymoon night at Martin Hotel, Dothan, Alabama; Ate their first meal as newlyweds with family members at Aunt Yancie Griffin's in Dothan. Then went by to see Jewett's mother, Mrs. Beatrice Lammon in Slocomb, Alabama, where she was Southeastern Telephone Company Supervisor. Went on to the Cove Hotel in Panama City, Sunday night, Oct. 11, for rest of honeymoon stay.

Children of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore, Sr.

Quinton Inez, March 25, 1933
James Edward, Jr., Oct. 5, 1934
Arthur Bailey, Jan. 11, 1937
Ann Lois, March 20, 1939

Quinton was named for a family friend, Quinton Strickland Smith who was a nurse from Dothan, Alabama, and for Aunt Inez Lammon, her mother's sister. James was named for his daddy and great granddaddy and was called James Edward as his friends called his daddy James or Jim. Arthur was named for his granddaddy Moore (Rev. Arthur Monroe Moore) and for the Bailey family (Jewett's granddaddy was Ben Bailey and her mother's maiden name was Beatrice Bailey Lammon). Ann Lois was named for her daddy's only sister, Anne Lois Moore Buchhorn who resided after her marriage in Texas City, Texas.

Jewett was outstanding in speech recitations while in Graceville, Florida, high school. She was a cheerleader and seldom missed a sports event. Once the football coach admonished her brother, D.C. Lammon, about not playing well and said if he didn't improve his game he was going to send Jewett into the game in his place. D.C. played so hard he broke his ankle but he wouldn't come out of the game until it was over. Jewett graduated from Graceville High School in 1929. She then worked for the Southeastern Telephone Co, in Hartford and Samson, Alabama, and in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She became supervisor over 7 exchanges but had to resign when she married (company policy).

When James and Jewett married they lived in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, where James entered an unsuccessful race for tax assessor. He went then to Austin, Tex., to enter the University of Texas and Jewett went home to her mother's in Slocomb, Alabama, to await the arrival of their first child. Quinton was born March 25, 1933 and her daddy didn't get to see her until she was about three months old, when his school semester ended and he returned to Florida and Alabama. Beatrice Lammon, Jewett's mother, died two weeks later on June 22, 1933.

In August of 1933, Jewett, James and the five month old baby Quinton went by train to Austin, Texas. The train had to be ferried across the Mississippi River at New Orleans. They were in Austin from August 1933 to the Spring of 1935. James, Jr. was born in Austin on Oct 5, 1934. James, Sr. got a degree from the University of Texas and Theological Degree from Austin Presbyterian Seminary.

The family then moved to Irving, Texas, where he took his first pastorate at $110 a month. They moved next to Falfurris, Texas over the Christmas holidays of 1936. A few weeks later, on Jan 11, 1937, Arthur Bailey was born at home, weighing 12 pounds Ann Lois was born in a hospital in Alice, Texas by Cesarean section, March 20, 1939, while the family was living in Falfurris. The family now moved to Conroe, Texas, in 1939 and stayed until 1943. The Presbyterian congregation met at the high school for worship and at the Moore home for various Sunday school classes until the new church was constructed. Ann was the first baby baptized as a Presbyterian in Montgomery County, Texas.

The next move took the Moore family to Big Spring in West Texas in March of 1943. They remained until Christmas 1945. James was pastor of First Presbyterian. Jewett and the children spent part of 1946 in DeFuniak Springs, with Jewett's sister Ruth; and part of 1947 in Miami Springs with her other sister Inez. [because James wanted to divorce Jewett - per Quin Moore Sherrer. - EBL]. Jewett and the children went back to DeFuniak for 4 years, where Jewett managed the DeFuniak Hotel for sister Ruth. They moved to Tallahassee next, where Jewett bought the Monroe Inn in 1951. While at the Monroe Inn, Jewett was up at 5 a.m. every day - to get breakfast going and lunch underway. She fed many college students, construction men, and state employees at noon and dinner hour. She usually had 25 to 40 boarders. Meals were served family style for 50 cents. Later prices went up to 75 cents per meal and room and board varied from $12.50 a week to $17.50, depending on private bath. Many of the college boys who lived with her, or just ate with her daily, adopted her as their "second mother."

While in Tallahassee she launched all 4 children at Florida State University and, in time, the three oldest graduated from there, with Ann having completed 2 years. She got her degree from the University of North Florida after her children were born. In 1954 the Lammon sisters had jointly purchased Silver Sands Cottages, Destin, Florida, and in 1959 Jewett moved to Destin to manage the Cottages which she had purchased two years previously from the other sisters (Inez and Ruth).

James continued to live in Texas and lived in Austin and Dallas while employed by the University of Texas Extension Division*

When Jewett was 10 years old, in the 4th grade, she was looking out of the second story of the new school one afternoon just before it was time for school to end. Actually she'd walked to the window to spit out of it - which was against the rules. But she looked down and saw old man McKeever coming out of the basement. He was acting a bit wild so she called Radius Wadford over to look at Mr. McKeever. Moments later fire broke out from the basement. Inez and Ruth were on first floor and saw smoke before those on 2nd floor knew of it. Kids ran out of the building.

Because it was discovered so soon it did little damage. But someone had put shavings in the basement and set them on fire. All evidence pointed to Mr. McKeever. Jewett and Radius had to go with a schoolteacher to testify at McKeever's trial in Marianna. Jewett's mother had packed her a sack lunch and told her to eat it. The others went to a cafe to eat lunch but Jewett had to eat her lunch alone - she didn't have the money and she had to do what her mother had told her. As it turned out she was paid $3.25 for testifying. Mr. McKeever was acquitted - thought to be a bit touched. But Jewett had gotten to ride all the way from Graceville to Marianna in a very fine automobile and had a day off from school to boot. But was she scared. Not half as scared as the schoolteacher who had to testify, too, she says.
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Jewett married James Edward Moore, Sr on 10 Oct 1931 in Ponce De Leon, Holmes County, Florida. James was born on 9 Jun 1910 in Smith County, Mississippi; died on 3 May 1995 in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi; was buried on 5 May 1995 in Sharon Cemetery, Coats, Simpson County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Personal Info via phone and letter from sister, Barbara Jem Lammon Helland (1996).
Killed during WWII; lost at sea.

Note from son, Mark A. Lammon:
My father's name was spelled Holcombe on his birth certificate but my mother said that he didn't like the "e" and usually spelled it Holcomb.

[The following article is from "The Lookout", dated June, 1945. Conveyed to me by Mark A. Lammon - EBL]

Fifteen American Heroes

Fifteen American merchant seamen, including the vessel's master, lost their lives but all 19 Norwegian refugees who were aboard were saved when the Liberty ship HENRY BACON was sunk by German planes off the Norway coast recently, the War Shipping Administration reported. The heroism, seamanship and self-sacrifice of the American crew brought a fervent expression of appreciation from Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian High Command in London to whom the refugees related details of their escape from death in Arctic waters. After carrying 7,500 tons of war cargo to Murmansk, Russia, the HENRY BACON, named in honor of the famous architect who designed the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, started home in 'convoy. As passengers she carried 19 of several hundred Norwegian refugees who were being evacuated with the convoy to the United Kingdom.

Off the coast of Norway the war freighter twice lost contact with the convoy because of heavy weather and finally became the target of more than a score of enemy planes. Witnesses report five were shot down by the Navy armed guard of the ship before an aerial torpedo plunged into the hold under the No. 5 hatch. The vessel began settling at once but until she went down her guns kept firing. When the order to abandon ship was given one of the four lifeboats was smashed in lowering and another had been damaged by weather and capsized. Two were successfully launched, one carrying the 19 refugees and a few crewmen and the other, 15 crewmen and seven gunners. All these and other survivors who had jumped overboard or had taken to rafts were later picked up by British naval craft. All senior officers having been lost in the sinking, Joseph L. Scott, acting third officer, of 144 Main Street, Norway, Maine, makes the official report on the loss of the HENRY BACON. He related that the master, Capt. Alfred Carini, of 4415 Thirty-fourth Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y. went down with his ship. He was last seen on the bridge.

Other heroic actions reported by Scott were:
Robert J. Hunt, purser, whose mother, Mrs. Mary Scott live sat 422 Arlington Street, Greensboro, N. C., might have saved his own life had he not stopped to give first aid to a wounded gunner.
Donald F. Haviland, chief engineer, whose next of kin is his sister, Mrs. F. McGrath, 51 Kensington Road, Weymouth, Mass., was safe in a lifeboat but chose to give his seat to a younger man and returned to the sinking ship. He was not seen again.
Holcomb Lammon, boatswain, of 1005 Montgomery Street, Mobile, Ala., saved the lives of many before losing his own, Scott reports.
From Crown Prince Olav, commander-in-chief of the Norwegian Forces, Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, USN, retired, War Shipping Administrator, has received the following letter:
"I am in receipt of a communication from the Norwegian High Command in London commending highly the spirit, loyalty and ability of the officers and crew of the vessel HENRY BACON, of the United States commercial fleet.

"On receipt of this heroic tale I find it incumbent upon me to express to you, Sir, my appreciation and admiration of the outstanding discipline and self-sacrifice displayed by the officers and crew of the HENRY BACON, in pact with the finest tradition of American sailors."


Taken from U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II
"SS Henry Bacon, Aerial Torpedo, Sunk 2/23/45,
Casualties: Liberty Crew 15, Armed Guard 7"
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The following are excerpts from the recently published (2001) book, "The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon". I have included every instance in which Holcombe Lammon is mentioned in the book, along with, I hope, enough of the surrounding story to give the reader an idea of what is going on. The two Merchant Marine crewmen of interest to us are Holcombe Lammon, Jr., and his younger brother, Allen. - EBL, Jan 2002]
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"On November 19 the Bacon docked in New York where additional minor repairs were completed. Shipping articles were signed on November 21, 1944. Boatswain [bos'n] Holcomb Lammon Jr. signed on the Bacon that same day. Lammon previously had served on two other ships, the SS Azalea City [December 18, 1943-March 3, 1944] and the SS Jerome K. Jones [April 3, 1944-June 12, 1944]. On June 12 the Jones came under air raids and attacks by U-boats five or six times. He was an experienced hand."
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[The following is an account of what happened after some crewmen of the Henry Bacon, docked at Murmansk, Russia, had stowed away a couple of Russian girls with the intention of taking them to England. - EBL]
? The lieutenant began an investigation "and they were found in number 5 hold... well stocked with blankets and provisions, supplied by Merchant mess boys." They were taken to Sippola's cabin, where they were questioned. They didn't provide much resistance, even though they knew they would be sent to the salt mines. Lieutenant Sippola had taken away the knives the women had secreted in their long felt boots. They remained under guard until they were reluctantly turned back to the Soviets. No one at the time said they knew how the women got aboard. Some theorized that they worked as checkers - comparing the cargo being unloaded with their clipboard lists - during the day. "The last day of unloading," Normand Croteau suggested, "they never got off.... The only thing the crew had to go on about who brought them aboard was by identifying the provisions and blankets. Knowing that whoever brought them aboard wouldn't use his own blankets-but someone else's-we didn't prejudge anyone."

The true story of the Russian women was not told until David Goodrich decided to come clean - years later:
"Mike Norris and I met two sisters-about 17 - 18. They lived in a boxcar; blankets and straw for a bed. They wanted to get to England, [so] we dressed them up in overcoats and wool hats we got from fellow crew members. It was snowing hard, and we got past the Russian guards at shipside; got up the ladder and crawled along the deck to the chain lockers. No one saw us. We went to the steward and told him what we had done. He gave us food for them. We got them out of the locker and put them in number 5 hold. It was warm next to the shaft alley. The next morning we heard a commotion on deck. The girls climbed down the ladder out of the hold and were being brought to the captain to be interviewed. A tugboat came alongside with military officers and a female crew. The girls would not turn Mike and I in, [but] the Russians would not let the ship leave until someone confessed. Mike and I decided to admit it to the captain. The Russians wanted to put us in a salt mine in Siberia, but we were away from the dock, so got away on a technicality. As the girls started down the gangway, the first one was grabbed and thrown in the hold. The second one jumped in the sea. The Russian crew only laughed and did nothing. She was turning blue. Our bos'n [Holcomb Lammon] jumped from the ship and rescued her. She was thrown in with her sister. About two hours later we received a signal that they had been sent to a labor camp. I think it was then I understood what Communism
was all about."
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[One really needs to read the book to appreciate the following account, but I will try to summarize the situation. After a valiant battle with 23 German JU-88 torpedo bombers off the coast of Norway, a torpedo fatally hit the Henry Bacon. Because of the ship's having taken on 19 Norwegian refugees and having had several lifeboats damaged through various causes, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of the passengers and crew. All of the refugees were put aboard the first lifeboat. - EBL]
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? When Captain Carini ordered the launching of the second and only remaining lifeboat with Joe Scott in charge, he expressed optimism about the Bacon. "She won't sink, she won't sink," he said repeatedly. "She's a good ship." Belief again overshadowed reality. The captain believed the ship would stay afloat a long time. He thought that the British destroyers would reach them in time. What he didn't know was that the ships were about sixty miles away - about a two-hour run for a destroyer. And, by the time they arrived, the Henry Bacon would be gone for about an hour and forty minutes. Even though he held out hope that the Bacon would not sink, when the men gathered to board the last lifeboat, Carini watched carefully to make sure that the Navy gunners who had performed so magnificently on the guns just a few minutes before would get their share of seats. Oiler Woodie Pozen explained that at first "no one volunteered to go toward that lifeboat as they were afraid they might take someone's place. Finally some of the Navy boys got in, followed by members of the crew." Bos'n Holcomb Lammon, 23, and his brother Allan, a 19-year-old deckman, were present at the launching, and a choice befitting a biblical Solomon was made. It was decided that one brother should board the last lifeboat and the other should stay. Holcomb remembering his duties and responsibilities, decided to stay; Allan, thinking of his brother's wife and children, with great reluctance agreed to be the one to leave.
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Official reports stated that there were more than thirty men stranded aboard the Henry Bacon without lifeboats or rafts. Goodrich puts the number at "about twelve." All crewmen had been warned that no human could survive in the Arctic Ocean in the winter for more than a short time, about five minutes when the water was 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Two of the more ingenious men-Bos'n Holcomb Lammon and Gunner's Mate Frank Reid-began making rafts even before the last lifeboat was launched. They used the heavy 12-by-12 inch beams left on the deck of the Bacon, previously used to cradle the locomotives that they had carried to Murmansk, Clyde Loar remembered. The lumber was located in the chain room. "We figured that the men would need something to climb on when the Bacon went under," Reid explained. Working independently but assisted by other crew members, each man formed a rectangle with four beams and lashed the ends together with rope. Heavy planks from the hatches and deck were tied on for a covering. It was a Herculean task considering how little time they had. After completing their rafts, both Lammon and Reid turned them over to others. Lammon, a veteran of the SS Azalea City and the SS Jerome K Jones, made his way to the main deck forward and, giving no thought to saving himself, concentrated on assisting other members of the crew to get clear of the ship. "His endeavors in the short time between our torpedoing and the time he jumped over the side no doubt saved many lives," Third Mate Scott stated in his official report to the US Navy.
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Howard Gray, a 17-year old Merchant Marine wiper, recalled, "The sea was so rough it was impossible to maneuver the boat back to pick up anybody. It was all we could do to keep from being swamped." Scott said, "My heart sank very low when we were on the crest of a high wave and I could see the bow of the Henry Bacon going down. The next time we rode high, the Henry Bacon had sunk; how many went down with her I didn't know. Oh, how I wish I could have saved more lives." In a deposition made by Joe Scott on March 23, 1945, he indicated the following casualties: Captain Alfred Carini, Chief Engineer Donald F. Haviland, Lynn R. Palmer, "he was with the captain on the bridge just before the ship sank and probably went down with the ship..." Carl D. H. Fubel, "... just as the boilers blew up shortly before the vessel sank. Walker said that the ventilator blew up and parts of it smashed in Fubel's head. He believes that Mr. Fubel was killed instantly..." Robert J. Hunt, "...had been feeling very sick for some days before we were torpedoed. He jumped over the side just before the Henry Bacon went down. Before leaving the ship, he had rendered first aid to one of the gun crew..." Holcomb Lammon, " ... was last seen on the main deck forward, endeavoring to improvise a life raft. He jumped over the side just before the vessel sank..." Robert Cramer, was last"... seen jumping over the side of the ship..." Frederick C. Funken, "...was seen jumping over the side of the ship..." Donald P. Schiesher, "... some of the crew informed me that this man froze to death and his body slipped off [the improvised raft] into the water..." Edgar B. Snyder, "...suffered from a cold for about a week [before the Bacon sank]. He jumped over the side of the ship just before she sank..." Joseph E. Provencal, "... while [he] was being lifted out of the water by one of the destroyers, he lost his grip and drifted into the screws of the propeller...." John W. Mastracci, "... died of exposure [on an improvised raft] ?Cornelius Kearns, "...he was standing [on the starboard side of number 3 hatch} just before the ship upturned and sank..." George W. Shipka, "...froze to death on the improvised raft..." and James Martin, "... the captain of the destroyer Opportune informed me that this man was last seen in the water alongside the destroyer. They could not reach him as his body drifted away. Jerome Gerold stated in an official report that "four Navy men were lost while being hoisted aboard the destroyer Opportune by hooks. They had on kapok life jackets which seemed to be entirely inadequate for any strain by these hooks, as a result of which these life jackets ripped and the four men were lost." In the same document, Gerold said he saw Sippola "in the water hanging to a piece of wood. When the destroyer came alongside they threw him a line. He let go of the piece of wood to grab the line but failed? He went down and was not seen after that." He attested that four members of the gun crew, Armstrong, McQuistion, Lomelino, and Frank Reid, were also witnesses.

In a document from the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, the list of Armed Guard grew to include: Sippola, Allard, Burr, Harlacher, Mayden, Potvin, and Rubley. "The date of such determination [of death] be fixed as of 15 May 1945, the date on which information conclusively established their deaths?." Normand Croteau was also listed as missing in action, but that error was later corrected. When he was deposed, night cook and baker George Bartin remembered: "Aside from Lynn R. Palmer, whom I saw dead in the water [He recalled that Palmer's body "was motionless, his head hung forward and foam was coming from his mouth?. I understand that the doctor on the British destroyer informed the crew not to pick up anyone in the water who was foaming at the mouth."], I know of three others in the crew who died in the water before I was rescued. They were: Purser Robert J. Hunt, "about twenty minutes after I was in the water, I saw this man let go of a piece of timber to which he was clinging...he drifted away from me...; Able-bodied Seaman Frederick C. Funken, "about one hour after I saw Mr. Hunt, I saw this man motionless in the water. He was foaming at the mouth...his
body drifted away from me...; Bos'n Holcomb Lammon, "was clinging to the same timber that I was... because of the excitement of seeing the rescue ship, he let go of the timber and as soon as he did so, his body submerged and never came to the surface again. He had discarded his life preserver some time before....
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RESCUE
? Pozen said. "Then I looked up and saw the crosstrees of the destroyer. I waved my arms like the devil. With wonderful maneuvering the captain of the destroyer, which I later found was HMS Zambesi, got to us." Burbine disagreed with the hand waving. "We were unable to stand up when they set us on the deck [of the Zambesi]. Our clothes were frozen to our bodies, and had to be cut off. We were so frozen, we couldn't use our hands to reach for the ropes."
"Burbine and the Navy man (Silas Doe) were able with the aid of a few sailors from the destroyer to get aboard," Pozen continued. "I had hold of the heaving line which they had thrown to me. They told me to tie it around myself, but my hands were so numb and I was so exhausted that I called to them and told them I couldn't make it." But, they would not let him perish. "They yelled down to me, 'Hold that line; don't let go!'" One of the destroyer's crew members, whose name Pozen would never know" came down a Jacob's ladder onto the raft and tied the line around me. I weighed so much with all my wet gear on that it took fifteen or twenty men to pull me aboard.

"Four men grabbed me, one by each arm and one by each leg and carried me facedown into the shower room. Then they took off all my clothes, put blankets on me and took me, to a bench and made a bed for me. Later the doctor came in and asked me how I felt, but I was too dazed to know. "Then they brought in George Bartin, night cook and baker. They sat him on the table. He was frothing at the mouth and had a vacant stare in his eyes. I called his name, but he didn't answer. Finally they put him into bed and that was the last I saw of him until the next day."

Bartin had had a rough time of it. He and Bosun Holcomb Lammon were submerged in the Arctic for several hours and shortly before the destroyers appeared they were clinging to the same piece of timber. "Because of the excitement of seeing the rescue ship," Bartin related years later, "he (Lammon) let go the timber and as soon as he did so his body submerged and never came to the surface again. He had discarded his life preserver some time before."
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The Meritorious Service Citation attached to Holcomb Lammon's official record states, "He worked indefatigably until the last moment and then jumped over the side. He was not among those rescued. His courage, skill and determination to save lives, without thought to his own safety, will be a lasting inspiration to all seamen of the United States Merchant Marine." Lammon was awarded the Mariner's Medal posthumously.
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Holcombe married Alice Marie Schieffelin on 28 Nov 1941 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Alice was born on 22 Mar 1916 in Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama; died on 11 Apr 1998 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; was buried on 13 Apr 1998 in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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Allen served aboard the "SS Henry Bacon" and was one of the survivors of its sinking.
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Allen married Mary Otillie DavisChickasaw, Mobile County, Alabama. Mary was born on 5 Oct 1923 in Chickasaw, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married John Rudolph Helland [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from self via phone (1996). John retired after a career in the US Postal Service. One of his passions was The War Between the States, on which subject he had an extensive library. He was a member of Sons of the Confederacy, having descended directly from a Confederate veteran, John Lammon. Another hobby of John's was the family ancestry. (See notes for John Lammon, for example.) Blessed with a very good memory, he remembered stories about the family that had been passed down from one generation to the next since the family left Scotland. He served in the US Navy. John Duncan, never having gotten a college education, was rightly proud of having put each of his three sons through college.
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From "Alabama Obituary and Death Notice Collection" at www.genealogybuff.com

Lammon

John Duncan Lammon, 73, of Jackson died March 27, 2005 at his residence after a long bout with heart and Parkinson?s disease.

He was a long time member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Walker Springs. He was a four-year veteran of the United States Navy having served in Korea. He was retired from the United States Postal Service after 32 years of service. He was a member of the Santa Fe Lodge #226 in Jackson. He was a member of the Scottish Rite in Mobile. He was member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the grandson and namesake of a Confederate veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Melanie Lammon, Jackson; two sons, Dwight Lammons, Coker, Dan Lammon, Birmingham; five grandsons.

The service was held March 30 at 2 p.m. in the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Burial was in the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery in Walker Springs. Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson directed.

Active pallbearers were Daniel P. Lammon, David H. Lammon, Scott Lammon, Eddie Pezent, Ronnie Moore and Earl King.

Honorary pallbearers were Pee Wee Hoven, Marion Wilson, Willard Bayles, Lem Finney, Tommy Windham, Kenneth Autry, Willard Nichols, John D. Gill, John D. Purvis, Infirmary Hospice Nurses, Gay Walker, Michelle Wilson and Kim Adams.

Died:
According to his obituary, he died after a long bout with heart and Parkinson's disease.

John married Julaine Pearson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Willie Joyce Stephens on 24 May 1980. Willie was born on 19 Mar 1942; died on 27 Jul 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Melanie Vick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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The following information is from Regina by telephone conversation with EBL.

Regina said that when she was young, she was a tomboy and could climb a tree faster, pitch balls harder, and hit farther than any of the boys.

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Family/Spouse: Benge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dean Rundquist. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kenneth related the following to Elmer Burns Lammon by telephone.
Kenneth "Butch" Lammon spent 8 years in the US Army, working as a heavy vehicle driver. He served in Germany, Austria, Italy and Alaska. After completing his Army service, he worked for a supermarket chain as a truck driver. He was also once employed in metal stamping. A member of the Teamsters union, Kenneth retired in Stanton, California.

In California, Kenneth likes to camp in Yosemite and Sequoya national parks. He also likes to camp in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Notes from the author based upon telephone conversations with Jim:

Jim grew up in California; served in the US Air Force; flew in B-36s, among other airplanes, as a tail gunner. He did aerial photography. After leaving the AF, he was a professional photographer and, displaying an unusual mix of skills, a machinist.

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Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Ibid. Frances DuBose, 769 Linlen, Mobile Alabama, 36609, 205-344-2973 (1996).

Note by Frances Lammon DuBose:

Frances Lammon DuBose

The usual things of school, growing up - learning Spanish while in Nicaragua - forgetting it all when we came home. Also worked at Brookley AFB after graduation. I met Clancy when he was stationed there as a 2nd Lt. new to the Air Force. When a year later he was sent to pilot training, we married and started an air force career. We were stationed in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Alabama, Ohio, Panama Canal Zone, Maine -where he died while still on active duty. When Sheri finished high school in Maine we moved back to Mobile for her to go to college here. I worked various jobs -University -Doctor
-title insurance company, etc. until I decided to 'retire". Since then I have done a lot of volunteer work and have just enjoyed being grandma.

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Frances married Clarence Roosevelt Dubose on 26 Dec 1951 in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi. Clarence was born on 24 Jun 1928 in Blackville, Barnwell County, South Carolina; died on 4 Oct 1969 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; was buried on 8 Oct 1969 in Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yonges Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gameriwet/January%202003.htm#Lammon

Moody Lee Lammon, 72, of Jacksonville, Fla. and Manchester, Ga., died January 22 at his home. Graveside services were held January 25 at Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, according to Cox Funeral Home in Manchester.

Mr. Lammon was born October 2, 1930 in Phenix City, Ala., the son of John and Lois Lammon. He was a retired supervisor with Georgia Power having worked for 35 years. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda H. Lammon of Manchester, Ga.; a daughter, Jean (Jim) Hall of Jacksonville, Fla.; three grandsons, Richard Payne, Robert Lammon and Christopher Lammon, all of Jacksonville, Fla.

Information from Moody Lee Lammon

"Born in Phenix City, Ala. and moved across the river to Columbus, Ga. when I was three months old. Had a happy childhood growing up in a neighborhood with many children my age. The Army called in 1950. I missed going to Korea by the skin of my teeth. Completed basic training and advanced artillery (155 mm Howitzer) at Fort Benning Ga. next to my hometown. Completed my tour of duty in Germany. Enjoyed directing artillery fire but not the Army life. Retired from Georgia Power Co. (Steam Generating Plant) in 1989 and have enjoyed every minute of it, do not know how I ever had time to work." -- Moody Lee Lammon

Moody married Mary Anne Tillman on 21 Nov 1954 in Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama. Mary was born on 1 Mar 1934; died on 8 Sep 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Moody married Brenda Joyce Hutcherson on 26 Sep 1995 in Hellen, Georgia. Brenda was born on 23 Sep 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
From www.findagrave.com -

Died in the early morning hours of Monday, October 22, 2012, in Bay Medical Center.

Buried:
Obituary from www.findagrave.com -

Mr. Granger Bruner, age 80, a local businessman, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, October 22, 2012, in Bay Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1932, in Graceville, Florida, the son of Addis Lee Bruner and Ruth Beatrice Lammon Bruner.

Granger was a man with an adventurous spirit. He enjoyed taking on new projects and challenges.

He had a strong interest in history and enjoyed reading and discussing historical events with others.

His entrepreneurial spirit led him to successfully build a coin operated laundry business in Walton and Okaloosa Counties and surrounding area. He continued his business career by spending the majority of his time in real estate development and sales through his Real Estate Company, Granger Bruner Realty.

Granger is predeceased by his wife, Sally Hodges Bruner; his parents, Addis Lee Bruner and Ruth Beatrice Lammon Bruner; and his step-father, C. L. Winecoff.

He is survived by one son, one daughter, one grandson, one sister, three sisters-in-law, and a very caring group of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The Bruner family wishes to express their gratitude to Granger's caregivers, as well as the staff of Stanley House in DeFuniak Springs.

The family has asked that no flowers be sent, rather, memorials may be made in Granger Bruner's memory to one's favorite charity.

Visitation: 4 to 6pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2012, in the Jerry Evans Chapel.

Graveside services: 11:00am, Thursday, October 25, 2012, in Magnolia Cemetery, with Dr. Bob Jaye officiating. Burial: in the Bruner Family Plot.

Obituary courtesy of Jerry Evans Funeral Homes; DeFuniak Springs, Florida; used with permission.

Family/Spouse: Sally Jean Hodges. Sally was born on 13 Apr 1934 in Vernon, Washington County, Florida; died on 12 Mar 2008 in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from James Edward Moore Jr. The following note from Quinton, herself, December 2001:

Quinton Inez Moore, (called Quin), eldest daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James E, Moore. Born March 25, 1933 in Slocomb, Ala. Graduated Leon High School, Tallahassee, Florida, 1951. Graduated from Florida State University 1955 with BS in Journalism. Married LeRoy R. Sherrer of Bay City, Texas, on Christmas Day, 1955 at the Walton Hotel, DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

LeRoy's having already earned a Math degree from FSU 1954, the couple moved to Houston where he studied engineering at the University of Houston. Quin did postgraduate study during this time.

After he earned his engineering degree, they moved to Titusville, Florida where LeRoy was an aeronautical engineer with NASA until he retired. Quin was a newspaper reporter and magazine feature article writer.

In the past 16 years she has written or co-authored 22 Christian books, primarily on prayer and strengthening the home. Several have been best sellers in the Christian market. Her latest book, "God Be With Us-A Daily Guide To Praying For Our Nation" was written for Time Warner Books right after the September 11, 2001 tragedy in our nation.

She has spoken on more than 250 radio and television stations and speaks at women's conferences both in the U.S. and other nations.

Following his retirement, LeRoy attended Bible school in Dallas where all three of their children graduated. From there they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for LeRoy to serve on a church staff. Their three children, Quinett, Keith and Sherry eventually relocated to Colorado Springs. Now, Quin and LeRoy can enjoy their six grandchildren. (Dec 2001)

Notes written by Quinton Inez Moore, furnished by R. Granger Bruner from the archives of Ruth Lammon:

From Quin's Memory bank: During the Second War when you had to cut your own bread, James, Jr., got the butcher knife used for cutting bread and tried to cut some small pieces of wood with it for his kite. "James, put that down or you'll cut your finger off," his older sister warned. Just then he sliced his little finger. He held it in his hand while mother took him to the doctor to sew it back on. It was crooked but because it was still hanging on by the skin, they were able to save it! Praise God.

Another time James and Arthur found some kind of medicine or poison of some type and offered to let Quin taste it if she wouldn't tell on them. When she tasted it, she feared all three would die so she "told Mama" who panicked and cried and poked bread and milk down all of us. I prayed and prayed I wouldn't die and the next day being Sunday I tried to join the church...

Another time in Conroe a mad dog got loose and James, Jr. had to climb a tree until he got out of our yard. Our little doggie had to be tied up and kept that way for days to be sure he didn't get rabies from the mad dog. It was very frightening.

Links:

https://prabook.com/web/quinton.sherrer/3747586

Quinton married Leroy Raymond Sherrer on 25 Dec 1955 in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. Leroy was born on 6 Apr 1928 in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas; died on 23 Aug 2009 in Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida; was buried in Destin Memorial Cemetery, Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Barbara Carlene Hughes on 29 Oct 1955 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Barbara was born on 6 Feb 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Roxie Anna Notgrass on 3 Jun 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beverly Sue Johnson. Beverly was born on 11 Jun 1945; died on 18 Nov 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Linda Wilson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Peter Paul Hawryluk [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mark married Sandra Elaine Finley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Johnny Poindexter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Passed away at Methodist West Hospital in Houston, Texas

Family/Spouse: Steven Benjamin Sharber. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Dale Loner on 29 Feb 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Pamela Diane Wilkinson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Colleen Joy Chidester [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Don Edward Miller [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Scott Wesley Benco. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dwight married Carol Ann Barnett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sandra Barnett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from father, John Duncan Lammon
B&D-Mt. Gilead Cem., Walker Springs, Clark Co., Alabama via Internet: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clarke/cemetery/mountgil.txt 20 July 1998

The following note is from John Daniel Lammon, William Patrick's brother:

"Elmer,

Here is the Info on my brother Willie that you had requested:
My brother's full name was William Patrick Lammon. He was known formally as "Will" on school rosters and such, but everyone always called him Willie. He was born on Jan. 22, 1960 in Miami Springs, Fla. He graduated from high school in 1978 from Jackson Academy in Jackson, Ala. He later completed undergraduate course work at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Patrick Henry Junior College in Monroeville. Willie eventually received his certificate as a physical therapy assistant from UAB in 1986. After graduation he worked for a year at Rotary Rehabilitation in Mobile from 1986-1987. He died Feb. 6, 1987 from cardiac arrest secondary to a grand mal seizure. He had been stricken with epilepsy when a teenager as a result of a head injury during a basketball game. After being diagnosed with epilepsy he suffered greatly from the numerous seizures and the lifestyle changes it required. His numerous medications would always leave him feeling tired and in a drugged-out state. The epilepsy also hampered his activity and he was never able to obtain a driver's license until the very end of his life when he had been seizure-free for a year. Still, he took it all in stride and usually kept his since of humor about the whole ordeal. He was well liked, had numerous friends, and was known for his dry wit."

- John Daniel Lammon, July 2000
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Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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Tommy Jack was the son of Willie Joyce Stevens when John Duncan Lammon and Willie Joyce were married. John adopted Tommy Jack. Tommy Jack died of cancer at age 21. He was a Sergeant in the US Army.

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Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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Terri was the daughter of Willie Joyce Stevens when John Duncan Lammon and Willie Joyce were married. John adopted Terri.

Teresa has been missing since 1991. She was stationed in Washington, DC, and corresponded with several people, includ ing adoptive father John Duncan Lammon. Her letters ceased to arrive for all these correspondents simultaneously, John Duncan's efforts to find her whereabouts have produced no results. (2001 EBL)

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Sharon married Arthur Dale Burgess [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]