Alexis LEMMON

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Robert Lemmon with brother John and James emigrated to America in 1750, settling in Baltimore, Maryland. They remained there for a number of years agitating the question in favor of America liberty and when wars came they were in the front lines and the heat of battle. Robert Lemmon and his brothers entered the army during the French and Indian War, and served under General Edward Braddock and his Aide de Camp, George Washington. They were in the Battle of Fort Duquesne on July 9th, 1755, on the occasion of defeat and mortal wounding of General Braddock. At the outbreak of the American Revolution the three brothers again entered the services of their country - this time as captains in the Maryland and Virginia lines. Captain James Lemmon was killed in the battle of Brandywine. Captain John Lemmon survived and upon the termination of hostilities moved with his family to Green County, Kentucky where he settled on and improved a fine farm upon the banks of the Green River -- known far and wide as "Lemmon's Bend." He reared a large family, the greater portion of whom subsequently became pioneers in the new states and territories. His great-grandson, Major Alexander C. Lemmon, settled in Dallas, Texas in 1869 and it is for him that Lemmon Avenue in Dallas is named. After serving in the French and Indian War, Robert Lemmon was married to Eleanor Davis -- born in Wales and of the Jefferson Davis lines. In 1786 they moved to Kentucky and settled at Elk Creek, in Shelby County, and he died there after 1800.