Bio taken from the Obits of the David City and Mt. Vernon Hawkeye newspapers---Dr. C.L. Lemon, retired minister and former district superintendent of the Davenport district, died suddenly on Monday February 22, 1932 in Iowa, of a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Methodist church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, conducted by the pastor Rev. E.T. Gough, assisted by Dr. Frank Cole vice president of Cornell college, and Dr. Earle A. Baker, superintendent of the Davenport district. The body was taken to Rising City, Nebraska for burial in the Rising Sun Cemetery.
Lincoln Chester Lemon was the fifth child of six children born to Lemuel D. and Rebecca (Dyer) Lemon, on May 21, 1861 at Weeping Water, Nebraska. In about the year 1873 he went with his parents to Butler County, Nebraska and settled on a farm near Rising City, growing to manhood here.
His parents were devout, his father an earnest Methodist, and also his grandfather. His mother was of Quaker descent. At the early age of eight years he was constrained to go forward in an evangelistic service and make his public confession to Christ, following which he united with the Methodist Episcopal church.
He felt drawn toward the ministry and began to turn his attention in that direction. His first sermon was preached in a little country school house in 1881. He was admitted into the Nebraska conference on trial in 1884 and into full membership in 1886. He received his ordination to Deacons orders in 1886 and to Elder's orders in 1888. He served the following appointments in the Nebr. conference: Bellwood, Garrison, Stromsburg, Utica, Bradshaw, Ashland, Waverly, and the Emmanuel church in Lincoln.
He was a student in the Nebraska Wesleyan University during his pastorates at Waverly and Lincoln, receiving the
degree of B.A. from that institution in 1895. Thereafter he entered Drew Theological Seminary completing his course there in 1899 and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Dvinity. During the same time he pursued a course at New York University from which he received the degree of Masters of Arts. Upon completion of his training he returned to Nebraska where he served the Fairfield charge for one year, following which he was appointed to University Place in Lincoln, where he served for four years.
In 1904 he transferred to the Upper Iowa Conference and was appointed to St.John's, Davenport. Following a three year pastorate there, his health failed and for five years he accepted the supernumerary relation. In 1912 he again assumed the duties of the pastorate, serving at Bowman, New Hampton, Anamosa, and Osage. In 1921 he was appointed sup-erintendent of the Davenport District and upon completing a six year term accepted the retirement relation.
While his ministerial years were interrupted by one significant break, they have nevertheless been crowded and fruitful years. He relished the task, loved the brotherhood of the ministry, and tried earnestly to bring those under his spiritual care into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He has also served certain institutional interests of the church having been, for seversl years in each instance, a trustee of Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell College, and St. Luke's Hospital. His cousel and leadership were constructive and helpful whatever the position he occupied.
He became acquainted with Clara A. Keebaugh, while he and she were both children, to whom he married in September 24, 1880. To this union were born one daughter, who died in infancy, and three sons who lived to adulthood. He and his wife Clara celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Shelby, Nebraska at the home of his brother D.C. Cole, where both sides of their families were present in 1930.
Surviving members of the family are his wife Clara, sons Kenneth, Keith, and grandchildren. Preceding him in death were two children, Sybil and son Lynn.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Methodist church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, conducted by the pastor Rev. E.T. Gough, assisted by Dr. Frank Cole vice president of Cornell college, and Dr. Earle A. Baker, superintendent of the Davenport district. The body was taken to Rising City, Nebraska for burial in the Rising Sun Cemetery.
Lincoln Chester Lemon was the fifth child of six children born to Lemuel D. and Rebecca (Dyer) Lemon, on May 21, 1861 at Weeping Water, Nebraska. In about the year 1873 he went with his parents to Butler County, Nebraska and settled on a farm near Rising City, growing to manhood here.
His parents were devout, his father an earnest Methodist, and also his grandfather. His mother was of Quaker descent. At the early age of eight years he was constrained to go forward in an evangelistic service and make his public confession to Christ, following which he united with the Methodist Episcopal church.
He felt drawn toward the ministry and began to turn his attention in that direction. His first sermon was preached in a little country school house in 1881. He was admitted into the Nebraska conference on trial in 1884 and into full membership in 1886. He received his ordination to Deacons orders in 1886 and to Elder's orders in 1888. He served the following appointments in the Nebr. conference: Bellwood, Garrison, Stromsburg, Utica, Bradshaw, Ashland, Waverly, and the Emmanuel church in Lincoln.
He was a student in the Nebraska Wesleyan University during his pastorates at Waverly and Lincoln, receiving the
degree of B.A. from that institution in 1895. Thereafter he entered Drew Theological Seminary completing his course there in 1899 and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Dvinity. During the same time he pursued a course at New York University from which he received the degree of Masters of Arts. Upon completion of his training he returned to Nebraska where he served the Fairfield charge for one year, following which he was appointed to University Place in Lincoln, where he served for four years.
In 1904 he transferred to the Upper Iowa Conference and was appointed to St.John's, Davenport. Following a three year pastorate there, his health failed and for five years he accepted the supernumerary relation. In 1912 he again assumed the duties of the pastorate, serving at Bowman, New Hampton, Anamosa, and Osage. In 1921 he was appointed sup-erintendent of the Davenport District and upon completing a six year term accepted the retirement relation.
While his ministerial years were interrupted by one significant break, they have nevertheless been crowded and fruitful years. He relished the task, loved the brotherhood of the ministry, and tried earnestly to bring those under his spiritual care into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He has also served certain institutional interests of the church having been, for seversl years in each instance, a trustee of Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell College, and St. Luke's Hospital. His cousel and leadership were constructive and helpful whatever the position he occupied.
He became acquainted with Clara A. Keebaugh, while he and she were both children, to whom he married in September 24, 1880. To this union were born one daughter, who died in infancy, and three sons who lived to adulthood. He and his wife Clara celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Shelby, Nebraska at the home of his brother D.C. Cole, where both sides of their families were present in 1930.
Surviving members of the family are his wife Clara, sons Kenneth, Keith, and grandchildren. Preceding him in death were two children, Sybil and son Lynn.
Bio taken from the Obits of the David City and Mt. Vernon Hawkeye newspapers---Dr. C.L. Lemon, retired minister and former district superintendent of the Davenport district, died suddenly on Monday February 22, 1932 in Iowa, of a heart attack.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Methodist church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, conducted by the pastor Rev. E.T. Gough, assisted by Dr. Frank Cole vice president of Cornell college, and Dr. Earle A. Baker, superintendent of the Davenport district. The body was taken to Rising City, Nebraska for burial in the Rising Sun Cemetery.
Lincoln Chester Lemon was the fifth child of six children born to Lemuel D. and Rebecca (Dyer) Lemon, on May 21, 1861 at Weeping Water, Nebraska. In about the year 1873 he went with his parents to Butler County, Nebraska and settled on a farm near Rising City, growing to manhood here.
His parents were devout, his father an earnest Methodist, and also his grandfather. His mother was of Quaker descent. At the early age of eight years he was constrained to go forward in an evangelistic service and make his public confession to Christ, following which he united with the Methodist Episcopal church.
He felt drawn toward the ministry and began to turn his attention in that direction. His first sermon was preached in a little country school house in 1881. He was admitted into the Nebraska conference on trial in 1884 and into full membership in 1886. He received his ordination to Deacons orders in 1886 and to Elder's orders in 1888. He served the following appointments in the Nebr. conference: Bellwood, Garrison, Stromsburg, Utica, Bradshaw, Ashland, Waverly, and the Emmanuel church in Lincoln.
He was a student in the Nebraska Wesleyan University during his pastorates at Waverly and Lincoln, receiving the
degree of B.A. from that institution in 1895. Thereafter he entered Drew Theological Seminary completing his course there in 1899 and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Dvinity. During the same time he pursued a course at New York University from which he received the degree of Masters of Arts. Upon completion of his training he returned to Nebraska where he served the Fairfield charge for one year, following which he was appointed to University Place in Lincoln, where he served for four years.
In 1904 he transferred to the Upper Iowa Conference and was appointed to St.John's, Davenport. Following a three year pastorate there, his health failed and for five years he accepted the supernumerary relation. In 1912 he again assumed the duties of the pastorate, serving at Bowman, New Hampton, Anamosa, and Osage. In 1921 he was appointed sup-erintendent of the Davenport District and upon completing a six year term accepted the retirement relation.
While his ministerial years were interrupted by one significant break, they have nevertheless been crowded and fruitful years. He relished the task, loved the brotherhood of the ministry, and tried earnestly to bring those under his spiritual care into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He has also served certain institutional interests of the church having been, for seversl years in each instance, a trustee of Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell College, and St. Luke's Hospital. His cousel and leadership were constructive and helpful whatever the position he occupied.
He became acquainted with Clara A. Keebaugh, while he and she were both children, to whom he married in September 24, 1880. To this union were born one daughter, who died in infancy, and three sons who lived to adulthood. He and his wife Clara celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Shelby, Nebraska at the home of his brother D.C. Cole, where both sides of their families were present in 1930.
Surviving members of the family are his wife Clara, sons Kenneth, Keith, and grandchildren. Preceding him in death were two children, Sybil and son Lynn.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Methodist church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, conducted by the pastor Rev. E.T. Gough, assisted by Dr. Frank Cole vice president of Cornell college, and Dr. Earle A. Baker, superintendent of the Davenport district. The body was taken to Rising City, Nebraska for burial in the Rising Sun Cemetery.
Lincoln Chester Lemon was the fifth child of six children born to Lemuel D. and Rebecca (Dyer) Lemon, on May 21, 1861 at Weeping Water, Nebraska. In about the year 1873 he went with his parents to Butler County, Nebraska and settled on a farm near Rising City, growing to manhood here.
His parents were devout, his father an earnest Methodist, and also his grandfather. His mother was of Quaker descent. At the early age of eight years he was constrained to go forward in an evangelistic service and make his public confession to Christ, following which he united with the Methodist Episcopal church.
He felt drawn toward the ministry and began to turn his attention in that direction. His first sermon was preached in a little country school house in 1881. He was admitted into the Nebraska conference on trial in 1884 and into full membership in 1886. He received his ordination to Deacons orders in 1886 and to Elder's orders in 1888. He served the following appointments in the Nebr. conference: Bellwood, Garrison, Stromsburg, Utica, Bradshaw, Ashland, Waverly, and the Emmanuel church in Lincoln.
He was a student in the Nebraska Wesleyan University during his pastorates at Waverly and Lincoln, receiving the
degree of B.A. from that institution in 1895. Thereafter he entered Drew Theological Seminary completing his course there in 1899 and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Dvinity. During the same time he pursued a course at New York University from which he received the degree of Masters of Arts. Upon completion of his training he returned to Nebraska where he served the Fairfield charge for one year, following which he was appointed to University Place in Lincoln, where he served for four years.
In 1904 he transferred to the Upper Iowa Conference and was appointed to St.John's, Davenport. Following a three year pastorate there, his health failed and for five years he accepted the supernumerary relation. In 1912 he again assumed the duties of the pastorate, serving at Bowman, New Hampton, Anamosa, and Osage. In 1921 he was appointed sup-erintendent of the Davenport District and upon completing a six year term accepted the retirement relation.
While his ministerial years were interrupted by one significant break, they have nevertheless been crowded and fruitful years. He relished the task, loved the brotherhood of the ministry, and tried earnestly to bring those under his spiritual care into a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He has also served certain institutional interests of the church having been, for seversl years in each instance, a trustee of Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell College, and St. Luke's Hospital. His cousel and leadership were constructive and helpful whatever the position he occupied.
He became acquainted with Clara A. Keebaugh, while he and she were both children, to whom he married in September 24, 1880. To this union were born one daughter, who died in infancy, and three sons who lived to adulthood. He and his wife Clara celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Shelby, Nebraska at the home of his brother D.C. Cole, where both sides of their families were present in 1930.
Surviving members of the family are his wife Clara, sons Kenneth, Keith, and grandchildren. Preceding him in death were two children, Sybil and son Lynn.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
