Martha Ann Ellis is the daughter of Elizabeth A. Scott and Allen Ellis. She was born 17 February 1850 in West Virginia (though then it was Virginia). She died 25 June 1937 at age 87 in Congerville, Woodford, Illinois. She is buried at Imhoff Cemetery, Carlock, McLean, Illinois.

• On 24 September 1873, at age 23, she married William Jackson Lemons, who was age 32, in Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia. He is the son of James Isaac Lemons and Amelia Burdette. He was born 20 April 1841 in Monroe county, West Virginia (then called Virginia). He died 25 October 1910 at age 69 in Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia. He is buried at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Cemetery, Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia.

Children of Martha Ann Ellis and William Jackson Lemons:

1. Ira Clovis Lemons was born 29 November 1875 in Greenbrier county, West Virginia.
2. John Bernard Lemons was born 18 June 1880 in Fort Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia.

Sources

Martha:

• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Marriage from West Virginia Marriages [Date: 24 Sep 1873; Place: Greenbrier, West Virginia; Names: Martha A. Ellis Wm. I. Lemons; Birth Places: Greenbrier Co. Monroe Co., Va..; Ages at Marriage: 22y 31y].

William:

• Birth, Death and Burial from his headstone.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Martha: 1860 census. District 1, Greenbrier, VA p. 168 (now West Virginia).
• Martha: 1870 census. Irish Corner, Greenbrier, WV p. 12.
• 1900 census. Irish Corner, Greebrier, WV p. 14.