History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . ptist church. She married James B. Lyon, andthey settled on their farm in Ridge Prairie, wherethey reared their family. Their children were Mary M.,James W., John, Josephine, Nancy and Lewis. MaryM. became the wife of Dr. H. O. Mowers, of Hast-ings, Minn. She is now dead, and their only child,William Mowers, now lives with his father in Lyon, the only living member of the family,married a very excellent lady, and he and his wifelive in Alabama, where they have reared their mother, Catharine Lemen Lyon,


History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . ptist church. She married James B. Lyon, andthey settled on their farm in Ridge Prairie, wherethey reared their family. Their children were Mary M.,James W., John, Josephine, Nancy and Lewis. MaryM. became the wife of Dr. H. O. Mowers, of Hast-ings, Minn. She is now dead, and their only child,William Mowers, now lives with his father in Lyon, the only living member of the family,married a very excellent lady, and he and his wifelive in Alabama, where they have reared their mother, Catharine Lemen Lyon, died at herhome in Ridge Prairie on March 3, 1860. Her hus-band, James B. Lyon, removed to Hastings, Minn.,where he was married again, but there was no issue,and where he died some years since. 240—DR. JOSEPH ROBERT LEMEN. Joseph Robert Lemen, M. D., St. Louis, Mo.,was born in Madison County, Illinois, near Collins-ville. His father was Robert C. Lemen, a good andpious man who spent most of his life on a beautifulfarm not far from the old Lemen settlement. 240-DR. JOSEPH ROBERT LEMEN. BIOGRAPHICAL. 197 Lemen, the subject of this sketch, attended school inCollinsville until about fifteen years of age, when hewent to St. Louis, attending Washington University,afterwards going to the Missouri Medical Collegeuntil he graduated in 1874. Being one of the sue-cessful candidates for the City Hospital, he wasalmost immediately assigned to that place. For twoyears, after being greatly benefitted by his experienceat the hospital, he attended lectures in New York andPhiladelphia, and then settled in St. Louis, where, upto date, 1897, he is one of the prominent practitioners,enjoying the esteem of the best physicians. was on the Board of Health from 1887 to1891; has been for a number of years consultingphysician to the City and Female Hospitals; is on thestaff of the Rebekah Hospital and Deaconess Home—two flourishing institutions; is professor of diseasesof the chest and


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