History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . ther-in-law, the noted soldier Gen., JosephBemme, and the latters two heroic sons ; the youngestdaughter starting the same morning on the drearymarch to Siberia. The wife of Gen. Sobieski, theCountess Sobieski, indignantly refusing to take theoath of allegiance to Russia, and allow her boy to beeducated in the Greek Church, was, with her littleson, banished from Russia forever and their vastestates were confiscated. By the help of the Polish Exile Committee theywere taken across the line to Prussia-Poland, thatportion of Poland
History of the Lemen family, of Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere . ther-in-law, the noted soldier Gen., JosephBemme, and the latters two heroic sons ; the youngestdaughter starting the same morning on the drearymarch to Siberia. The wife of Gen. Sobieski, theCountess Sobieski, indignantly refusing to take theoath of allegiance to Russia, and allow her boy to beeducated in the Greek Church, was, with her littleson, banished from Russia forever and their vastestates were confiscated. By the help of the Polish Exile Committee theywere taken across the line to Prussia-Poland, thatportion of Poland which was awarded Prussia as herpart of the swag, but were not allowed to were then taken to Galacia, in they were permitted to remain two weeks, andat the end of that time were again banished. Theythen went to Belgium, and in Brussels they foundtheir first shelter. From Belgium they went toSwitzerland, and from there to Genoa, Italy. Themother supporting herself and child by teachingmusic and painting. Genoa was at that time under. 753—JOHN SOBIESK1, SR. BIOGRAPHICAL. 203 the administration of Austria, and that power, fear-ing a weak, though patriotic woman and her child,again placed banishment upon them for participatingin the ovation to that gallant American, CaptainIngram. Shelter was then sought in England, butsorrow broke the young mothers heart, and she diedin the fall of 1854, two years after arriving in Eng-land. In 1855, the son, then thirteen years of agecame to America. He immediately entered the regu-lar army as a bu ler. He was with the Army of the Potomac during thegreat Civil War, serving in the capacity of Colonel,and participated in all its battles. When the warclosed he went to Mexico, and, true to his love offreedom, enlisted in the Mexican army and was madeGeneral Escopodos chief-of-staff. He served thereuntil after the overthrow of Maximilian, and thenreturned to the United States and settled in Minne-sota. In 1867 he was e
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