Lyman Demmon    

Demmon, Lyman, Russellburg P.O., Pine Grove, was born in Cayuga county, N.Y., in the year 1800, November 15. He married Folly La Due, who bore him children as follows: Hiram, born September 19, 1824; Marriette, March 23, 1830, married Truman Johnson; James W., born February 10, 1834; Sarah Jane, born June 1, 1845, married John W. Agrelius; the last three children were born in Pine Grove. Lyman Demmon died March 7, 1875. His wife still lives, at the advanced age of sixty- nine years. Mr. Demmon was a lumberman and farmer of the town, and a man that stood well in the estimation of his fellow- men. Hiram Demmon, the oldest child, married Margaret Ann Wilson, by whom he had three children— Will S., Mariette (who died soon after birth) and Ada. Hiram Demmon, by honesty and industry, has fairly earned the comforts of life he now enjoys. Formerly he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but now is class- leader of and a member of the United Brethren’s Church. James W. Demmon married Lucinda Farnesworth, who bore him four children. His wife died March 4, 1881. In March, 1885, he married Minnie G. Andrews. Mr. Demmon is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Russell, and is at present steward of the church.

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