Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

J. R. LEMON was born in Grant County fifty-four years ago, being born on
the 20th of August, 1847.  His parents were Vance and Margaret Shields
Lemon, and there were seven children in the Lemon family--four boys and
three girls. The father was a farmer and Mr. Lemon followed in his
footsteps, and became a farmer too.  He was educated in the common
schools of Grant County, and got a fair education.  When Col. E. D. 
Webster was elected Sheriff of the county Mr. Lemon was appointed 
deputy and served in that position for four years, with credit to 
himself and employer, serving between the years of 1887 and 1891.  In 
1892 he made a race for the office of Sheriff, and was elected by a big
majority over his closest opponent.  He was re-elected when the first 
term was finished, and served another as Sheriff.  The office of the 
Sheriff was then for two years, but has since been changed to four-year 
terms, like the other offices in the county.  When Mr. Lemon's political
life had come to a close he was chosen by the Board of Directors as 
cashier of the Grant County Deposit Bank, and served in that position 
for three years and six months, adding popularity to an already popular
institution.  Mr. Lemon was married to Miss Isadora Smith, May 13, 1880,
and they are a most happily married couple.  No children have blessed 
their union, but they have an adopted child which they are rearing as 
their own.  In politics Mr. Lemon is a Democrat, tried and true.  He 
has always followed where his party councils led, has never refused to 
aid in a campaign either in work or in money, and is also a silent 
worker in many another worthy cause.

Lemon Smith Webster Shields
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