Lemmer, Jacob bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 663, Farmers' Township
Jacob Lemmer was born Nov. 13, 1840, in Stark Co., O. His parents removed to Knox Co. O., when our subject was but a year old. Here he was reared on a farm until he was 16 years old, when he learned the shoemaker’s trade in Mt. Vernon, O. He then worked as a journeyman for several years in different towns in Ohio. He served in Co. C 10th Ohio Cav., and was at the siege of Atlanta, and accompanied Sherman in his march to the sea; was taken prisoner on his return in South Carolina, and was paroled at Goldsborough, Feb. 28, 1865. Mr. L. was married Sept. 16, 1866, to Catharine Harrat, and they have had 7 children, of whom 4 are living. He has been a successful shoemaker for 23 years, and has been located in Table Grove since Sept. 2, 1876. His father, George Lemmer, is a well-to-do farmer in Knox Co., Ohio, and highly appreciated as a citizen of that county.