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Floyd County Indiana
Joel and Nathaniel Scribner "Within this plot lie
buried Joel and
Nathaniel Scribner, two of three brothers who founded the city of New
Albany in the year 1813.
The third brother, Abner Scribner, is buried in Memphis, Tenn.
These brothers, formerly of the state of New York, stopped at a site of
land which they purchased for the purpose of starting a town.
It is believed they honored the capital of their native state by naming
the town New Albany."
From a plaque placed by the Floyd County Historical Society.
From New Albany Daily Ledger for Floyd Co., IN
Nathaniel died 05 Nov 1800
Joel died Oct. 10, 1823
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“Dr. Lemon Relates the Story of His Life”
Editor’s Note: The following is an obituary written by Dr. John
Herschell Lemon about a year ago, in which he gives an intimate history
of his life:
...
Dr. John Herschell Lemon, physician and surgeon since 1867 in New
Albany, Ind., was born on a pioneer farm one mile west of the early
time village of Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Ind. in 1844. He removed to
Bloomington in 1857, entering the University of Indiana at the age of
13, and stayed until the senior year, except time out for service in
the Civil War as a private soldier in Company A, 54th Indiana, in 1862
and as acting hospital steward, 82nd Regiment of Indiana, 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 14th A.C. from 1863-1864.
Dr. Lemon was much attached to memories of his fine old home west of
Harrodsburg. His father, John Andrew Miller Lemon introduced many
varieties of apples and peaches to the new orchards of the new west. He
organized and for years helped maintain the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Harrodsburg.
Dr. Lemon wrote much. Among his published pieces were “Twelve Years
Old,” a mosaic of a boy (sic)life on an Indiana farm; “A Democratic
Dilemma,” a satire on the Wilson administration; “Ghosts I Have Met,”
“Our National Cemeteries,” and many reminisces of Bloomington college
which appeared regularly in the “Alumnus” for a time including, “The
Light of the Burning University, April 13, 1854,” “Indiana University
During the Civil War,” “Butternuts,” “Copperheads,” “When Bloomington
Stood Under Arms,” “The First Sigma Chi, 1859,” and “No College Sports
From the Beginning of Indiana University to After the Civil War.”
“Service of Company A. 54th Indiana in West Kentucky During the Summer
of 1862” written by Dr. Lemon is the only account of this service
before slavery was abolished in June 1862. A company of marauding
secessionists crossed the Ohio River at Newburgh above Evansville and
robbed a store of government drums, guns and cavalry swords.
Gov. Oliver Morton ordered the 54th Indiana to cross over and pursue
and recover the stolen arms. The narrative is historically interesting
of a time when Kentucky proposed to be neutral, or to fight either or
both sides, if the ‘sacred soil’ of the state was invaded.
Dr. Lemon said that his company was for a short time provost guards
over Henderson, Ky., and one of his duties was to keep to pretend to
keep the negroes in subjection.
On such service Company A, 54th Indiana, from Bloomington, was much
tolerated by the nervous citizens of the ‘sacred soil.’ This very
valuable manuscript was stolen and portions of it have appeared by
other names. Dr. Lemon’s writings were graphic and truthful.
His family came from Kent county England in 1608 with a company of
eight having a king’s charter to land in Accomac, Virginia. One of the
party married Judith Shakespeare, daughter of William Shakespeare.
Dr. Lemon’s father was the nephew of James Lemon chairman on
organization of First Constitutional Convention of Indiana in 1816. He
is buried at Bloomington. On his mother’s Cynthia Taylor Lemon side Dr.
Lemon was related to President Zachary Taylor. The Taylors and
Harrisons are for several generations buried in the Taylor Cemetery at
Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Dr. Lemon was the longest in practice of medicine of any doctor in the
state. For the past year, it was difficult for him to go out of the
house.
Dr. Lemon formerly owned much property in New Albany and California. He
helped organize the Southern Fruit Growers Association of California
and held membership in that organization until a few years ago.
About 1885, Dr. Lemon bought of James Haines the site of the present
St. Edward’s Hospital, living in the property which was built by
Charles Shipman in 1854 for 10 years and then selling it to Father
Failer his long time neighbor and friend who requested the deed be made
to the Sisters of Saint Francis. Work was immediately commenced, the
house itself being left intact and additions built to form the present
Hospital.
In the early times of New Albany a forest road went along Seventh
street. At the northwest corner of the hospital is a well. At the time
of the forest road it was a spring of fine water—when the road was
filled the spring was made a well of fine water. The site of St.
Edwards was low ground and was filled by Mr. Shipman and he insisted on
tamping and pounding the selected res and white clay to insure a firm
foundation.
Mr. Shipman built several homes in New Albany and was noted for expert
workmanship and using the finest of materials. Shipman and Lent South
had an extensive iron foundry on the river front west of Lower First.
Steamboat and mill casing were made. They credited sugar house
operators about New Orleans.
At the rebellion against the North the debtors ‘outlawed’ all claims of
the hated North or ‘Yanks’ so Lent South and Shipman became much
reduced in means.
Dr. Lemon is a direct descendent of Capt. John Innes Lemon killed at
the Battle of Brandywine in the Revolution.
Dr. Lemon was the last of a family of four brothers and one sister.
Judge Alexander Downey Lemon of Phoenix, Ariz., Dr. William S. Lemon of
Lawrence, Kan; Alfred Homer Lemon of Little Rock, Ark., and Fayette
Lemon Hamilton of San Diego, Calif.
July 11, 1935. The New Albany Tribune published it on the
front page of the paper
...
Source: Gregg Seidl
