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An American Family History

Lenon Family

 

John Lenon, Sr. was born on July 15, 1784 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Roger Lenon and Annely Knoop.

He married Elizabeth Fox on May 10, 1810 in Ohio. Elizabeth was born in Germany and had been married before to a man named Kiser.

James R. Lenon (1811),
Daniel H. Lenon (1813, married Martha Cline),
Lewis Lenon (1814, married Mary Crockett),
Anna Lenon (1816, married Abner Shanks),
George W. Lenon (1818, married Luretta Cline),
Henry Lenon (1820),
John D. Lenon, Jr. (1821, married Rebecca Yerkes),
Elizabeth Lenon (1823, married John Martin),
Mary Lenon (1825, died young),
Joseph Lenon (1825, died young),
Susan Lenon (1827, married James Cline),
Samuel Lenon (1829, married Margaret A. Martin),
Robert S. Lenon (1830, married Sarah Jane Caldwell),
Levi Lenon (1833, married Lucy Wright), and
Louisa Lenon (1836).

The family moved from Ohio to Carroll County, Indiana, in October, 1829.

John and Elizabeth were among the founding members of the Paint Creek Baptist Church.

John Sr., died on November 30, 1843 and Elizabeth died on September 30, 1848.

 
 

 

Anna Shanks
Anna and Abner Shanks

 
 
 

Robert Lenon was born about 1830.

He married to Sarah Jane Caldwell.

Mary Frances Lenon (1861, married William Henry Yerkes),
Elizabeth J. Lenon (1861, married David Newton Yerkes)

Mrs. Monroe Martin,


Mrs. Z. L. Truesdale.
Mrs. Howard Heiland
Mrs. Art Shanks
Belle and
Margaret
Samuel
Levi Lenon

Robert died on December 18, 1908.

 
     
     
     
 

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