Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
Family Files February 2022 - Person Sheet
NameJohn LENON Doctor 
, M
, MBirth15 Jul 1784, Gettysburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Death30 Nov 1843, Camden, Carroll County, Indiana
Misc. Notes
John Lenon, Sr., with his wife and thirteen children, came from Ohio to Carroll county, Indiana, in October, 1820. and located on a farm east of Camden. John Lenon, Sr., died on November 30, 1843, leaving his wife and the following named children surviving: Anna. James B., David H.. Lewis, George W., Henry, John. Elizabeth, Susan. Samuel, Robert S., Levi and Louisa. Henry Lenon died in boyhood. December 5, 1845. Elizabeth, wife of John Lenon, Sr., died on September 30, 1848. Anna (Lenon) Shanks and James R. Lenon died since the year 1848. Susan, wife of James Cline, died since the year 1854. Lewis Lenon died on August 4, 1888. John Lenon, Jr., died on July 24, 1905. Levi Lenon died on January 24, 1913. Robert S. Lenon died on December 18, 1911. Elizabeth, wife of John Martin, died in Nebraska in 1911. George W. Lenon died on August 3 1900. Louisa Lenon died since 1857. Samuel Lenon is the only surviving member of the family and is now in his eighty-seventh year.
source: CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA, BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS
My father Alvin Lenon, was born August 7, 1843 in Carroll County, Indiana. He was, was of Scotch-Irish descent, his forefathers having come from Scotland and settled near Londonderry in Northern Ireland somewhere about 1645. I do not know when my father’s parents came to America. I was told that they spoke English with a slight accent of Irish-Scotch. The following is copied from an unsigned and unfinished “History of the Lenon Family” dated Dec. 23, 1920:
“Sometime in the 18th century (the exact date not known)
John Lenon was born on a farm near near what is now Gettyburg, Pennsylvania and in that state he grew to manhood and was married. To this union 8 children were born:
Lewis, Dan, John, George S. (my grandfather, Levi, Robert, Jane and Louisa. I don't know at what time he removed to Ohio with his family but it ws on a farm near Troy, Ohio in June 1818 that
my grandfather was born. They moved inlater years to Indiana, Entering government land west of Camden on Paint Creek.
source: CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA, BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS
My father Alvin Lenon, was born August 7, 1843 in Carroll County, Indiana. He was, was of Scotch-Irish descent, his forefathers having come from Scotland and settled near Londonderry in Northern Ireland somewhere about 1645. I do not know when my father’s parents came to America. I was told that they spoke English with a slight accent of Irish-Scotch. The following is copied from an unsigned and unfinished “History of the Lenon Family” dated Dec. 23, 1920:
“Sometime in the 18th century (the exact date not known)
John Lenon was born on a farm near near what is now Gettyburg, Pennsylvania and in that state he grew to manhood and was married. To this union 8 children were born:
Lewis, Dan, John, George S. (my grandfather, Levi, Robert, Jane and Louisa. I don't know at what time he removed to Ohio with his family but it ws on a farm near Troy, Ohio in June 1818 that
my grandfather was born. They moved inlater years to Indiana, Entering government land west of Camden on Paint Creek.
Spouses
ChildrenJames R , M (1811-ca1849)
David Harrison , M (1813-1891)
Lewis , M (1814-1888)
Anna , F (1816-1852)
George W , M (1818-1900)
John D , M (1821-1905)
Elizabeth , F (1823-1911)
Susan Margaret , F (1827-1893)
Samuel , M (1829-1916)
Robert S , M (1830-1911)
Levi , M (1833-1913)
Louisa , F (1836-1907)