Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAllison Van Buren LEMONS 
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377Birth Date20 May 1890
Birth PlaceFort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas
Death Date30 Jun 1964 Age: 74
Death PlaceTucson, Pima County, Arizona
Burial PlaceTucson, Pima County, Arizona, East Lawn Palms Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date20 Oct 1897
Birth PlaceBrackettville, Kinney County, Texas
Death Date21 Sep 1975 Age: 77
Death PlaceTucson, Pima County, Arizona
Burial PlaceTucson, Pima County, Arizona, East Lawn Palms Cemetery
FatherIra Herman SHELY (1875-1942)
MotherNina WHALEY (1879-1910)
Family ID5431
Marr Date6 Nov 1914
Marr PlaceMarathon, Brewster County, Texas
Notes for Allison Van Buren LEMONS
From the "Tucson Daily Citizen", 1 July 1964, in part:
Mr. Lemons Dies: Early Rodeo Rider:
Allison Van Buren Lemons, 74, a Tucson resident nearly 50 years and a pioneer rode contestant here, died yesterday in a local hospital.... In 1914 he was married to the former Ethel Shely in Marathon....
In 1918, Mr. Lemons moved to Tucson to start a career which included a stint as a police detective....
During those early days in Tucson, when Mr. and Mrs. Lemons homesteaded on Wilmot Road, he was a roping contestant in some of the first rodeos held here.
Mr. Lemons, who was an overseer with the highway department for 12 years, was active in politics. A friend of Gov. George W. P. Hunt's family, he stumped the state with former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during the 1920's.....
On Find A Grave.
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Mr. Lemons Dies: Early Rodeo Rider:
Allison Van Buren Lemons, 74, a Tucson resident nearly 50 years and a pioneer rode contestant here, died yesterday in a local hospital.... In 1914 he was married to the former Ethel Shely in Marathon....
In 1918, Mr. Lemons moved to Tucson to start a career which included a stint as a police detective....
During those early days in Tucson, when Mr. and Mrs. Lemons homesteaded on Wilmot Road, he was a roping contestant in some of the first rodeos held here.
Mr. Lemons, who was an overseer with the highway department for 12 years, was active in politics. A friend of Gov. George W. P. Hunt's family, he stumped the state with former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during the 1920's.....
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Ethel Barton (Spouse 1)
(Obit mainly concerns Ethel's husband but does relate some history and background of their life.)
From the "Tucson Daily Citizen", 1 July 1964, in part:
Mr. Lemons Dies: Early Rodeo Rider:
Allison Van Buren Lemons, 74, a Tucson resident nearly 50 years and a pioneer rodeo contestant here, died yesterday in a local hospital.... In 1914 he was married to the former Ethel Shely in Marathon....
In 1918, Mr. Lemons moved to Tucson to start a career which included a stint as a police detective....
During those early days in Tucson, when Mr. and Mrs. Lemons homesteaded on Wilmot Road, he was a roping contestant in some of the first rodeos held here.
Mr. Lemons, who was an overseer with the highway department for 12 years, was active in politics. A friend of Gov. George W. P. Hunt's family, he stumped the state with former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during the 1920's.....
On Find A Grave.
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From the "Tucson Daily Citizen", 1 July 1964, in part:
Mr. Lemons Dies: Early Rodeo Rider:
Allison Van Buren Lemons, 74, a Tucson resident nearly 50 years and a pioneer rodeo contestant here, died yesterday in a local hospital.... In 1914 he was married to the former Ethel Shely in Marathon....
In 1918, Mr. Lemons moved to Tucson to start a career which included a stint as a police detective....
During those early days in Tucson, when Mr. and Mrs. Lemons homesteaded on Wilmot Road, he was a roping contestant in some of the first rodeos held here.
Mr. Lemons, who was an overseer with the highway department for 12 years, was active in politics. A friend of Gov. George W. P. Hunt's family, he stumped the state with former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan during the 1920's.....
On Find A Grave.
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