Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAllison Van Buren LEMONS 
376
376Birth 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 And Mortuary
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 And Mortuary
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.
———————
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.
———————
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.
———————
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.
———————