Name/Title
Lemon, John.S. St. Joseph Banker, Portrait Photo, c. 1890Entry/Object ID
P1993.1H.225Description
Lemon, John S. St. Joseph Banker, Portrait Photo, c. 1890. b/w. Photo of framed portrait of John S. Lemon. Man in mid-life with dark hair sitting in chair. Head/knees view. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt with high collar, black bow tie. He has a full head of dark hair with sideburns. From oil painting owned by his son Hal Y. Lemon.
See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1959, Vol. XI, No. 1, p.7-8
Lemon came to St. Joseph at age 17 in 1850 and worked as a clerk for Powell & Levy, later becoming a partner. In 1862 he partnered with Isaac Hosea under Hosea-Lemon Dry Goods Co., and wholly owned the business in 1874, later selling to Brittain. He was associated with Thomas Tootle in banking at both First National and Merchants bank. The bank at 6th & Francis was later known as Tootle-Lemon Bank
Original digital scan located on History CD 03Made/Created
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1890Place
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St. JosephState/Province
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John S. Lemon