Anna Eliza Homer Lemmon
1843-1910
Anna Eliza, the fourth child of Russell King and Eliza Williamson Homer, was born at Middletown, Logan County, Illinois on March 9, 1843. At this time her parents were working their way westward.
Anna, although very young at the time, remembered the trip her parents took from Iowa to Pennsylvania in the year 1852. Anna’s father took his family with him to settle the estate of his parents. One of the most vivid recollections of this trip was the adventure her family had on a steamboat, crossing Lake Erie. The traveling was done mostly by team, in a new and open country. On this same trip, she remembers an attempt to ford a stream when the water was very high. Her father left the family on the bank to determine if the stream could be crossed safely. As he drove out into the water, the wagon box floated off downstream. He had to swim to shore, managing to save the horses and the running gear, but the wagon box could not be recovered. His family was left on foot and on the wrong side of the stream. No details were recorded as to how the family managed to cross the stream and reach their destination, but they did and all were well.
After Anna’s father began to freight goods across the plains to Utah, she assisted her sister Nancy and her mother in keeping their hotel and general merchandise store at Crescent City, Iowa. Anna was growing into young womanhood, and she participated in many interesting experiences entertaining the missionaries, emigrants, and Indians who stopped at their hotel.
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Anna, although very young at the time, remembered the trip her parents took from Iowa to Pennsylvania in the year 1852. Anna’s father took his family with him to settle the estate of his parents. One of the most vivid recollections of this trip was the adventure her family had on a steamboat, crossing Lake Erie. The traveling was done mostly by team, in a new and open country. On this same trip, she remembers an attempt to ford a stream when the water was very high. Her father left the family on the bank to determine if the stream could be crossed safely. As he drove out into the water, the wagon box floated off downstream. He had to swim to shore, managing to save the horses and the running gear, but the wagon box could not be recovered. His family was left on foot and on the wrong side of the stream. No details were recorded as to how the family managed to cross the stream and reach their destination, but they did and all were well.
After Anna’s father began to freight goods across the plains to Utah, she assisted her sister Nancy and her mother in keeping their hotel and general merchandise store at Crescent City, Iowa. Anna was growing into young womanhood, and she participated in many interesting experiences entertaining the missionaries, emigrants, and Indians who stopped at their hotel.
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