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390: 136:, a transplanted East Coast artist and intellectual who had developed an interest in botany. The two corresponded for several years, marrying in 1880. They took a "botanical wedding trip" to Arizona in 1881, cataloging many desert and mountain plants, and climbed to the peak of the mountain they christened 448: 115:, as he identified more hitherto uncatalogued plants. It was only botanical work that gave him solace from the horrors of Andersonville Prison. Gray named the new genus 428: 240: 99:, to stay with family while he recuperated. He returned to teaching, and acquired an interest in botany. Lemmon began corresponding with 433: 351: 453: 17: 367: 458: 152: 104: 295:, University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley (last visited August 24, 2012). 84:. In August 1864, Lemmon was captured by the Confederates, and subsequently held as a prisoner of war in the 443: 438: 292: 371: 227: 163:. From 1888 to 1892, Lemmon served as the state botanist for the California State Board of Forestry. 129: 251: 85: 96: 66: 34: 77: 80:. He enlisted in the Union Army in June 1862, and was involved in numerous engagements in the 423: 418: 89: 69:, on January 2, 1832 to William Lemmon and Amila (Hudson) Lemmon, a descendant of explorer 50: 8: 167: 133: 54: 38: 143:
On their return, they continued their botanical activities, ultimately establishing the
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History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Oakland and Environs
125:, in his wife's honor. Eventually, he became known as "the botanist of the West". 399: 255: 100: 449:
American Civil War prisoners of war held by the Confederate States of America
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He was a schoolteacher for eight years, before attending the
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How to Tell the Trees and Forest Endowment of Pacific Slope
250:is used to indicate this person as the author when 132:on a collecting and lecture expedition, Lemmon met 410: 166:J.G. Lemmon died November 24, 1908, aged 76, in 95:After being freed on March 1, 1865, he moved to 344:Asa Gray, American Botanist, Friend of Darwin 429:People of Michigan in the American Civil War 155:. J.G. and Sara lived and established their 288: 286: 284: 282: 280: 278: 276: 274: 272: 307: 305: 303: 301: 27:American botanist and Civil War veteran 14: 411: 341: 194:Handbook of West American Cone-Bearers 187:Ferns of the Pacific Including Arizona 269: 53:. He was married to fellow botanist, 298: 24: 214:Discovery of the Potato in Arizona 173: 25: 470: 384: 88:prison camp and at the notorious 368:International Plant Names Index 319:(last visited August 24, 2012). 221:Pacific Coast Flowers and Ferns 49:veteran and former prisoner of 391:Works by or about J. G. Lemmon 360: 335: 330:Recollections of Rebel Prisons 322: 181:Recollections of Rebel Prisons 153:University and Jepson Herbaria 105:California Academy of Sciences 13: 1: 434:University of Michigan alumni 262: 60: 7: 10: 475: 342:Dupree, A. Hunter (1988). 228:Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon 207:Oaks of the Pacific Slope 31:John Gill ("J.G.") Lemmon 86:Florence, South Carolina 454:Writers from California 97:Sierraville, California 67:Lima Township, Michigan 35:Lima Township, Michigan 317:California Biographies 78:University of Michigan 459:Writers from Michigan 37:– November 24, 1908, 311:James Miller Guinn, 90:Andersonville Prison 444:Union Army soldiers 241:author abbreviation 168:Oakland, California 65:Lemmon was born in 55:Sara Plummer Lemmon 39:Oakland, California 439:American botanists 328:John Gill Lemmon, 179:John Gill Lemmon, 113:Harvard University 82:American Civil War 41:) was an American 33:(January 2, 1832, 353:978-0-801-83741-8 16:(Redirected from 466: 395:Internet Archive 378: 377: 364: 358: 357: 339: 333: 326: 320: 309: 296: 290: 259: 249: 248: 247: 161:Telegraph Avenue 145:Lemmon Herbarium 21: 18:John Gill Lemmon 474: 473: 469: 468: 467: 465: 464: 463: 409: 408: 387: 382: 381: 365: 361: 354: 340: 336: 327: 323: 310: 299: 291: 270: 265: 245: 244: 243: 238: 176: 174:Selected papers 128:While visiting 63: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 472: 462: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 407: 406: 397: 386: 385:External links 383: 380: 379: 359: 352: 334: 321: 297: 267: 266: 264: 261: 256:botanical name 236: 235: 224: 217: 210: 203: 197: 190: 183: 175: 172: 147:, now part of 101:Henry Bolander 62: 59: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 471: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 416: 414: 405: 401: 398: 396: 392: 389: 388: 375: 374: 369: 363: 355: 349: 345: 338: 331: 325: 318: 314: 308: 306: 304: 302: 294: 289: 287: 285: 283: 281: 279: 277: 275: 273: 268: 260: 257: 253: 242: 239:The standard 233: 229: 225: 222: 218: 215: 211: 208: 204: 202: 198: 195: 191: 188: 184: 182: 178: 177: 171: 169: 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 141: 139: 135: 131: 130:Santa Barbara 126: 124: 123: 119:, now called 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 74: 72: 68: 58: 56: 52: 51:Andersonville 48: 44: 40: 36: 32: 19: 404:Find a Grave 400:J. G. Lemmon 373: Lemmon 372: 362: 343: 337: 329: 324: 312: 237: 231: 220: 213: 206: 200: 193: 186: 180: 165: 159:at No. 5985 142: 138:Mount Lemmon 134:Sara Plummer 127: 120: 116: 94: 75: 71:Henry Hudson 64: 30: 29: 424:1908 deaths 419:1832 births 201:Conebearers 149:UC Berkeley 413:Categories 263:References 157:herbarium 122:Hymenoxys 61:Biography 47:Civil War 117:Plummera 109:Asa Gray 43:botanist 393:at the 226:-- and 103:at the 350:  252:citing 246:Lemmon 234:(1902) 223:(1880) 216:(1883) 209:(1902) 196:(1900) 189:(1882) 348:ISBN 219:--. 212:--. 205:--. 199:--. 192:--. 185:--. 107:and 45:and 402:at 151:'s 111:at 415:: 370:. 300:^ 271:^ 254:a 230:, 170:. 92:. 73:. 376:. 356:. 332:. 258:. 20:)

Index

John Gill Lemmon
Lima Township, Michigan
Oakland, California
botanist
Civil War
Andersonville
Sara Plummer Lemmon
Lima Township, Michigan
Henry Hudson
University of Michigan
American Civil War
Florence, South Carolina
Andersonville Prison
Sierraville, California
Henry Bolander
California Academy of Sciences
Asa Gray
Harvard University
Hymenoxys
Santa Barbara
Sara Plummer
Mount Lemmon
Lemmon Herbarium
UC Berkeley
University and Jepson Herbaria
herbarium
Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, California
Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon
author abbreviation

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