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Submitted: 6/28/07 • Approved: 6/29/07 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R28795-G0-S3
John Limes was the second oldest son of Harmon and Mary McKee Limes. He was born May 3, 1816 and died July 1, 1887.
On March 29, 1838 he married Sarah Ann Cory by the Rev. John King in Fayette County, Ohio. Her parents were James Cory and Rebecca Sperry.
Pvt. John Limes was mustered-in to the 63rd OVI, Co. "E" on September 8, 1861. He was honorably discharged on September 25, 1862 on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. His discharge papers show his occupation as being a farmer.
Sarah Ann Cory Limes is buried next to her husband, John, at the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio.
Family Bible records and other accounts show the following children for John and Sarah Limes:
Rebecca: Born: February of 1839
Married: July 3, 1858 to Enoch McCord
in Pike County, Ohio
Harmon James: Born: July 3, 1841 - Fayette County, Ohio
Married: February 11, 1862 to Nancy Margaret Shade
in Pike County, Ohio
Died: October 2, 1932 - Ottawa, Kansas
William Henry: Born: July 23, 1845
Died: July 27, 1922
Mary Nancy Elizabeth: Born: March of 1850
Nathan H.: Born: 1855
Died: 1859
John Leighton: Born: October 20, 1860 in Bainbridge
Ross County, Ohio
Died: August 10, 1948 in Alhambra
Los Angeles County, California
Contributed on 6/28/07 by ljellis_2000
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