Lemon Galpin Hine was born in Berlin Heights, Ohio on April 14, 1833. Mary Tillinghast was born in 1838. It is not known how the couple met, but their correspondence indicates they courted for more than five years. During their courtship in the late 1850s, Lemon moved to Iowa to establish a town, which he named Lawrence. Publications prepared by Lemon suggest that the lumber trade would make the town profitable. He offered affordable plots of land, and assisted in building structures on these plots. By the early 1860s, Lemon was no longer living in Iowa, and it is assumed that the venture failed. Lemon married Mary Tillinghast in 1861 and they moved to Coldwater, Michigan. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Lemon joined the 44th Illinois Infantry, Company B, in 1861. In 1862, after participating in western campaigns in Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, Lemon resigned from the Army with the rank of Lieutenant. Later accounts of Lemon’s life state that it was the loss of his voice that led him to resign. However, a close inspection of his correspondence shows that it was his belief that the war would soon be over, coupled with his desire to return to his wife, that were the actual reasons for his resignation. In late 1862, after spending time with Mary and their new son Charles L. Hine, Lemon moved to Washington, DC to work on Army pension cases. He worked with local judges and studied for the Bar Exam, all the while sharing a rooming house with other lawyers and writing letters home to his wife. In 1863, Mary moved to Washington, DC, and the Hine family made the city their permanent home. Lemon and Mary had five children: Oliver, Charles, Blanche, Mary, and Mollie. Oliver Cromwell Hine studied law at Columbian School (George Washington University) and served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. He retired as a Major. Charles L. Hine was a lawyer and publisher in Washington, DC. Charles Hine is not mentioned in DC City Directories after 1889. It is unclear where he moved. Blanche Hine grew up in Washington, DC and later married Frederick A. Fenning, a prominent lawyer and DC Commissioner. She stayed in Washington until 1949, when she moved to Princeton, New Jersey to move in with her daughter. She had five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mary lived in Washington as well. She married James Ramsey Nevitt in 1894. Nevitt was District Coroner from 1900 to 1931. He was on the scene to rescue the injured after the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster and was known for combating a smallpox epidemic in the early 1890s. Mary and James had a son and a daughter. Mollie Hine lived in Washington and married J. Milton Boone. She left Washington with her husband and settled in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Shortly after the Civil War, Lemon began his career as a man of distinction in Washington, DC. He became a member of the common council of Washington, DC and served from July 1, 1868 to June 30, 1869. Next, he was selected as a member of the board of aldermen and served from July 1, 1870 to June 30, 1871. During this time, Lemon continued to practice law. He was elected president of the bar association and served for two years. He did not abandon his practice until 1883, when his voice began to fail. Lemon’s failing health did not, however, stop him from serving as a DC Commissioner from May 21, 1889 to September 30, 1890. In the late 1800s, Lemon joined a local Linotype company. The company established a Linotype system that was used almost exclusively by the Washington Star. Eventually, Lemon was sued by his partner, and the stock and the company was split up. Later in his life, Lemon’s health began to deteriorate and he began to make frequent trips to Florida health resorts. Lemon died in Battle Creek, Michigan on January 19, 1914, and was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mary passed away in 1923 and is buried alongside her husband.