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[Laurie Verge]

You are absolutely correct, Mr. Norton. A+ for the day.

I learned that just yesterday when one of my volunteers handed me a copy of the Shepherdstown [WV] Chronicle of 2/1/2013, which had an article on Sal's and ninabeth's film "Saving Lincoln." Why was a small town newspaper interested? Ward Hill Lamon was a native son of West Virginia (starting of course when it was still part of Virginia).

Lamon was born in 1828 in Summit Point, grew up in Bunker Hill (then Mill Creek), lived in Martinsburg, and is buried in Gerrardstown. The log cabin where he lived from age two to age 18 still stands in Bunker Hill. In 1846, he moved to Danville, Illinois. He became an attorney on the 8th circuit court and ultimately a law partner with Abraham Lincoln from 1852-1856. He returned to West Virginia after Lincoln's death and established law offices in both Martinsburg and Gerrardstown.

Over the years, I have wondered what the correct pronunciation of LAMON is. I have always said LAY-MON. Mr. Hall and others pronounced it LUH-MON, with emphasis on the last syllable. According to the reporter who did this story, the daughter of Ward Hill Lamon pronounced it like the fruit - LEMON.