The Lemen brothers, William and Thomas must have come to Cleveland before 1827. Thomas Lemen belonged to the volunteer fire department and was captain of one of its companies. He died in 1851 and William in 1852. They left daughters but no sons.

Catherine Spangler married William Lemen in 1827. They lived on the south-east corner of the Public Square now the site of the Cuyahoga Building in a beautiful cottage a famous landmark for many years. It was built of stone was sixty feet wide and one story high. The roof extended over the front its entire width and was supported by eight stone columns. These were preserved when the cottage was torn down in 1854 and were used in the erection of a Crecian Temple now on the family lot in Lake Eview Cemetery. Mrs. Lemen lived in the stone cottage for 25 years. She died in 1884 having outlived her husband 32 years. The homestead was leased to James Parmalee for a term of 99 years.