Husband: Walter LYON
Birthdate: 19 Aug 1791
Birthplace: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Death date: 07 Mar 1869
Place of death: Lyndon, Whiteside Co., IL
Burial:
Father: Nehemiah LYON
Mother: Elizabeth BUGBEE
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 03 Dec 1814
Marriage place: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., Vermont

Wife: Mary JENNESS
Birthdate: 1794
Birthplace:
Death date: 11 Mar 1869
Place of death: Whiteside Co., IL
Burial:
Father: Jacob JENNESS
Mother: Mary NLN
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Silas LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: Sep 1815
Birthplace: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Death date: 19 Aug 1893
Place of death: Kansas
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 2: Eliza LYON
Sex: F
Birthdate: Bef. 1820
Birthplace: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: F. K. POWELL

Child No. 3: Abbey LYON
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1826
Birthplace: Vermont
Death date:
Place of death:
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Marriage date:
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Child No. 4: Samuel LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1826
Birthplace: Vermont
Death date:
Place of death:
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Child No. 5: Huntington S LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Sep 1828
Birthplace: Albany, NY
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Abbie WHITE

Child No. 6: Mathew J LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1831
Birthplace: Vermont
Death date:
Place of death:
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Marriage date:
Marriage place:
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Child No. 7: Nathan Jenness LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Feb 1831
Birthplace: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Death date: Aft. 1900
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 18 Mar 1856
Marriage place: Fair Haven, IL
Spouses' names: Susan TRACEY

Child No. 8: George Charles LYON
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1842
Birthplace: Vermont
Death date:
Place of death:
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Documentation:
for: WALTER LYON
Source: Biographical Record of Whiteside County 1900, (S.J. Clarke Pub., Chicago, 1900).
Birthdate: 19 Aug 1791; in: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Cemetery Record, 1850 Craftsbury Census gives place of birth as Massachusetts. Also, Lyon Memorial, v.1, Massachusetts Families, pg. 89..
Source:
Died: 07 Mar 1869; in: Lyndon, Whiteside Co., IL
Source: Cemetery Record.
Relationship with Father: NEHEMIAH Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Elizabeth Bugbee - Natural Reference number: 2953
Medical
Marriage Information
Wife: Mary Jenness
Married: 03 Dec 1814; Beginning status: Married; in: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., Vermont
Source: Births, Deaths, Marriages of Craftsbury, Vermont, v.1, pg. 66. Reference number: 2828
Solemnized by: 03 Dec 1914 Samuel Crafts, Justice of Peace
Source: Births, Deaths, Marriages of Craftsbury, Vermont.
Marriage Notes
Burial: Lyndon Cemetery, Sect. 20, Whiteside Co., IL
Source: Cemetery Record, pg 15.
Occupation: 1820
Agriculture
Source: Census.
Residence: Bet. 1820 - 1850 Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont, Also appears in 1820, 1830, 1840 census.

for: MARY JENNESS; aka: Polly
Lyon, A.B. and Lyon, G.W.A., editors, Lyon Memorial, (1905, William Graham Printing, Detroit, MI), v.1, p. 155.
Source:
Birthdate: 1794
Source: Cemetery Record.
Died: 11 Mar 1869; in: Whiteside Co., IL
Source: Cemetery Record.
Relationship with Father: Jacob Jenness - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary NLN - Natural
Reference number: 3154
Medical
Burial: Lyndon Cemetery, Sect. 20, Whiteside Co., IL
Source: Cemetery Record, Page 15.

for: SILAS LYON
Source: Census, 1820 Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT census, shows age under 10.
Birthdate: Sep 1815; in: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Source: Census, 1820 census. Assumption child was born at this location.
Died: 19 Aug 1893; in: Kansas
Lyon, A.b. and Lyon, G.W.A., editors, Lyon Memorial, (1905, William Graham Printing, Detroit, MI), V.1, p. 155.
Source:
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 3156
Medical
Marriage Information
Marriage Notes
Residence: 1850 Lyndon, IL

for: ELIZA LYON
Source: Census, 1820 Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT shows 2 girls under age 10.
Birthdate: Bef. 1820; in: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Source: Census, 1820. Assumption child was born at this location.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 3613
Medical
Marriage Information
Husband: F. K. Powell
Beginning status: Married
Reference number: 35591
Marriage Notes
Miscellaneous: 1842
United with Congregational Church
"Manual of the Congregational Church in Craftsbury, Vermont," Published by Vote of the Church, 1898, p.13..
Source:

for: ABBEY LYON
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Birthdate: Abt. 1826; in: Vermont
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 4771
Medical
Marriage Information
Marriage Notes

for: SAMUEL LYON
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Birthdate: Abt. 1826; in: Vermont
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 4770
Medical
Marriage Information
Marriage Notes

for: HUNTINGTON S LYON
Birthdate: 17 Sep 1828; in: Albany, NY
Source: Internet, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=118264461.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 4902
Medical
Marriage Information
Wife: Abbie White
Beginning status: Married
Reference number: 33362
Marriage Notes

for: MATHEW J LYON
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Birthdate: Abt. 1831; in: Vermont
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 4772
Medical
Marriage Information
Marriage Notes

for: NATHAN JENNESS LYON
Source: Census, 1820 Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT, shows 2 girls under 10.
Birthdate: 28 Feb 1831; in: Craftsbury, Orleans Co., VT
Source: Census, 1820. Assumption child was born at this location.
Died: Aft. 1900
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 3614
Medical
Marriage Information
Wife: Susan Tracey
Married: 18 Mar 1856; Beginning status: Married; in: Fair Haven, IL
Lyon, A.b. and Lyon, G.W.A., editors, Lyon Memorial, (1905, William Graham Printing, Detroit, MI), V.1, p. ?.
Source:
Reference number: 3218
Marriage Notes
Residence: 1904
Morrison, Whiteside Co., IL
Lyon, A.b. and Lyon, G.W.A., editors, Lyon Memorial, (1905, William Graham Printing, Detroit, MI).
Source:

for: GEORGE CHARLES LYON
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Birthdate: Abt. 1842; in: Vermont
Source: 1850 Census, Craftsbury, Vermont.
Relationship with Father: Walter Lyon - Natural
Relationship with Mother: Mary Jenness - Natural
Reference number: 4773
Medical
Marriage Information
Marriage Notes

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