This is a portrait of Lewis Lyon, son of Nathaniel Lyon,
after whom the mountain and town were named.
..... Lewis Lyon was born
18 September 1814, in Royalton, VT. His father was Nathaniel Lyon who settled
in Saranac in 1803 or 1804 and was one of the first settlers in that part
of the county. He was a relative of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed
at the battle of Wilson's Creek, MO, in August 1861. There were but two
or three families living in Saranac when Mr. Nathaniel Lyon came. The first
female child born in the town was Fanny Lyon, now Widow Curtis, in 1804.
Mr. Lyon lived a few years on the place where he first settled, and then
moved back some four miles, well up towards the base of Lyon Mountain,
where he cleared a farm. Miss Hattie Lyon, granddaughter of Nathaniel,
was the first lady to ascend to the summit of Lyon Mountain, 11 August
1876. During the War of 1812, Mr. Lyon, apprehensive of danger from marauding
bands of Indians infesting the country, abandoned his farm and returned
to Royalton, VT. He later returned to his farm at the end of the war. It
was during this sojurn in Vermont that Lewis Lyon was born. Lewis Lyon
, at the age of twenty two (ca1836), was married to Joanna Ryon.
Their children were:
1. Seymour Lyon, member of 118th Regiment, NY Volunteers, died in the
army and buried at Yorktown, VA;
2. Ransom Lyon,
3. Harriet N. Lyon,
4. Emma E. Lyon,
5. Nelson N. Lyon,
6. Elmore L. Lyon,
Note:
Subject: A Dannemora Girl
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:31:22 -0500
From: "Marshall, Beverly J." <bmarshall@sidley.com>
I was browing on internet -- looking up my ancestors (Nathaniel
Lyon).
Came up with Lewis Lyon (my grandmother was Mabel Lyon - Tim Healy's
wife).
My name is Beverly Marshall (lived across the street from Dannemora
School). Remember me???
Beverly J. Marshall
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Note2:
Sunday 12/15/2002 8:23:26pm
Name: Jan (Lyon) Rodger
E-Mail: rootschaser@yahoo.com
Location: New Milford,CT
Comments:
Lewis Lyon2, Nathaniel Lyon1-I have obit. of Nathaniel Lyon (see
below), nephew of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon.
Searching Lyon roots. Thought Lyon Mt. may have been haven for Revolutionary
Loyalists.
Note3:
Subject: Lewis Lyon
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:52:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Jan Rodger <rootschaser@yahoo.com>
My grandmother Alice(Baldwin)
Lyon did a lot of genealogy when she was alive.Unfortunately she died before
I was born. I have some items that she saved or wrote notes on. In
the books, "Lyon Memorial" by Elizabeth?(last name slips my mind) printed
in 1906/8, she states that three brothers Henry, Thomas and Richard Lyon
sailed from Scotland to CT in the mid 1600's after they stood guard with
Cromwell's army at the regicide of King Charles I. Nathaniel Lyon
is supposed to descend from one of these brothers, but I have not researched
that far as of yet. My Lyon line descends from bro. Richard,
(I just typed up all of his descendants from the book, "History
and Genealogy of Families of Old Fairfield" by
Donald Lines Jacobus printed in
1930 for the local D.A.R. The obituary goes as follows:
NATHANIEL LYON,
NEPHEW OF GENERAL, DIES AT 78./
Special to The Hartford(CT) Times./Williamantic, Aug. 25.(no yr.given
1930?)
Nathaniel Lyon, 78, died at his
home in Eastford Saturday morning. He was born in that place, July 27,
1852, son of Lorenzo and Mary(Lyon) Lyon, and leaves one nephew and several
nieces. He was a nephew of the late General Lyon of Civil War fame.Funeral
services will be held in the Phoenixville chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Burial will take place
in Eastford.
(Towns mentioned are near Rhode
Island. I have this piece that my
grandmother copied from something.
I have seen it in a book or points of interest type periodical. There is
a state
park in Putnam,CT (his birthplace)
in his memory./Nathaniel Lyon-North Windham-Right on this road thru the
Natchaug State Forest to the junction
with a grandroad at 1.4.miles left on this grandroad about 100 yds. is
the site
of the Birthplace of Nathaniel
Lyon, the first union general killed in the Civil War. Only the chimney
foundation
remains. The wooded area surrounding
his birthplace has been converted with the Nathaniel Lyon State Park
continuing with this grand road
joins the old Phoenixville road at (2.4 miles) at the junction is the Phoenixville
cemetery, the burial place of
Gen.Lyon a 15 ft. shaft, 3 old cannons on knoll, Barberry hedges-for his
service in
Missouri. Gen. Lyon's memory has
been ______by city of St. Louis which has erected 2 equestrian statues
and
name a school in honor. I would
educate a guess that any Lyon's who lived in Vermont were either originally
from
Dorchester or Roxbury,MA or may
have settled there after The Revolutionary War was all said and done.
An
excellent source of information
about the Lyon's is "The Lyon(s) Families Association of America which
I'd heard
about and found on a search engine.
There are two addresses I will give you for this: (1) Bruce C. Lyon, LtCol,
USMC (Ret)/Database Manager, Lyon(s)
Families Association/Willington,CT/ E-mail-brucelyon01@earthlink.net;
(2) Ted T. Lyons, Treasurer/Lyon(s)
Families Association/524 Mark Lane/Belton, MO 64012-1829. We maintain
a database of over 100,000 Lyon(s)
and relatives. Your questions about The Lyon(s) Families Association may
be
directed to Porter Lyon (palyon@juno.com).
I would be glad to hear from others who are searching their Lyon
roots, and will gladly take inquiries
through my E-mail. I have one Lyon ancester who was a loyalist and
fled to
Canada. So my 1st assumption was
that Lyon Mountain, N.Y. was settled by some loyalists.
rodbigelow@netzero.net
