William Hardin Lyon

• OCCUPATION: Farmer
• BIRTH: 22 Oct 1798, Patrick co,VA
• DEATH: 29 Dec 1884, Henry co,IA
• BURIAL: Oak Grove cem

FATHER: Stephen Lyon   (abt 1761 - 6 May 1820)
MOTHER: Ella Perkins   (28 Mar 1763 - 23 Mar 1831)

SPOUSE 1: Mary Brittain   (10 Dec 1801 - 11 Nov 1842)

dau of Parks Brittain   (10 Jul 1771 - 6 Sep 1846)   &
Elizabeth King   (6 Mar 1780 - 5 Jan 1809)

• MARRIAGE:   10 Jan 1819, Rockcastle co,KY

issue:

1. Charles Perkins Lyon ,   b.6 Nov 1819,   Rockcastle co,KY
   
   d.17 Jul 1899,   Sedgwick co,KS
   marr: 19 Aug 1840, Clark co,MO
   Elmina Hobson   (abt 1822 - aft.1902)
   
   dau of William Hobson (1800-ca.1869)   & Sarah Dyson
   
   
2. Parks Brittain Lyon ,   b.10 Jan 1822,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   marr.1: 23 Mar 1845, Henry co,IA
   Susan Goodwin   (abt 1820 - ? )
   
   
   marr.2: abt 1850
   Lydia ----   (abt 1831 - ? )
   
   
3. Stephen H Lyon ,   b.4 Sep 1824,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   marr.1: 25 Jun 1875
   Shebe Ann Rowhupp
   
   
   marr.2: 27 Nov 1877
   Catherine Swoops
   
   
4. Sarah Jane Lyon ,   b.7 Oct 1826,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   d.abt 1920,   Fremont, Mahaska co,IA
   marr: 23 Dec 1843, Henry co, IA
   Isaac Newton Garriott   (2 Mar 1826 - 14 Apr 1909)
   
   son of Elijah Garriott (1772-1830)   & Nancy Pringle
   
   
5. Arthura Lyon ,   b.12 Mar 1830,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   d.10 Aug 1833,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   
6. Peter William Lyon ,   b.14 Mar 1832,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   d.21 Jul 1909,   Jefferson co,IA
   marr: 22 Jan 1852, Henry co,IA
   Catherine Hull   (abt 1834 - ? )
   
   dau of John Hull (1809-1855)   & Sarah Stansbury
   
   
7. James Monroe Lyon ,   b.27 May 1834,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   d.27 May 1897,   Howell co,MO
   marr.1: 13 Jun 1855, Keokuk co,IA
   Eliza Ann Garriott   (abt 1839 - abt 1881)
   
   dau of John Newton Garriott (1806-1882)   & Jane A Reed
   
   
   marr.2: 12 Jan 1882
   Charlotte Francelia Card   (25 Oct 1846 - 4 Apr 1890)
   
   
   marr.3: aft 1890, prob. Mercer co,MO
   Mrs Nancy Ellen (Garriott) Leighton   (abt 1839 - ? )
   
   widow of William Leighton
   dau of Jacob Garriott (ca.1812- ? )   & Rhoda Dailey
   
   
8. America Edalyn Lyon ,   b.1 Oct 1836,   Hendricks co,IN
   
   d.15 Feb 1907,   Mercer co,MO
   marr.1: 11 Nov 1853, Henry co,IA
   John William Garriott   (20 Sep 1832 - 19 May 1866)
   
   son of John Newton Garriott (1806-1882)   & Jane A Reed
   
   
   marr.2: abt 1870
   John Cooper
   
   
9. Zacharias Lyon ,   b.7 May 1842,   Henry co,IA
   
   d.13 Nov 1844,   Henry co,IA
   
   
10. Elizabeth Lyon ,   b.7 May 1842,   Henry co,IA
    
    d.18 Mar 1847,   Henry co,IA
    
    

SPOUSE 2: Mrs Harriet (Stansbury) Hutchinson   (14 May 1815 - 30 Nov 1893)

widow of William Hutchinson   (abt 1812 - abt 1843)

dau of Henry Stansbury   (25 Dec 1791 - 28 Mar 1865)   &
Catherine Remy   (15 Sep 1794 - 17 Dec 1882)

• MARRIAGE:   15 Aug 1844, Henry co,IA

issue:

1. Henry Thomas Lyon ,   b.17 Jul 1845,   Henry co,IA
   
   d.27 May 1932  
   marr: 11 Mar 1875, Henry co,IA
   Mary Ann Denny
   
   
2. Franklin Humberston Lyon ,   b.5 Feb 1848,   Henry co,IA
   
   d.27 Feb 1928  
   marr: 17 Aug 1863
   Mariah E Salyer   (abt 1846 - ? )
   
   
3. Cordelia Elly Lyon ,   b.29 Nov 1850,   Henry co,IA
   
   d.15 Mar 1852,   Henry co,IA
   
   
4. Ida Iowa Lyon ,   b.26 Aug 1856,   Henry co,IA
   
   d.5 Jul 1884  
   marr: 10 Jan 1878, Henry co,IA
   Columbus F Watson
   
   

Notes

-First marriage per KY IGI; second marriage per IA IGI
-Service in Civil War, Corporal in Capt. William Hinshaw's Company;
 Co.H, 37th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers; enrolled 16 Sep 1862
 for a 3 year enlistment; discharged 24 May 1865 in Davenport, Scott co,IA;
 age 66.   Place of birth from army discharge record at Henry co,IA, T:256;
 Similar record at State Capital, Des Moines,IA, where the unit in which
 he served is called the Grey Beard Regiment
-Census of 1830, Hendricks co,IN; p.105
-Census of 1840, Henry co,IA (M:0202101/F:101101)
-Census of 1850, Tippecanoe twp, Henry co,IA; #1215 (Farmer,51); shown
 as born in VA
-The Hutchinson children residing in his home in the Census of 1850 are
 step children and the issue of his 2nd wife by her 1st marriage
-William Hardin Lyon came to Hendricks co,IN in ca.1821; he bought a
 65.88 acre farm in Marion twp about 1-1/2 miles East of New Winchester,
 near the Putnam County Line
-In 1832 William Hardin Lyon and his father-in-law Parks Brittain were
 each fined 50 cents for illegal assembly by Hendricks County Court;
 they are presumed to have been electioneering

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