Amos LYON & Mary Catharine SHAFFER

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Amos LYON
Mary Catharine SHAFFER

Husband: Amos LYON
Birth: 7 Dec 1828, Cayuga Co., NY
Death: 31 Dec 1898, Otter Creek, Linn Co., IA
Occupation: farmer
Father: Harvey LYON
Mother: Elizabeth SMOKE

Marriage: 2 Mar 1856, Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL

Wife: Mary Catharine / Catherine SHAFFER
Birth: 12 Feb 1831, Lebanon Co., PA
Death: 23 Jan 1915 or 17 Jan 1916, Otter Creek, Linn Co., IA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Andrew SHAFFER (1793-1880) — parents born in Wuerttemberg
Mother: Sarah Salome MEASE (1801->1850)

Children:

— born in Woodland, Carroll Co., IL:
1. Sarah Ellen LYON, b. 1853/4
2. Asaph LaFronz LYON, b. 26 Dec 1856
3. Flora Isabelle LYON, b. Aug 1859; d. 30 Oct 1863, Carroll Co., IL
4. Milo Lincoln LYON, b. 5 Dec 1862; d. 1948, Chicago, IL; m1. Anita Margaret WILSON (1869-); m2. Allie Lenora WOODYARD (1884-1986)
5. Mary Emma LYON, b. 30 May 1866

— born in Otter Creek, Linn Co., IA:
6. Allen / Allien / Alyon [Allyn? / Allon?] Amos LYON, b. 24 Feb 1869; d. 6 Jun 1939; m1. Nellie May MORTON (1872-1903); m2. Emma __?__ (1869-)
7. Jesse Grant LYON, b. 16 Dec 1871; d. 15 Nov 1961, Central City, Lafayette Co., IA; m. 1893, Lafayette, Linn Co., IA, Irena Rocelia MOHLER (1873-1972)

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRG, Germany, DEU, Deutschland, Württemberg; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Sources:

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Amos LYON
Birth: 07 Dec 1828, Cayuga, New York; Death: 31 Dec 1898, Linn, Iowa
Marriage: 02 Mar 1852, Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois
Spouse: Mary Catherine Shaffer
Birth: 12 Feb 1831, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Death: 23 Jan 1915
Source: patron submission

Andrew SHAFFER
Birth: 25 Feb 1793, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death: 04 Aug 1880 Flemingville, Linn, Iowa
Marriage: 04 Sep 1815, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Sarah Salome MEASE
Birth: 28 May 1801, Pennsylvania
Source: patron submission

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Mary SHAFFER (æ 18, b. PA) is living in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL (p. 359A), with her parents, Andrew SHAFFER (æ 57, b. PA; shoemaker) & Sarah (æ 49, b. PA), plus siblings.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2-3 of 19): Palsgrove Mt. Carroll P.O., Woodland, Carroll Co., IL, Roll M653_159, pp. 841-841, PN 15-16, 113/108, enumerated 6 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Amos Lyon 31 M Farmer 560 160 NY

William Jordon 20 M Laborer Ills

Mary C Lyon 29 F Pa

Sarah E " 6 F Ills

Asaph L " 3 M "

Flora J " 1 F

Flora's middle initial is definitely J, not I.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #12 of 40 — indexed "Aeros Lyon"): Flemingsville P.O., Otter Creek, Linn Co., IA, Roll M593_405, p. 418B, PN 12, 76/76, enumerated 16 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Lyon Amos 41 M W Farmer 2800 700 NY

" Mary 39 F W K H Penn

" Ellen 17 F W Ill

" Asaph 13 M W "

" Milo 7 M W "

" Emma 4 F W "

" Alyon 1 M W Iowa

Listed next to Amos's brother, Harvey Lucius LYON.

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 19): Otter Creek Twp., Linn Co., IA, Roll 351, p. 332B, PN 3, SD 2, ED 273, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 21 24 25 26

21 21 Lyon Amos W M 51 / Farmer NY NY NY

____ Mary C W F 49 Wife / Keeping house PA PA PA

____ Mary E W F 14 Dau / Scholar / IL NY PA

____ Allien A W M 11 Son / Scholar / IL NY PA

____ Jesse G W M 8 Son / / IA NY PA

Shaffer Andrew W M 87 F-in-Law / Shoemaker 12 Infirm PA Wertemberg

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

8. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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