| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#7-8 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
IN |
Grant Co. |
Pleasant Twp. |
Roll 81 |
pp. 86A-86B |
Ln. 1 |
John Lyon |
100 011 - 000 010 |
0100000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Aaron (b. 1838/9) |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= hired hand? kin? |
| 1 male |
30-39 |
1800-1810 |
= John LYON (b. 1807) |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= Nancy (b. 1815) |
| 1 |
person employed in agriculture |
Listed two lines from John's brother, Elias LYON.
3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #22 of 25): Jefferson Twp., Grant Co., IN, Roll M432_147, p.
195A, 444/444, enumerated 3 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850
(extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| John Lyon |
43 |
M |
|
Farmer |
9000 |
Va |
| Nancy " |
34 |
F |
|
|
|
Ohio |
| Aaron " |
11 |
M |
|
|
|
Ind |
| James " |
8 |
M |
|
|
|
" |
| David " |
6 |
M |
|
|
|
" |
| Mary E " |
5/12 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
| Richard " |
80 |
M |
|
Farmer |
|
Md |
| Ellen " |
75 |
F |
|
|
|
Va |
| James Rasoner [Reasoner] |
26 |
M |
|
Mill-Wright |
|
Ohio |
| Richard " |
22 |
M |
|
" " |
|
" |
| Eleanor Lyon |
19 |
F |
|
|
|
" |
Richard
& Ellen LYON are John's parents.
4. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #23-24 of 33): Wheeling P.O., Jefferson Twp., Grant Co., IN,
Roll M653_261, PN 49-50, 386/339, enumerated 23 Jun 1860, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| John Lyon |
52 |
M |
|
Farmer |
4600 |
600 |
Va |
| Nancy " |
44 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Ohio |
| Aaron " |
20 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Ind |
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| Jas Lyon |
17 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Ind |
| David " |
16 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Thos B " |
8 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| John " |
6 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Howard " |
1 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Matilda Lyon |
13 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Matilda Dean |
20 |
F |
|
Domestic |
|
|
" |
5. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #
6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #
Benjamin G. Shinn, ed. 1914. Blackford and Grant
Counties, Indiana: A Chronicle of Their People Past and Present with
Family Leneage and Personal Memoirs. Vol. II. Lewis Publ
Co., Chicago and New York (online courtesy of the Allen County Public Library,
Fort Wayne, IN):
| Some of the paragraphs were relentlessly long, so I've
broken them up for improved readability. Boldface added by me.
For the full entry, see son Howard LYON's page. |
| p. 481 |
HOWARD LYON... |
| p. 482 |
His [Richard Lyon's] children were as follows...
6. John, who was the father of Howard Lyon, was born
September 14, 1807, and more particular mention of him follows this paragraph...
John Lyon, who was born in Virginia, September 14, 1807,
was seven years old when the family migrated to Ohio, where he arrived
at his majority in Guernsey county. He followed various occupations,
chiefly on a farm, but also was employed on the old national pike in Ohio,
and also engaged in the tobacco business, from which he made some profit.
In 1837, he walked all the way from Ohio to Indiana in order to look over
the land and select the site of a future home. He found one hundred
and sixty acres to his liking, on the Mississinewa River, being the northeast
quarter of section twenty-one of Jefferson township. Having investigated
and decided upon this tract he continued his journey on foot to the Fort
Wayne land office, where he formally entered a quarter section and then
continued on in the same manner to his Ohio home. There he met his sweetheart,
who soon afterwards went on with her mother to Blackford county, Indiana,
and he followed as soon as he could dispose of his interests in Ohio and
make |
| p. 483 |
ready for a permanent establishment in Indiana.
At that time Blackford county had not been organized and its territory
was a part of Delaware county, so that the young woman who was to become
his wife took up her residence temporarily in the latter county so that
she would be convenient to the county seat in readiness for marriage.
This young woman was Nancy McVicker. She was born in Guernsey
county, Ohio, December 11, 1815. Her grandfather Dennis McVicker,
was a native of Virginia, and the son of a Scotchman who came to the United
States and died in Virginia. Miss McVicker's father was Archibald
McVicker, a native of Virginia, but who died in Guernsey county, Ohio,
and his widow Elizabeth survived him and brought her children to
Indiana, eventually settling in Jefferson township of Grant county, where
she died when an old woman.
After they were happily married John Lyon and wife came to
their new home in Jefferson township. On the tract of land which
he had previously selected the only evidence of the presence of civilized
man was one coon tree which had been cut down by some hunters, and otherwise
it was a perfect wilderness. A log cabin was hastily erected in the
midst of the timber, and there they began housekeeping. John Lyon
was a man of exceptional industry, and had the faculty of accumulation.
His land in a few years was increased to two hundred and forty acres, and
his labors gradually brought about substantial prosperity for all his household.
In 1859, was erected a comfortable old residence which is now occupied
by his son Howard. There both parents spent many years and
the mother died April 23, 1876, and the father on November 2, 1888.
In community affairs they were both active, and were especially
prominent as early Methodists in that vicinity. They took part in
the organization of the first Shiloh Methodist church, in which John
Lyon and wife were charter members, and he served as a trustee and
steward until his death. During his career he voted the Democratic ticket,
but in later times was a Prohibitionist. The children of John Lyon
and wife are mentioned as follows:
1 and 2. Lamech and Lemuel, born in Ohio in February,
1838, died in infancy.
3. Aaron, born May 9, 1840, died in Grant county, June 10,
1910; he was twice married, but left no living children.
4. James, born August 20, 1842, died March 6, 1899, at Upland,
where he was a merchant. Though twice married he had no children.
5. David, born December 12, 1844, died August 13, 1896, after
a career as a merchant at Upland and he was also well known as an Odd Fellow;
his wife preceded him in death two months, and left two daughters.
6. Sarah E., born May 20, 1848, died at the age of one year.
7. Mary Eleanor, born February 9, 1850, was also one year
of age at the time of her death.
8. Thomas Benton, born May 9, 1852, died February 8, 1906;
he was a physician, but in later years was a successful druggist in Upland,
and also prominent in Masonic circles.
9. John R., born February 23, 1855, is a farmer at Dodson,
Montana, and has one daughter living.
Howard Lyon, who was the youngest of the children of John
Lyon, was born in Jefferson township, November 13, 1858... |
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