Philo LYON & Louisa BURNHAM & Maria GRANTIER

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Philo LYON
Louisa BURNHAM
Maria GRANTIER

Husband: Philo LYON
Birth: 13 Oct 1807, NY
Death: 1869, presumably in Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY
Disposition: buried Laona Cemetery, Laona, Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY
Occupation: carpenter

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Louisa BURNHAM
Birth: 20 Mar 1810, Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY
Death: 1844, presumably in Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY
Disposition: buried Laona Cemetery, Laona, Chautauqua Co., NY
Father: Eliphalet BURNHAM
Mother: Rhoda WARD

Marriage-2:

Wife-3: Maria / Mariah GRANTIER
Birth: 1816/7, NY
Occupation: homemaker
Father: John GRANTIER

Children with Louisa BURNHAM — born in Laona, Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY:

1. (Son A) LYON, b. 1830-35
2. (Son B) LYON, b. 1830-35
3. Rhoda LYON, b. 22 Mar 1837
4. Henry J. LYON, b. 30 Jul 1839

— possibly one of the above sons born 1830-35:
. Tertius LYON, d. æ 4, bur. Laona Cem.

Stepchildren (these are very likely Maria's children from a prior marriage) — born in NY:

. Nelson GILES, b. 1840/1
. Lydia E. GILES-LYON, b. 1846/7

Children with Maria GRANTIER — born in the Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY:

5. Lucy Jane LYON, b. 1847/8
6. Milton LYON, b. 1850/1
7. Philo LYON, b. 1853/4
8. Phila LYON, b. 1853/4

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Sources (n.b., in early New York state, "towns" were the equivalent of the townships of other states):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

3a. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19-20 of 64 — indexed "Phile Syon"; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NY Chautauqua Co. Pomfret Roll 272 p. 221 Ln. 15 Philo Lyon 120 001 - 100 001 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Henry (b. 1839)

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Son B
= Son A

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Philo (b. 1807)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Rhoda (b. 1837)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Louisa (b. 1809/10)

1 person employed in agriculture

3b. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John GRANTIER (æ 60-70) is living in Villanova, Chautauqua Co., NY (p. 305); next to him is a James GUILE (æ 20-30).

4a. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #42 of 107): Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY, Roll M432_485, p. 207B, 312/318, enumerated 12 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Philo Lyon 42 M Carpenter NY

Mariah 33 F "

Lucey J 2 F "

Nelson Giles 9 M "

Lydia E Giles ? F "

Are the GILES children Mariah's from a prior marriage? Can't find John GRANTIER.

4b. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Rhoda LYON (æ 13, b. NY) is living in the Town of Carroll, Chautauqua Co., NY, with her mother's half-sister, Mary Eliza (BURNHAM) MARTIN, et al. (q.v.).

5a. 1855 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 20): South Part, Town of Perrysburgh, Cattaraugus Co., NY, p. 154, enumerated 12 Jun 1855, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1855 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1855: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 13 14

? frame 15? 19 Philo Lyon 40 M Newyork / 1/12 Carpenter

Maria Lyon 28 F Wife Shoharrie / 1/12

Lydia E Lyon 8 F Child Chatauqua 1/12

Lucy Jane Lyon 7 F Child Chatauqua 1/12

Milton Lyon 4 M Child Chatauqua 1/12

Philo Lyon 1 M Child Chatauqua 1/12

Phila Lyon 1 F Child Chatauqua 1/12

5b. 1855 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 34): daughter Rhoda LYON (æ 18, b. Chautauqua; domestic) is living in a tavern in the Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY (q.v.). Henry LYON (æ 15, b. Chautauqua) is living in the Town of Dayton, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 159), as a servant in the EDGERTON household (q.v.).

6. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

. Nathan Towne. 2009. Laona Cemetery, Laona, Chautauqua County, NY (online at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Laona/):

"Laona Cemetery is located between Wilson and Webster streets just west of Route 60 in Laona. It is maintained by the Town of Pomfret, Chautauqua County, NY. This interment list was transcribed from the cemetery record books by Marsia Painter (2009)."

Name (Age) Birth Date (Place) Death Date (Place) Spouse S/R/L/G (OWNER) Notes

Lyon, Philo xx/xx/1807 xx/xx/1869 Louisa Lyon A/_/137/1

Lyon, Louisa (34 yrs) xx/xx/1844 Philo Lyon A/_/137/2

Lyon, Tertius (4 yrs) A/_/137/3

. Wills, Chautauqua County, vol. 2, 1844-1856. FHL Microfilm #588096 (abstracts online at the Chautauqua County NYGenWeb site):

p. 188, John Grantier of Villenova, Chautauqua County, New York, signed 29 Mar 1850, recorded 26 Feb 1852.
Everything to my two daughters Eliza wife of Albert Sharp and Maria wife of Philo Lyon.
Executors: Albert Sharp
Witnesses: Austin Peirce and Enos Goodyear, both of town of Villenova

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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