| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
not found, but the 1790 census of VA was lost; also, he's not expected
to appear as head of household because he's not married, yet.
3. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
not found, but the 1800 census of VA was lost.
4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#77 of 79; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
VA |
Hampshire Co. |
Roll 69 |
p. 834 |
Ln. 15 |
Richard Lyon |
50010-12010-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 5 males |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Elijah (b. 1809)
= Elias (b. 1809)
= John (b. 1807)
= James (b. 1805)
= Michael (b. 1801) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= Richard (b. 1769/70) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1803) |
| 2 female |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Sarah (b. 1799)
= Mary (b. 1797) |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= Ellen (b. 1774/5) |
Listed next to Thomas McBRIDE.
5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#46 of 75; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1820 |
VA |
Hampshire Co. |
Roll M33_136 |
p. 252 |
Ln. 15 |
Richard Lyon |
231201-00120-0-500 |
no slaves |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 males |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= William (b. 1818)
= Richard (b. 1815) |
| 3 males |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= Elijah (b. 1809)
= Elias (b. 1809)
= John (b. 1807) |
| 1 male |
16-18 |
1801-1804 |
= James (b. 1805) |
| 1 male |
19-25* |
1794-1801 |
= Michael (b. 1801) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Richard (b. 1769/70) |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1794-1804 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1803) |
| 2 females |
26-44 |
1775-1794 |
= ?
= Ellen (b. 1774/5) |
| 5 |
persons engaged in agriculture |
| *In the 1820 Census, the third column is
age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25, which means any
individual in column three is duplicated in column four. So,
for an accurate representation of the household, the number in column three
should be subtracted from the number in column four. If, after the
subtraction, any individuals remain in column four, then they have to be
age 19-25, thus creating a "new," more precise age class. |
6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#11 of 24; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
OH |
Morgan Co. |
Olive Twp. |
Roll M19-137 |
p. 56 |
Ln. 21 |
Richard Lyons |
011 210 010 - 000 000 010 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= |
| 1 male |
10-14 |
1815-1820 |
= William (b. 1818) |
| 2 males |
15-19 |
1810-1815 |
= |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= John (b. 1807) |
| 1 male |
50-59 |
1770-1780 |
= Richard (b. 1769/70) |
| 1 female |
50-59 |
1770-1780 |
= Ellen (b. 1774/5) |
7. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#5-6 of 18; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
OH |
Morgan Co. |
Olive Twp. |
Roll 417 |
pp. 148B-149A |
Ln. 23 |
Rich Lyons |
000 110 000 100 - 001 000 010 |
0300000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= |
| 1 male |
70-79 |
1760-1770 |
= Richard (b. 1769/70) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= |
| 1 female |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= Ellen (b. 1774/5) |
| 3 |
persons employed in agriculture |
Listed one line below Jas. LYONS and two lines above Michael LYONS.
8. 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 |
|
|
|
" |
. 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 grandson Howard LYON's page. |
| p. 481 |
HOWARD LYON. Grant county has received
some of its finest family stocks from Virginia, transplanted first to Guernsey
county, Ohio, and thence to this section of Indiana. Several branches
of the Lyon family, who early manifested a disinclination to live in slave
territory, thus settled in Grant county not long after the establishment
of civil government here in 1831. The following article describes
the more important incidents in this family migration with special reference
to the immediate family of the above well known Jefferson township citizen,
whose old home place on sections 20 and 21 has many associations with the
Lyon name.
They came originally from Sweden, migrating to England during the
reign of Peter the Great and thence to America in the colonial epoch.
The first definite information of the family in this country is in Virginia,
and before the Revolutionary war. It is not known whether any of
the family participated as soldiers in that war. The grandfather
of Howard Lyon was Richard Lyon, born in the Old Dominion
about |
| Transcriber's Note: Such early oral
family history is often incorrect, especially when it's improbable, such
as an origin in Sweden, or controverted by the data, such as Richard's
birthplace in Maryland, not Virginia. Accept only what you can document. |
| p. 482 |
1775. On March 7, 1795, he married Elenor
McBride, a Virginia girl of Scotch-Irish ancestry. They lived
in Virginia until 1814. Richard Lyon was strongly opposed
to slavery, and for that reason determined to move his family to the free
states of the north and west. Thus he settled in Guernsey county,
Ohio, about the close of the War of 1812, and he and his children were
pioneers in that section, making a home in the wilderness and rearing his
family under primitive conditions. His children were as follows:
1. Mary, born May 21, 1797, married John Grayham,
and came to Indiana, both dying in this state when old people. They left
two children, Ellen and Rachael.
2. Sarah, born February 24, 1799, married Thomas Deeren,
lived in Guernsey county, Ohio, until after the death of Mr. Deeren, and
his widow died in Grant county, Indiana, but her body was taken back and
laid by the side of her husband in Guernsey county, O. They left
a large family of children, who were remarkable for their length of life,
several living to be more than eighty years of age, five living at one
time, and all past fourscore, and three are still surviving and about ninety
years of age.
3. Michael, born April 15, 1801, lived the life of a farmer
in Guernsey county, O., and married Mary Slater, both passing away
when old people. Their children scattered to various parts of the
country.
4. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1803, married John Reasoner,
were early settlers in Indiana, where they spent their active lives in
Delaware county, and died when old and left children.
5. James, born August 20, 1805, married Nancy Slater,
came to Grant county, and died on the home farm in Jefferson township,
when in the neighborhood of seventy years of age. They had several
children.
6. John, who was the father of Howard Lyon, was born
September 14, 1807, and more particular mention of him follows this paragraph.
7 and 8. Elias and Elijah, twins, born December 20,
1809, the former married Mahala Pearl for his first wife, and Mrs.
Rachael
Coats for his second, and there were children by both wives, and they
all spent the greater portion of their active careers in Grant county.
Elijah married Hannah Anderson, and they lived out their
lives in Van Buren township of Grant county and left children.
9 and 10. The next two children were twins, and died in infancy
unnamed.
11. William , born October 2, 1818, was married and died
in Grant county in middle life, leaving a son and a daughter. He
was a cabinet maker by trade.
12. Richard, Jr., born May 20, 1815, married a Miss Funk,
and they had three children; he died in Henry county, Indiana, where he
was known as a manufacturer of medicine.
13. Samuel, born March 8, 1820, spent many years of his life
in Missouri, and by his marriage to Mary Stephens, had several daughters... |
. Lyon(s)
Families Association of America: Database (on CD, as of 22 Feb
2010).
. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI
- International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).
. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |
