1.  Marriage Record:

.  Anon.  1901.  Progressive Men of the State of Montana.  A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, IL (online at the University of Montana at Missoula Mansfield Library web site).  On p. 722:

JAMES H. LYONS.—At the confluence of Mill creek and Yellowstone river, in Park county, is located the fine ranch of Mr. Lyons and there he is successfully engaged in raising cattle and conducting a diary.  He was born in Tioga county, N.Y., on April 4, 1856, the son of Justus C. and Amanda B. (Southwick) Lyons, natives of Tioga and Orange counties, N.Y., who had six sons and two daughters.  His paternal grandparents were Henry and Sarah (Dean) Lyons, both born in Tioga county, where the former died in 1898 (sic 1889) at the venerable age of ninety-eight (sic 92) years.  The great-grandfather, Jesse Lyons, a native of England, emigrated to America in the early Colonial days, establishing his home in New York city, on or near the site of Trinity church.  Justus C. Lyons removed to Wisconsin in 1864 and engaged in farming and dairying until 1883, when he removed to Montana and located on Mill creek, where he is still living on his ranch; his wife, however, passed away in 1874. James H. Lyons was about eight years of age when his parents removed to Wisconsin, where he attended the public school, eventually graduating from the Fond du Lac high school in June, 1877, then he went to Norway, Mich., and was clerk and bookkeeper in a hardware establishment until 1883, when he came to Montana, first locating in Livingston for one year, engaged in clerical pursuits, after which he worked mining property in Bear gulch for two years, meeting with fair success.  He then removed to Cooke, in the southern part of Park county, purchased cows and conducted dairying nearly two years, passing the winter in Horr, and then coming to his present location, purchasing the Davis sawmill ranch, which is most eligibly located and has an area of 800 acres.  Here he is extensively engaged in raising cattle, giving preference to the shorthorn type and having on hand from 100 to 150 head, where he also conducts a successful business in dairying. He is energetic and progressive, and is highly honored in the community.  He has just completed a modern house on his ranch and a large barn, sparing no effort to make the place one of the best in the locality.  He gives his support to the Socialist party, and was chairman of the board of trustees for many years, while fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America.  On June 1, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lyons and Miss Ernestine Wellnitz, born in Buchue, Germany, where the family has been established for many generations, and the daughter of Fred Wellnitz.  He emigrated to America in 1878 and locatd near Fond du Lac, Wis., where he died in 1882, and the mother still resides.  Mr. and Mrs. Lyons have three children, Earnest, who was a student in the Ruskin College, Tenn., and later continued his studies in the Georgia college of the same name, and Etta and Mertie, students in the public schools of Park county.  The children take a deep interest in music, much to the gratification of their parents, who will accord them every advantage in perfecting them in this, the most beautiful of fine arts.

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