Jonathan LYONS & Nancy Ann ALEXANDER

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Jonathan LYONS
Nancy Ann ALEXANDER

Husband: Jonathan LYONS
Birth: 19 Mar 1816, co. Armagh, IRL
Death: 12 Jun 1876, Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA
Migration: 1826, came to New York City, NY, with his widowed mother and brothers
Occupation: clergyman
Religion: Non-Subscribing Presbyterian
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b-CTS6889, "North Irish"
Father: William LYONS
Mother: Eleanor SPROULL

Marriage: 24 Apr 1856, Polk Co., TN

Wife: Nancy "Nora" Ann ALEXANDER
Birth: 9 Mar 1831, Monroe Co., TN
Death: 23 Sep 1898, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: James Harvey ALEXANDER (1808-1891)
Mother: Theressa / Theresa DAVIS (1803-

Children:

— born in Polk Co., TN;
1. William Alexander LYONS, b. 1 Mar 1857; d. 2 Mar 1928, Andalusia, Covington Co., AL

— born in Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA:
2. Mary Eleanor LYONS, b. 10 Dec 1858
3. John Sprole LYONS, b. 8 Feb 1861
4. James Edgar LYONS, b. 21 Oct 1863
5. Joseph LYONS, b. 29 Apr 1866
6. Laura Lucy LYONS, b. 7 Sep 1867
7. Nannie Theresa "Rhetta" LYONS, b. 10 Dec 1869
8. Jonathan / John McCheyne LYONS, b. 2 Nov 1872

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; Éire, Ireland, NRL, Northern Ireland; USA, US, United States, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia

Sources (n.b., Roanoke Co. was formed in 1838 from Botetourt Co.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but if he was unmarried and living in another household, as he was in 1850, he would not be enumerated.

4. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #25 of 52): 55th Dist., Roanoke Co., VA, Roll 973, p. 269A, 161/161, enumerated 20 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

John W Hunt 41 M farmer 10000 Va

Elizabeth " 36 F "

Ann E " 7 F "

Jemima F " 4 F "

William G " 1 M "

Jonathan Lyon 32 M N. S. Pres. Clegy. Ireland

Sarah Sense 34 F Va

If this Jonathan isn't our subject, then I have no clue where else he might be.

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #113 of 113): Five Oaks & Tazewell P.O.'s, Eastern Dist., Tazewell Co., VA, Roll M653_1381, p. 907, PN 221, 1310/1472, enumerated 21 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Jonathan Lyons 44 M Cleryman (Pres) 4000 3030 Ireland

Nancy A " 28 F Tenn

William A " 3 M "

Mary E 1 F Va

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 93): Tazewell Court House P.O., Jeffersonville Twp., Tazewell Co., VA, Roll M593_1680, p. 362B, PN 26, enumerated 28 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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150 150 Lyons Jonathan 52 M W Preacher 4000 500 Ireland / / /

"   Nancy Ann 35 F W Keeping house Tennessee

"   William A 13 M W Attending School " / /

"   Mary E 11 F W "        " Virginia / /

"   John S 9 M W " /

"   Laura L 2 F W " /

"   Nannie T 5/12 F W " / Dec

7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 56): 88th Dist., Tazewell Co., VA, Roll 1393, p. 230C, PN 7, SD 5, ED 88, enumerated 3 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).

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45 47 Lyons Nora A W F 49 / Farmer TN TN TN

_____ Wm A W M 23 Son / Commerical Traveller TN TN TN

_____ Mary W F 21 Dau / Teacher 2 VA TN TN

_____ Sprole W M 19 Son / Student VA TN TN

_____ Laura W F 12 Dau / At School VA TN TN

_____ Rhetta W F 10 Dau / At School VA TN TN

_____ John W M 7 Son / At home VA TN TN

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

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

10. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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