Brief Life History of James Acy
When James Acy Lyman I was born on 23 December 1851, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, his father, James David Lyman, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Fairchild, was 23. He married Isadora Fairchild on 10 March 1882, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wendover, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 December 1942, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Lyman in household of Elizabeth Mc Murray, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Acy Lyman - Government record: birth: 23 December 1851; Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
- James Acy Lyman, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).
Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).
Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Fairchild Young, Lyman, McMurray, Matthews, Chastain
Elizabeth Fairchild was the daughter of Joshua Fairchild and Prudence Fenner. She was born in Ohio and subsequently lived in Missouri, Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, Salt Lake, Ft. Bridger WYO and Grantsvi …
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