Benjamin Stewart Lyons

July 1852–25 November 1918 (Age 66)
Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Benjamin Stewart

When Benjamin Stewart Lyons was born in July 1852, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Benson Lyons, was 23 and his mother, Sabrina Solvena Wintersteen, was 20. He had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Elizabeth Moser. He lived in Pine Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 25 November 1918, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Stewart Lyons
1852–1918
Elizabeth Moser
1857–1932
Irvin John Lyons
1878–1943
Anna Van Lyon
1880–1927
Juniata L. Lyons
1883–1959
Lillian Mae Lyons
1886–1958
Grant Nathan Lyons
1890–1954
Ada Lyons
1895–
Curtis Manley Lyons
1897–1953
Cartis Lyons
1898–
Raymond Leroy Lyons
1899–1960
Ralph Clayton Lyons
1902–1962

Spouse and Children

Children

(10)

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Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(9)

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1863
Age 11
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 11
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 18
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

1 English: variant of Lyon 3.2 Irish: variant of Lyon 4.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Lyon

Sources (7)

  • Benjamin Lyon in household of Joseph B Lyon, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Stewart Lyons, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Stewart Lyons, "United States Census, 1900"

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