Francis Marion Lyman

Brief Life History of Francis Marion

When Francis Marion Lyman was born on 12 January 1840, in Good Hope, McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, Amasa Mason Lyman, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Maria Tanner, was 21. He married Rhoda Ann Taylor on 18 November 1857, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He lived in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 16 November 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Marion Lyman
1840–1916
Rhoda Ann Taylor
1840–1917
Marriage: 18 November 1857
Rhoda Alice Lyman
1859–1942
Ellen Taylor Lyman
1861–1881
Francis Marion Lyman Jr
1863–1957
Edna Jane Lyman
1866–1931
Louisa Ann Lyman
1868–1906
Mary Crismon Lyman
1871–1965
Lois Victoria Lyman
1876–1966
Ada Alta Lyman
1878–1881
Hila Olive Lyman
1881–1882

Sources (115)

  • F M Lyman, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Francis Marion Lyman, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Francis Marion Lyman, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

World Events (8)

1845

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Joshua Breckon BIRTH 24 Apr 1804 DEATH 1845 (aged 40–41) BURIAL Tooele City Cemetery Tooele, Tooele County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT Section 1 MEMORIAL ID 208591655

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

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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