Brief Life History of Oscar Morris
When Oscar Morris Lyman was born on 16 December 1847, in Indian Territory, United States, his father, Amasa Mason Lyman, was 34 and his mother, Paulina Eliza Phelps, was 20. He married Phoebe Madora Benson on 5 April 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 22 October 1874, in Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Oscar Lyman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Oscar Morris Lyman Sr, "Find A Grave Index"
- Oscar M Lyman in entry for Oscar M Lyman and Amelia W Burton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (6)
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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