Newell Lyon (abt. 1806 - 1868)

Born about 1806 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont

Ancestors

Died 26 Dec 1868 at about age 62 in Brattleboro, Vermont

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Biography

Newell Lyon was the son of Asa Lyon and his wife Esther (Newell) Lyon. He was a lawyer in Burlington, Vermont.^[1] He was born in Vermont in about 1806.

The 1840 U.S. Census recorded Newel Lyon as a single householder in South Hero, Vermont. He was indicated to be 30 to 39 years old. ^[2]

In July 1850, the 1850 U.S. Census recorded Newell Lyon, age 43, in Burlington, Vermont, head of a household that also included Arrietta Lyon, age 23, and children Asa N. Lyon, age 1, and Edward P. Lyon, 5 months old. Newell Lyon was a lawyer; he and the two children were born in Vermont, while Arrietta was born in New York. There were also two women who likely were servants: Electa A. Stevens, age 18, born in Canada, and Mary Sullivan, age 22, born in Ireland.^[3]

In July 1860 the U.S. Census recorded Newel Lyon, age 59, in Burlington, with Arritta, age 33, and children Asa, 11; Edward, 10; Van Rensselaer (spelled "Van Renselear" on the census sheet), 8; Hettie, 3; and Charles, 1. Newell Lyon was an attorney with $20,000 of real estate and $5,000 of personal estate.^[4]

Newell Lyon died on 26 December 1868 in an asylum in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was 62 years old. The cause of death was paralysis.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Lyons, page 84
2. ↑ United States Census, 1840. Enumeration sheet for South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: 542; Page: 383; Image: 796; Family History Library Film: 0027439.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1850. Enumeration sheet for Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M432_923; Page: 268A; Image: 537.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1860. Enumeration sheet for Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M653_1319; Page: 146; Image: 156; Family History Library Film: 805319.
5. ↑ http://interactive.ancestry.com/4661/41599_312379-01063?pid=463067

• Lyons, Albert Brown (1905). Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon, of Roxbury, Peter Lyon, of Dorchester, George Lyon, of Dorchester, with Intro. Treating of the English Ancestry of the American Families. W. Graham Print. Company, 1905.

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