Mary Eliza (Robinson) Lyon (1849 - 1914)

Born 7 Jul 1849 in Bladen, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Nathan Alexander Stedman Jr. — married about 1875 in Bladen, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Chatham Calhoun Lyon — married 4 Apr 1898 in Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States

Died 28 Mar 1914 at age 64 in Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Paul Schmehl [send private message]

Biography

Mary was born in 1849 in Bladen County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Dr. Herman Harwood Robinson and Helen Jane Purdie.

When she was about 26 she married Nathan Alexander Stedman, Jr. probably in Bladen County. No records of the marriage have been found. They had four children together, two sons, and two daughters.

Nathan passed away in 1886. She married Judge Chatham Calhoun Lyon in 1898 and lived with him until her death.

She passed away in 1914 in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, and was buried in Elizabethtown City Cemetery..

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B7-7K4 : 23 December 2020), Mary E Robinson in household of Heman H Robinson, Bladen, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDL-4JT : 18 February 2021), M E Robinson in entry for H H Robinson, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW85-9S3 : 29 May 2021), Mary E Robinson in entry for Herman H Robinson, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6Z-T9T : 14 January 2022), M. E. Stedman in household of N. A. Stedman, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTG-PDL : 7 January 2022), Mary R Lyon in entry for Chatham Lyon, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLST-75L : accessed 15 February 2022), Mary R Lyon in household of Chetam C Lyon, Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1097; FHL microfilm 1,375,110.
• Lyon-Stedman, Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), 05 Apr 1898, Tue., Page 1
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158690305/mary-eliza-lyon : accessed 14 February 2022), memorial page for Mary Eliza Robinson Lyon (7 Jul 1849–28 Mar 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 158690305, citing Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Shirley (contributor 47044694) .