Cornelius was born in about 1847. He is the son of Spencer Lyon and Charlotte Clark.
In the 1850 census [1] he is age 5 living in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio with his mother who had remarried a Spencer Lyon. Also in the household are two half siblings, Joel (age 13) and Jane (age 11) from his mother's first marriage to Israel Seaton (Seyton), and her siblings Luther (age 9), Julius (age 8), Electa (age 8), and Julia (age 3). In the census they are all listed with the last name Lyon, but it is likely this was a mistake by the census-taker; and that they carry the names Seaton (Seyton) or Reynolds respectively.
Alfred C. Lyon who served as a Private in the 12th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. [2] In this record a clerical correction is being made to change his last name from Lyons to Lyon.
In the 1870 census [3] Alfred C. Lyon(s) living with Cornelius' half sister Elizabeth Jane. He is listed as a farm laborer.
Alfred passed away in 1882 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Find A Grave: Memorial #33334642
The grave marker has the last name as Lyons. This is likely an error from his military record which wasn't corrected to Lyon until later.
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