Ulysses was born in 1865. He passed away in 1956 at the age of 90.
Sources
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVC-LN6 : 29 May 2021), Whitfield Lyon in entry for Fred F Lyon, 1870. Black Hawk Township, Jefferson, Iowa
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2G-WQZ : 14 January 2022), Whitfield Lyon in household of F. F. Lyon, Black Hawk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H8HB-C2M : 2 March 2021), Whitfield Lyon in household of Frederic Lyon, Black Hawk, Jefferson, Iowa; citing p. 27, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,483.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWK-9N1 : 3 November 2017), Ulysses Whitfield Lyon and Mary Gillette, 22 Jan 1893, Jefferson County, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol. J p.216, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 969,382.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M929-QNM : accessed 23 February 2022), U W Lyon, Black Hawk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 5A, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,439.
"Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2S87-SJR : 20 February 2021), U Whitfield Lyon, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing card #411, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,478.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGMH-PLT : accessed 23 February 2022), Whitfield Lyons Jr., Black Hawk, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 5B, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 408; FHL microfilm 1,374,421.
"Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQC-WNQ8 : 1 March 2021), U W Lyon, Keswick, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing Keswick, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJG-L2C : accessed 23 February 2022), U W Lyon, Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 4B, line 63, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 662; FHL microfilm 2,340,397.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112159326/u-whitfield-lyon : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for U Whitfield Lyon (29 Mar 1865–21 Mar 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112159326, citing Friends Cemetery, Richland, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Brenda Cavner Wolcott (contributor 46860386) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ulysses by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Rande Thorpe :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT82986, FTDNA kit #B63883 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup FT82986
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ulysses: