Austin Spence Lyons (1882 - 1960)

Born 22 Sep 1882 in Lambsburg, Carroll County, Va

Ancestors

Husband of India Louvenia (Combs) Lyons — married Feb 1900 in Carroll County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1960 at age 78 in Hospital, Forsyth Co,, N.C.

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Biography

There are three different birth dates for Austin. A family member, who shares the September 22 date, assures me that our grandfather told her they shared a birthday, so I am satisfied that this is the correct date. Any other date listed in this document is just a copy of the public record.

Austin Spence Lyons was born on November 24, 1882 in a mountain community of Carroll County, Virginia. His parent's large family were farmers. Birth: November 24, 1882 Osten S. Lyon Virginia Births and Christenings Name Osten S. Lyon Gender Male Birth Date 24 Nov 1882 Birthplace Carroll Co, Virginia Father's Name Osten Lyon Mother's Name Ella V. Lyon Note: Misspelled name. Should be Austin ^[1] Austin Spencer Lyons in the North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 Name: Austin Spencer Lyons Gender: Male Race: White Age: 79 Birth Date: 22 Sep 1881 Birth Place: Carroll, Virginia, United States Residence: Lambsburg, Carroll, Virginia Death Date: 30 Nov 1960 Death Place: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Spouse: India Combs Lyons Father: Ausborne Spence Lyons Mother: Lou Ella Ward

Austin married India Louvenia Combs on February 22, 1900. Austin Lyons in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-194 Name: Austin Lyons Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 17 Birth Date: 1883 Birth Place: Carroll Co., VA. Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1900 Marriage Place: Carroll, Virginia Father: O. S. Mother: L. V. Spouse: India Combs FHL Film Number: 31087 Reference ID: p 115^[2]

For a while the young couple lived with India's parents, and eventually moved into their own home, which was next to his parents. All together they had 7 children. Austin worked as a coal miner, leaving home for several months at a time to work in the coal fields of West Virginia. When the older children were old enough to work in the mills and factories of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the family relocated and stayed there for several years. India operated a boarding house which gave housing and meals to several young women who were co-workers and friends of her several daughters.

When the depression began it became obvious that it was time to return home to the mountains. Austin went back to farming. India gardened and took care of the home. They lived comfortably in their small home, and every visitor was welcomed and offered food and cool well water, coffee or tea.

Austin died on November 30, 1960, and was buried at Blue Ridge Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near the community of Piper's Gap, Virginia.

Austen Lyons in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census^[3] Name Austen Lyons Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Fancy Gap District, Carroll, Virginia, United States Gender Male Age 18 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Son-in-law Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son In Law Years Married 0 Birth Date May 1882 Birthplace Virginia Marriage Year (Estimated) 1900 Father's Birthplace Virginia Mother's Birthplace Virginia John C Camles Head M 61 Virginia Christina Camle Wife F 56 Virginia India L Lyons Daughter F 21 Virginia Austen Lyons Son-in-law M 18 Virginia

Austin Lyons in the 1910 United States Federal Census^[4] Name: Austin Lyons Age in 1910: 26 Birth Year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Fancy Gap, Carroll, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Native Tongue: English Occupation: Laborer Industry: Coal Mine Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner Home Owned or Rented: Rent Farm or House: House Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 16 Out of Work: N Number of weeks out of work: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Austin Lyons 26 India Lyons 29 Mallie Lyons 9 Lessie Lyons 7 Erma Lyons 5 Velma Lyons 2

Austin Spence Lyons United States World War I Draft Registration Cards Name Austin Spence Lyons Event Type Draft Registration Event Date 1917-1918 Event Place Carroll County, Virginia, United States Gender Male Nationality United States Birth Date 02 Sep 1882 Birthplace United States Notations on the Draft Registration: Height-Short Build-Slender Eyes-Brown Hair-Black Date: Sept 12, 1918 CITING THIS RECORD:"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6CB-F77 : 12 December 2014), Austin Spence Lyons, 1917-1918; citing Carroll County, Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,984,613.

In 1920 the family is renting their home at 1022 White Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Austen is a coal worker and India is a "boarding house keeper". Children living in the home are: Lessie, Erma, Velma, Ella, Mildred, and Edna. The older girls work in a cigarette factory. Boarders are: 19 year old Ellen and 14 year old Louise Smothers, cigarette factory workers; 18 year old Beulah Spear and her younger sisters Ila, 15, and Sala, 13 and the only one not working. Beulah is working in a hosiery mill and Ila works in a cigarette factory. The last boarder is 15 year old Jerome Lyons, a cousin working in a cigarette factory.^[5]

Austin S Lyons in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Name: Austin S Lyons Gender: Male Residence Year: 1922 Street address: 974 n Liberty Residence Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA Occupation: Carpenter Spouse: India Lyons

Austin L Lyon in the 1930 United States Federal Census^[6] Name: Austin L Lyon [Austin L Lyons] Birth Year: abt 1881 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1930: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina Map of Home: View Map Street address: East 16th street Ward of City: 3rd Ward House Number in Cities or Towns: 636 Dwelling Number: 174 Family Number: 196 Home Owned or Rented: Rented Home Value: 28.00 Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: No Age at First Marriage: 18 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Fireman Industry: Saw Mill Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker Employment: Yes Household Members: Name Age Austin L Lyon 49 Indie Lyon 51 Irma Lyon 24 Mildred Lyon 15 Edna Lyon 12 Ted Peland 23 Ella Peland 19

Austen Lyons in the 1940 US Federal Census: ^[7] Austin Lyons in the 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Austin Lyons Age: 59 Estimated birth year: abt 1881 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Fancy Gap, Carroll, Virginia Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: Low Gap Road Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Fancy Gap, Carroll, Virginia Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 7A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 95 Occupation: Farmer House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 600 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48 Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 50 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Austin Lyons 59 India Lyons 61 Edna Lyons 23 Sally Meeks 65

Austin Spence Lyons in the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name: Austin Spence Lyons Age: 59 Race: White Birth Date: 22 Sep 1883 Birth Place: Lambsburg, Virginia, USA Residence Year: 1942 Residence: Carroll, Virginia, USA

Austen died on November 30, 1960, in the City Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.^[8][9] Gender: Male Race: White Age: 79 Birth Date: 22 Sep 1881 Birth Place: Carroll, Virginia, United States Residence: Lambsburg, Carroll, Virginia Death Date: 30 Nov 1960 Death Place: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA Spouse: India Combs Lyons Father: Ausborne Spence Lyons Mother: Louella Ward

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5XH-C5R : 5 December 2014), Osten S. Lyon, 24 Nov 1882; citing Carroll Co, Virginia, reference p 219; FHL microfilm 2,046,922. VIRGINIA BIRTHS AND CHRISTENINGS, 1853-1917 Indexing Project (Batch) Number I01780-9 System Origin Virginia-Easy GS Film number 2046922 Reference ID p 219
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFL-T4J : 22 January 2015), Austen Lyons in household of John C Camles, Fancy Gap District, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 28B, family 531, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,704. Notation: Austen and India were living in the home of her parents, John Canaday Combs and Christina Davis Combs, Pipers Gap, Fancy Gap District, Carroll County, Virginia. The name "Combs" is mistakenly spelled "Camles".
4. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Fancy Gap, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: T624_1624; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1375637 Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
5. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Winston-Salem Ward 3, Forsyth, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1298; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 96 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
6. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina; Roll: 1690; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0046; Image: 728.0; FHL microfilm: 2341424 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
7. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Fancy Gap, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: T627_4253; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 18-3 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
   • Notations on death certificate:
   Usual occupation: coal miner cause of death: coronary occlusion due to arteriosclerosis
9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 97369797 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=lyons&GSiman=1&GScid=2205078&GRid=97369797&