Jordan Sanders Lyons (abt. 1853 - 1908)

Born about 1853 in Carroll County, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 1908 at about age 55 in Carroll County, Virginia

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Biography

Jordan was born in 1853, estimated according to census records. He is the son of Ransome Lyons and Elizabeth Felts.

Jordan died in 1908 and was buried in Edmunds Cemetery in Alleghany County, North Carolina. ^[1] [1]

Census Records: 1860 census record with his parents: Name: Ransom H Lyons Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Gender: Male Birth Place: Virginia Home in 1860: Carroll, Virginia Post Office: Hillsville Family Number: 788 Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Ransom H Lyons 3Elizabeth Lyons 27 W Lyons 12

Osborn Lyons 11

Isaac Lyons 9

Jordon Lyons 7

Ira C Lyons 5

Sarah J Lyons 2^[2]

:1880: After the death of his father during the Civil War, his mother Elizabeth married Christopher Columbus Snow. Jordan is listed in the 1870 census with the Snow family, along with his younger sister Sarah. United States Census, 1880:

Name Sarah J Lyon

Event Type Census

Event Date 1880

Event Place Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States

Gender Female

Age 20

Marital Status Single

Race White

Relationship to Head of Household Other

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Other

Birth Year (Estimated) 1860

Birthplace Virginia, United States

Father's Birthplace Virginia, United States

Mother's Birthplace Virginia, United States

Sheet Letter D Sheet Number 97 Person Number 5 Volume 1

Christopher C Snow Self M 30 North Carolina, United States

Elizabeth H Snow Wife F 48 Virginia, United States

Francis E Snow Daughter F 7 Virginia, United States

Charles M Snow Son M 5 Virginia, United States

Jordon Lyon Other M 24 Virginia, United States

Sarah J Lyon Other F 20 Virginia, United States^[3]

1900: Jordan is living in Alleghany County, North Carolina. His wife, Linnie, is 23 years old, and he is 44. They were married in 1891 and have two children in the home who are evidently children of them both. Their names are Vera F Lyons, 7, and Samuel M Lyons, 4. ^[4]

Post Master Appointment:Vera, Alleghany Appointment Date: 24 Jul 1905 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
2. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Carroll, Virginia; Roll: M653_1339; Page: 896; Image: 322; Family History Library Film: 805339 Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP5-FL2 : 11 August 2016), Sarah J Lyon in household of Christopher C Snow, Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 20, sheet 97D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1360; FHL microfilm 1,255,360.
4. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0163; FHL microfilm: 1241181 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
5. ↑ Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 92; Archive Publication #: M841