William Cyrus Lyons (1872 - 1941)

Born 8 Oct 1872 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United States

Husband of Anna Katherine (Cook) Lyons — married about 24 Feb 1894 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

Died 10 Nov 1941 at age 69 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Biography

William Lyons was born on October 08, 1872 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa.^[1] He married Anna Cook on February 24, 1894. Together they had 4 children:

1. Lillian Lyons
2. Florence Lyons
3. Helen Lyons
4. Wilma Lyons

He died on November 10, 1941 in Houston, Harris, Texas.

Research Notes

On his death certificate, his parents' names are given as Cyrus Lyons and Abby Warrens. He was born in either Red Oak, Iowa or Nebraska in 1871 and married in Nebraska in 1894, so the family might have been living in one of those states in 1880.

Sources

1. ↑ Occasionally, a birthplace of Nebraska is mentioned; maybe his family relocated there when he was very young? If you have a more definitive source or record, please add it here!

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 September 2021, 21:33), entry for William Cyrus Lyons (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRXH-41J ); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM7-K5N : accessed 4 September 2021), W C Lyons, Precincts 1, 3-4, 6 Granite Riverside, Buena Vista, Dolomite Buena Vista & Granite towns, Chaffee, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 3A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,121.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MJ-PQM : accessed 4 September 2021), William Lyons, Houston Ward 5, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 2B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1560; FHL microfilm 1,375,573.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXF-TW1 : 23 February 2021), William Cyrus Lyons, 1917-1918.
• "Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTY-GFLN : 4 September 2019), William Cyrus Lyons, 10 Nov 1941; citing Death, Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Houston.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K394-KP2 : 20 February 2021), William C Lyons, 10 Nov 1941; citing certificate number 50840, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,748.