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Peter Lyon

Male 1819 - 1901  (81 years)


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  • Name Peter Lyon 
    Born 22 Feb 1819  Jefferson County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 1901  [2
    Person ID I28307  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2005 

    Father Noah Lyon,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth [Lyon],   b. Abt 1795, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Register and Recorder Office Greene Co, PA. page 312

      February the 25, 1841, an Article of an agreement made and agreed to by NOAH LYON of the one part and PETER LYON of the other part all of Richhill Township Greene County Pennsylvania, the said Noah LYON doth bargain and sell to the said Peter LYON a sertain tract of land lying and being in Richhill township Greene County Pennsylvania, bounded as follows: BOUNDED by the land of John McGLUMPHY on the East by land of Amos PAYNE on the South by land of Jesse PETTIT on the North by land of Charles BOND. . . .whereof the said Peter LYON doth bind himself his attorney executors or administrators or assigns to keep the said Noah LYON and his wife Elizabeth LYON in food and Rament and comfortable dwelling for durin life the said Peter LYON is to pay the balance of the money on the said land and is to have the deed maid in his name the said Peter LYON is to pay John LYON one hundred and fifty dollars when he is twenty one years of age and each one of the rest of the heirs which is six one hundred dollars each as they come of age.

      Noah LYON (seal ) Peter LYON (seal)
      WITNESS present: Hugh McGLUMPHY
    Family ID F12132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza McGlumphy,   b. Abt 1820, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1857, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1850-Aleppo, Green, PA, #176-176:
      Peter LYON-age 31-male born Ohio-farmer-$1500
      Eliza-age 30-female-born Pennsylvania
      Nathaniel-age 9-male-born Pennsylvania
      Lida A-age 4-female-born Pennsylvania
      John-age 11/12-male-born Pennsylvania
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel Lyon,   b. Abt 1840, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lida A Lyon,   b. Abt 1845, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John Lyon,   b. 1849, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sarah G Lyon,   b. 30 Dec 1854, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1935, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F12131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Matilda Kern,   b. 11 Apr 1838, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 61 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1858  Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1860-Aleppo, Green, PA:
      Peter LYONS-age 40 $4000/$1000-born Ohio
      Elizabeth 22 PA
      Nathaniel 19 PA
      Lydda A 14 PA
      John S 10 PA
      Sarah 5 PA
      Alice A 11/12 PA
      Elizabeth LYONS-age 64-female-charitably kept-pauper (Peter's mother)

      1870-Aleppo, Greene, PA:
      Peter LYONS-age 50-male-farmer-$5000/$900-born PA
      Elizabeth 32 PA
      Nathaniel 29 n PA
      John 20 PA
      Sarah 15 PA
      Alice A 10 PA
      Adelia 9 PA
      James C 8 PA
      Nora 6 PA
      Annabelle 4 PA
      Mary E 2 PA

      Moved to Curtis District, Roane Co, WV in 1872.

      1880 Census Place: Curtis, Roane, West Virginia Page 5B
      Peter LYON Self M M W 60 OH OH OH
      Elizabeth LYON Wife F M W 42 PA PA PA
      Alice J. LYON Dau F S W 20 PA
      Adelia LYON Dau F S W 19 PA
      James D. LYON Son M S W 18 PA
      Nora LYON Dau F S W 16 PA
      Annie B. LYON Dau F S W 14 PA
      Lizzie M. LYON Dau F S W 12 PA
      Effa LYON Dau F S W 9 PA
      Virginia LYON Dau F S W 7 PA
      Jesse L. LYON Dau F S W 4 PA

      1900-Curtis, Roane, WV,6/15/1900, #192-192:
      LYON, Peter, Feb 1819-age 81-wid OH NJ PA
      Virginia M dau Aug 1874 WV OH OH
      Jessie dau Mar 1876 WV OHOH
      Effie dau July 1871 PA OH OH
      LYON, J.D. son in law June 1869 single PA PA PA [I think this is Peter's son and not a son-in-law.]
    Children 
     1. Alice Josephine Lyon,   b. 25 Sep 1859, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1942, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Adelia Lyon,   b. 30 Sep 1861, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. James D Lyon,   b. 1862, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943  (Age 81 years)
     4. Nora Lyon,   b. Apr 1864, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Annie Belle Lyon,   b. Abt 1866, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elizabeth M Lyon,   b. 1868, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age 54 years)
     7. Effa Lyon,   b. Jul 1871, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Virginia Lyon,   b. Aug 1873, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Jessie L Lyon,   b. Mar 1876, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F8644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S248] Hardesty's History of Roane Co, WV.

    2. [S118] Probate Records.

    3. [S463] Pam.