47th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army.
John Warner Lyell was the son of Samuel M. Lyell and Felicia Ann Lyell of Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to Mrs. Clara MacGowan Vardell (born 1850 in Texas). He went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from Warsaw, Virginia as a member of the Class of 1859. During the Civil War, he was seriously wounded in the head at the Battle of Seven Pines and again in the head at Frayser's Farm. He was shot in the groin at Fredericksburg and lost his left arm at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He became a Professor of Mathematics at VMI after the war.
The Evening Star Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Col. Lyell’s Death
The death of Colonel John W. Lyell occurred last Thursday at his home, 227 T Street Northeast and the interment was on Saturday. The deceased was sixty-four years old, having been born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1838 and was graduated at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, as one of the three star graduates of the class of 1859.
He participated in more than thirty battles of the War of the Rebellion on the southern side and lost his left arm in one of the battles around Petersburg in 1864. After the war he returned to the Virginia Military Institute and became Professor of Mathematics, occupying that position until 1890, when he resigned. After leaving the military college Colonel Lyell came to this city and engaged in the feed business, from which he retired about six years ago. For several years last he was employed in connection with the twelfth census.
At the time of his death Colonel Lyell was junior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church of this city and during his connection with the Virginia Military Institute he was a member of the vestry of Lee Memorial Episcopal Church of Lexington. A widow survives Colonel Lyell.
The Baltimore Sun Monday, October 20, 1902
Funeral of Col. J.W. Lyell
The funeral services for Colonel John W. Lyell, whose death occurred at his home in Eckington on Thursday, were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church, this city. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. The rector of the church, Rev. Mr. Williams, officiated and the vestrymen of the church acted as pallbearers.
Colonel Lyell was in his sixty fourth year and was a son of the late Samuel M. and Felicia Ann Lyell, of Baltimore, but earlier of Richmond County, Virginia. He was well known in educational circles of the South and for more than 20 years held the Chair of Mathematics at the Virginia Military Institute, from which position he resigned about 10 years ago and retired to this city.
He served with distinction in the Confederate Army, taking part in several of the most important battles, was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment and was several times wounded – one wound resulting in the loss of his left arm. A widow, a brother, Mr. James G. Lyell, of Wesson, Mississippi and four sisters – Mrs. Lucy E. Lyell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. H.V. VerPlanck and Mrs. John M. Gressitt, of Baltimore and Mrs. D.G. Mobier, of Washington – survive him.
The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, October 22, 1902
Round About Town
T.W. Vardell left for Washington, D.C., on Friday, the 17th instant, to attend the funeral of his stepfather, Colonel John W. Lyell, who died on Thursday night, October 16, after a short illness. Colonel Lyell served through the war in Stonewall Jackson’s army and finally succumbed to the effects of wounds received in the many conflicts in which he was engaged, losing his left arm on the field of the Battle of Weldon Road. Colonel Lyell spent several years in Galveston in the early 1890s and six months in Dallas in 1899, a guest of Will M. Waters, his brother-in-law, making many friends, who, with many of the graduates of the famous Virginia Military Institute of Lexington, Kentucky, where he occupied the Chair of Mathematics and Science for twenty-five years, will regret to learn of his death. Mrs. Lyell will return to Dallas with her son, Mr. Vardell and likely make her home in this city.
John Warner Lyell was the son of Samuel M. Lyell and Felicia Ann Lyell of Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to Mrs. Clara MacGowan Vardell (born 1850 in Texas). He went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from Warsaw, Virginia as a member of the Class of 1859. During the Civil War, he was seriously wounded in the head at the Battle of Seven Pines and again in the head at Frayser's Farm. He was shot in the groin at Fredericksburg and lost his left arm at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He became a Professor of Mathematics at VMI after the war.
The Evening Star Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Col. Lyell’s Death
The death of Colonel John W. Lyell occurred last Thursday at his home, 227 T Street Northeast and the interment was on Saturday. The deceased was sixty-four years old, having been born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1838 and was graduated at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, as one of the three star graduates of the class of 1859.
He participated in more than thirty battles of the War of the Rebellion on the southern side and lost his left arm in one of the battles around Petersburg in 1864. After the war he returned to the Virginia Military Institute and became Professor of Mathematics, occupying that position until 1890, when he resigned. After leaving the military college Colonel Lyell came to this city and engaged in the feed business, from which he retired about six years ago. For several years last he was employed in connection with the twelfth census.
At the time of his death Colonel Lyell was junior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church of this city and during his connection with the Virginia Military Institute he was a member of the vestry of Lee Memorial Episcopal Church of Lexington. A widow survives Colonel Lyell.
The Baltimore Sun Monday, October 20, 1902
Funeral of Col. J.W. Lyell
The funeral services for Colonel John W. Lyell, whose death occurred at his home in Eckington on Thursday, were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church, this city. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. The rector of the church, Rev. Mr. Williams, officiated and the vestrymen of the church acted as pallbearers.
Colonel Lyell was in his sixty fourth year and was a son of the late Samuel M. and Felicia Ann Lyell, of Baltimore, but earlier of Richmond County, Virginia. He was well known in educational circles of the South and for more than 20 years held the Chair of Mathematics at the Virginia Military Institute, from which position he resigned about 10 years ago and retired to this city.
He served with distinction in the Confederate Army, taking part in several of the most important battles, was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment and was several times wounded – one wound resulting in the loss of his left arm. A widow, a brother, Mr. James G. Lyell, of Wesson, Mississippi and four sisters – Mrs. Lucy E. Lyell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. H.V. VerPlanck and Mrs. John M. Gressitt, of Baltimore and Mrs. D.G. Mobier, of Washington – survive him.
The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, October 22, 1902
Round About Town
T.W. Vardell left for Washington, D.C., on Friday, the 17th instant, to attend the funeral of his stepfather, Colonel John W. Lyell, who died on Thursday night, October 16, after a short illness. Colonel Lyell served through the war in Stonewall Jackson’s army and finally succumbed to the effects of wounds received in the many conflicts in which he was engaged, losing his left arm on the field of the Battle of Weldon Road. Colonel Lyell spent several years in Galveston in the early 1890s and six months in Dallas in 1899, a guest of Will M. Waters, his brother-in-law, making many friends, who, with many of the graduates of the famous Virginia Military Institute of Lexington, Kentucky, where he occupied the Chair of Mathematics and Science for twenty-five years, will regret to learn of his death. Mrs. Lyell will return to Dallas with her son, Mr. Vardell and likely make her home in this city.
47th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army.
John Warner Lyell was the son of Samuel M. Lyell and Felicia Ann Lyell of Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to Mrs. Clara MacGowan Vardell (born 1850 in Texas). He went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from Warsaw, Virginia as a member of the Class of 1859. During the Civil War, he was seriously wounded in the head at the Battle of Seven Pines and again in the head at Frayser's Farm. He was shot in the groin at Fredericksburg and lost his left arm at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He became a Professor of Mathematics at VMI after the war.
The Evening Star Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Col. Lyell’s Death
The death of Colonel John W. Lyell occurred last Thursday at his home, 227 T Street Northeast and the interment was on Saturday. The deceased was sixty-four years old, having been born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1838 and was graduated at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, as one of the three star graduates of the class of 1859.
He participated in more than thirty battles of the War of the Rebellion on the southern side and lost his left arm in one of the battles around Petersburg in 1864. After the war he returned to the Virginia Military Institute and became Professor of Mathematics, occupying that position until 1890, when he resigned. After leaving the military college Colonel Lyell came to this city and engaged in the feed business, from which he retired about six years ago. For several years last he was employed in connection with the twelfth census.
At the time of his death Colonel Lyell was junior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church of this city and during his connection with the Virginia Military Institute he was a member of the vestry of Lee Memorial Episcopal Church of Lexington. A widow survives Colonel Lyell.
The Baltimore Sun Monday, October 20, 1902
Funeral of Col. J.W. Lyell
The funeral services for Colonel John W. Lyell, whose death occurred at his home in Eckington on Thursday, were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church, this city. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. The rector of the church, Rev. Mr. Williams, officiated and the vestrymen of the church acted as pallbearers.
Colonel Lyell was in his sixty fourth year and was a son of the late Samuel M. and Felicia Ann Lyell, of Baltimore, but earlier of Richmond County, Virginia. He was well known in educational circles of the South and for more than 20 years held the Chair of Mathematics at the Virginia Military Institute, from which position he resigned about 10 years ago and retired to this city.
He served with distinction in the Confederate Army, taking part in several of the most important battles, was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment and was several times wounded – one wound resulting in the loss of his left arm. A widow, a brother, Mr. James G. Lyell, of Wesson, Mississippi and four sisters – Mrs. Lucy E. Lyell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. H.V. VerPlanck and Mrs. John M. Gressitt, of Baltimore and Mrs. D.G. Mobier, of Washington – survive him.
The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, October 22, 1902
Round About Town
T.W. Vardell left for Washington, D.C., on Friday, the 17th instant, to attend the funeral of his stepfather, Colonel John W. Lyell, who died on Thursday night, October 16, after a short illness. Colonel Lyell served through the war in Stonewall Jackson’s army and finally succumbed to the effects of wounds received in the many conflicts in which he was engaged, losing his left arm on the field of the Battle of Weldon Road. Colonel Lyell spent several years in Galveston in the early 1890s and six months in Dallas in 1899, a guest of Will M. Waters, his brother-in-law, making many friends, who, with many of the graduates of the famous Virginia Military Institute of Lexington, Kentucky, where he occupied the Chair of Mathematics and Science for twenty-five years, will regret to learn of his death. Mrs. Lyell will return to Dallas with her son, Mr. Vardell and likely make her home in this city.
John Warner Lyell was the son of Samuel M. Lyell and Felicia Ann Lyell of Baltimore, Maryland. He was married to Mrs. Clara MacGowan Vardell (born 1850 in Texas). He went to Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from Warsaw, Virginia as a member of the Class of 1859. During the Civil War, he was seriously wounded in the head at the Battle of Seven Pines and again in the head at Frayser's Farm. He was shot in the groin at Fredericksburg and lost his left arm at the Battle of Weldon Railroad. He became a Professor of Mathematics at VMI after the war.
The Evening Star Tuesday, October 21, 1902
Col. Lyell’s Death
The death of Colonel John W. Lyell occurred last Thursday at his home, 227 T Street Northeast and the interment was on Saturday. The deceased was sixty-four years old, having been born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1838 and was graduated at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, as one of the three star graduates of the class of 1859.
He participated in more than thirty battles of the War of the Rebellion on the southern side and lost his left arm in one of the battles around Petersburg in 1864. After the war he returned to the Virginia Military Institute and became Professor of Mathematics, occupying that position until 1890, when he resigned. After leaving the military college Colonel Lyell came to this city and engaged in the feed business, from which he retired about six years ago. For several years last he was employed in connection with the twelfth census.
At the time of his death Colonel Lyell was junior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church of this city and during his connection with the Virginia Military Institute he was a member of the vestry of Lee Memorial Episcopal Church of Lexington. A widow survives Colonel Lyell.
The Baltimore Sun Monday, October 20, 1902
Funeral of Col. J.W. Lyell
The funeral services for Colonel John W. Lyell, whose death occurred at his home in Eckington on Thursday, were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal Church, this city. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. The rector of the church, Rev. Mr. Williams, officiated and the vestrymen of the church acted as pallbearers.
Colonel Lyell was in his sixty fourth year and was a son of the late Samuel M. and Felicia Ann Lyell, of Baltimore, but earlier of Richmond County, Virginia. He was well known in educational circles of the South and for more than 20 years held the Chair of Mathematics at the Virginia Military Institute, from which position he resigned about 10 years ago and retired to this city.
He served with distinction in the Confederate Army, taking part in several of the most important battles, was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment and was several times wounded – one wound resulting in the loss of his left arm. A widow, a brother, Mr. James G. Lyell, of Wesson, Mississippi and four sisters – Mrs. Lucy E. Lyell, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. H.V. VerPlanck and Mrs. John M. Gressitt, of Baltimore and Mrs. D.G. Mobier, of Washington – survive him.
The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, October 22, 1902
Round About Town
T.W. Vardell left for Washington, D.C., on Friday, the 17th instant, to attend the funeral of his stepfather, Colonel John W. Lyell, who died on Thursday night, October 16, after a short illness. Colonel Lyell served through the war in Stonewall Jackson’s army and finally succumbed to the effects of wounds received in the many conflicts in which he was engaged, losing his left arm on the field of the Battle of Weldon Road. Colonel Lyell spent several years in Galveston in the early 1890s and six months in Dallas in 1899, a guest of Will M. Waters, his brother-in-law, making many friends, who, with many of the graduates of the famous Virginia Military Institute of Lexington, Kentucky, where he occupied the Chair of Mathematics and Science for twenty-five years, will regret to learn of his death. Mrs. Lyell will return to Dallas with her son, Mr. Vardell and likely make her home in this city.
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