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Benjamin Franklin Lyon

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Benjamin Franklin Lyon

Birth
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Jun 1903 (aged 88)
Lyons, Burleson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Greenvine, Washington County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Death acknowleged by the County Court of Burleson and posted in Caldwell Newspaper, Caldwell, Burleson, Texas

He was listed in 1836 Census of Republic of Texas, and in the 1840 Census. He owned land in Washington Co, Texas in town of Wesley. He moved to Lyons, Burleson, Texas after his wife, Mary A Carrington Lyon, died.

He was a land trader, farmer, and leader in Washington and Burleson Counties of Texas.

He was born in Atlanta, GA in 1815. He married Mary A Carrington in 1839 in Newton Co, Georgia. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Lester Carrington.

He brought his family to Texas in 1840 settleing on land in Wesley.

Children: Martha Frances Lyon m and divorced from Joseph McGee Woods, William A Lyon m to Louisa Pillow, Mary m to Robert Pampell, Eliza Jane m to William Louis Campbell, Oliver Franklin m to Katherine Eugenia Mayfield, Adaline m to Chambers and 2) Kimbell Johnson, Amanda to J P McDonough, John Rezin to Mary Lola McClellan.


Death acknowleged by the County Court of Burleson and posted in Caldwell Newspaper, Caldwell, Burleson, Texas

He was listed in 1836 Census of Republic of Texas, and in the 1840 Census. He owned land in Washington Co, Texas in town of Wesley. He moved to Lyons, Burleson, Texas after his wife, Mary A Carrington Lyon, died.

He was a land trader, farmer, and leader in Washington and Burleson Counties of Texas.

He was born in Atlanta, GA in 1815. He married Mary A Carrington in 1839 in Newton Co, Georgia. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Lester Carrington.

He brought his family to Texas in 1840 settleing on land in Wesley.

Children: Martha Frances Lyon m and divorced from Joseph McGee Woods, William A Lyon m to Louisa Pillow, Mary m to Robert Pampell, Eliza Jane m to William Louis Campbell, Oliver Franklin m to Katherine Eugenia Mayfield, Adaline m to Chambers and 2) Kimbell Johnson, Amanda to J P McDonough, John Rezin to Mary Lola McClellan.



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