Samuel Lyon was born in 1834 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania, the oldest of 4 sons of Jonathan Lyon and Nancy J. Dawson Lyon. He married Louisa Long in 1862.
Samuel was a Captain in the Union Army (GAR), and an engineer on the USS T.D. Horner, a stern-wheel steamer built in 1859 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and part of Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.'s United States Ram Fleet. The Mississippi River fleet was actually part of the Army, not the Navy. Rams were powerful river towboats, with reinforced hulls for ramming. During the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, Rams played an important role in the Union victory. Samuel's name is on the Civil War section of the Georgetown Veterans Memorial on Market Street.
Samuel continued as an engineer on riverboats after the Civil War. He was a chief engineer on Jacob Poe's steamboats.
Samuel Lyon passed away on June 8, 1898, in Georgetown.
He is survived by his wife, Louisa;
3 sons: George Dawson, Samuel Connley, and Robert James Lyon;
4 daughters: Mary Ellen Poe, Cora E. Johnston, Louise Genevra Lyon, and Lavenia Hamilton St. Clair;
and a brother Shannon Brown Lyon.
He was predeceased by his parents,
by a son, Adison, who died in infancy;
and by 2 brothers: George Dawson and Hamilton Lyon.
Information from "Georgetown Steamboats," c. 2013, by Francis W. Nash; Doug Lyon, Member #47038406; and Angela, Member #48520699. Edited and submitted by Angela.
Samuel was a Captain in the Union Army (GAR), and an engineer on the USS T.D. Horner, a stern-wheel steamer built in 1859 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and part of Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.'s United States Ram Fleet. The Mississippi River fleet was actually part of the Army, not the Navy. Rams were powerful river towboats, with reinforced hulls for ramming. During the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, Rams played an important role in the Union victory. Samuel's name is on the Civil War section of the Georgetown Veterans Memorial on Market Street.
Samuel continued as an engineer on riverboats after the Civil War. He was a chief engineer on Jacob Poe's steamboats.
Samuel Lyon passed away on June 8, 1898, in Georgetown.
He is survived by his wife, Louisa;
3 sons: George Dawson, Samuel Connley, and Robert James Lyon;
4 daughters: Mary Ellen Poe, Cora E. Johnston, Louise Genevra Lyon, and Lavenia Hamilton St. Clair;
and a brother Shannon Brown Lyon.
He was predeceased by his parents,
by a son, Adison, who died in infancy;
and by 2 brothers: George Dawson and Hamilton Lyon.
Information from "Georgetown Steamboats," c. 2013, by Francis W. Nash; Doug Lyon, Member #47038406; and Angela, Member #48520699. Edited and submitted by Angela.
Samuel Lyon was born in 1834 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania, the oldest of 4 sons of Jonathan Lyon and Nancy J. Dawson Lyon. He married Louisa Long in 1862.
Samuel was a Captain in the Union Army (GAR), and an engineer on the USS T.D. Horner, a stern-wheel steamer built in 1859 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and part of Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.'s United States Ram Fleet. The Mississippi River fleet was actually part of the Army, not the Navy. Rams were powerful river towboats, with reinforced hulls for ramming. During the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, Rams played an important role in the Union victory. Samuel's name is on the Civil War section of the Georgetown Veterans Memorial on Market Street.
Samuel continued as an engineer on riverboats after the Civil War. He was a chief engineer on Jacob Poe's steamboats.
Samuel Lyon passed away on June 8, 1898, in Georgetown.
He is survived by his wife, Louisa;
3 sons: George Dawson, Samuel Connley, and Robert James Lyon;
4 daughters: Mary Ellen Poe, Cora E. Johnston, Louise Genevra Lyon, and Lavenia Hamilton St. Clair;
and a brother Shannon Brown Lyon.
He was predeceased by his parents,
by a son, Adison, who died in infancy;
and by 2 brothers: George Dawson and Hamilton Lyon.
Information from "Georgetown Steamboats," c. 2013, by Francis W. Nash; Doug Lyon, Member #47038406; and Angela, Member #48520699. Edited and submitted by Angela.
Samuel was a Captain in the Union Army (GAR), and an engineer on the USS T.D. Horner, a stern-wheel steamer built in 1859 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and part of Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.'s United States Ram Fleet. The Mississippi River fleet was actually part of the Army, not the Navy. Rams were powerful river towboats, with reinforced hulls for ramming. During the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, Rams played an important role in the Union victory. Samuel's name is on the Civil War section of the Georgetown Veterans Memorial on Market Street.
Samuel continued as an engineer on riverboats after the Civil War. He was a chief engineer on Jacob Poe's steamboats.
Samuel Lyon passed away on June 8, 1898, in Georgetown.
He is survived by his wife, Louisa;
3 sons: George Dawson, Samuel Connley, and Robert James Lyon;
4 daughters: Mary Ellen Poe, Cora E. Johnston, Louise Genevra Lyon, and Lavenia Hamilton St. Clair;
and a brother Shannon Brown Lyon.
He was predeceased by his parents,
by a son, Adison, who died in infancy;
and by 2 brothers: George Dawson and Hamilton Lyon.
Information from "Georgetown Steamboats," c. 2013, by Francis W. Nash; Doug Lyon, Member #47038406; and Angela, Member #48520699. Edited and submitted by Angela.
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