At right, General Lyman with sons Andrew I. (who retired as a Marine colonel) and Charles H. (who retired as a Navy rear admiral).
A 1942 letter from the cemetery on letterhead of 39th and Imperial Ave., Main 6115, San Diego CA refers to the general's payment for Crypt 22, Tier 2, Shepherd Lane, with name plate and authorization to cremate. It also says: ..."you will be cremated according to your wishes, and your Cremated Remains will be placed in Mrs. Lyman's casket, although your name plate will be on the crypt purchased by you."
Lyman Park at Quantico, Va., is named for him. He was first commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force located there, in 1936. The park was named for him in honor of his morale and recreation-building activities at the time.
Prior to Quantico, Gen. Lyman served on ten naval ships and duties in Mexico, China, the Philippines, Panama, Cuba, Alaska, Santo Domingo, and in the United States: Parris Island (where his father Charles H. Lyman 1 had been superintendent) and San Diego.
In Santo Domingo, in 1922, he had offered himself as a hostage to achieve the surrender of bandit Gen. Ramon Nateras. Within six weeks, the area's bandits ended five years of bandit warfare.
After retirement from the military, he was chairman of the board of the San Diego area Red Cross for more than a decade, and was part of establishing its first bloodmobile.
A 1942 letter from the cemetery on letterhead of 39th and Imperial Ave., Main 6115, San Diego CA refers to the general's payment for Crypt 22, Tier 2, Shepherd Lane, with name plate and authorization to cremate. It also says: ..."you will be cremated according to your wishes, and your Cremated Remains will be placed in Mrs. Lyman's casket, although your name plate will be on the crypt purchased by you."
Lyman Park at Quantico, Va., is named for him. He was first commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force located there, in 1936. The park was named for him in honor of his morale and recreation-building activities at the time.
Prior to Quantico, Gen. Lyman served on ten naval ships and duties in Mexico, China, the Philippines, Panama, Cuba, Alaska, Santo Domingo, and in the United States: Parris Island (where his father Charles H. Lyman 1 had been superintendent) and San Diego.
In Santo Domingo, in 1922, he had offered himself as a hostage to achieve the surrender of bandit Gen. Ramon Nateras. Within six weeks, the area's bandits ended five years of bandit warfare.
After retirement from the military, he was chairman of the board of the San Diego area Red Cross for more than a decade, and was part of establishing its first bloodmobile.
At right, General Lyman with sons Andrew I. (who retired as a Marine colonel) and Charles H. (who retired as a Navy rear admiral).
A 1942 letter from the cemetery on letterhead of 39th and Imperial Ave., Main 6115, San Diego CA refers to the general's payment for Crypt 22, Tier 2, Shepherd Lane, with name plate and authorization to cremate. It also says: ..."you will be cremated according to your wishes, and your Cremated Remains will be placed in Mrs. Lyman's casket, although your name plate will be on the crypt purchased by you."
Lyman Park at Quantico, Va., is named for him. He was first commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force located there, in 1936. The park was named for him in honor of his morale and recreation-building activities at the time.
Prior to Quantico, Gen. Lyman served on ten naval ships and duties in Mexico, China, the Philippines, Panama, Cuba, Alaska, Santo Domingo, and in the United States: Parris Island (where his father Charles H. Lyman 1 had been superintendent) and San Diego.
In Santo Domingo, in 1922, he had offered himself as a hostage to achieve the surrender of bandit Gen. Ramon Nateras. Within six weeks, the area's bandits ended five years of bandit warfare.
After retirement from the military, he was chairman of the board of the San Diego area Red Cross for more than a decade, and was part of establishing its first bloodmobile.
A 1942 letter from the cemetery on letterhead of 39th and Imperial Ave., Main 6115, San Diego CA refers to the general's payment for Crypt 22, Tier 2, Shepherd Lane, with name plate and authorization to cremate. It also says: ..."you will be cremated according to your wishes, and your Cremated Remains will be placed in Mrs. Lyman's casket, although your name plate will be on the crypt purchased by you."
Lyman Park at Quantico, Va., is named for him. He was first commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force located there, in 1936. The park was named for him in honor of his morale and recreation-building activities at the time.
Prior to Quantico, Gen. Lyman served on ten naval ships and duties in Mexico, China, the Philippines, Panama, Cuba, Alaska, Santo Domingo, and in the United States: Parris Island (where his father Charles H. Lyman 1 had been superintendent) and San Diego.
In Santo Domingo, in 1922, he had offered himself as a hostage to achieve the surrender of bandit Gen. Ramon Nateras. Within six weeks, the area's bandits ended five years of bandit warfare.
After retirement from the military, he was chairman of the board of the San Diego area Red Cross for more than a decade, and was part of establishing its first bloodmobile.
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