Matthew Lyon1,2,3

ID# 1470, (1749 - 1822)
  • Born: 14 Jul 1749 in Dublin, County Wicklow, Ireland.4,5,1
  • Married First: Mary Hosford 23 Jun 1773.6
  • Married Second: Beulah Chittenden in Aug 1784 in Vermont.7,8,9
  • Died: 1 Aug 1822 in Spadra Bluff, Arkansas.1,3,10
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.10,1,3
Matthew also appears in our Narrative Site where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mary Hosford:

Children with Beulah Chittenden:

  • Minerva Lyon7,11,12 b. 27 May 1785
  • Chittenden Lyon7 b. 22 Feb 1787, d. 23 Nov 1842
  • Aurelia Lyon11,12,7 b. 27 May 1790, d. Sep 1821 or Oct 1821
  • Matthew Lyon Jr.11,12,7 b. 18 Apr 1791, d. 27 Jan 1839
  • Noah Chittenden Lyon7 b. 22 Mar 1792, d. 16 Aug 1792
  • Beulah Lyon7 b. Jul 1796
  • Giles Lyon7,11 b. Jul 1803, d. 1823
  • Elizabeth Ann Lyon7,11 b. 11 Jun 1805

Citations

  1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Online <http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp>.
  2. Thomas W. Westerfield, editor. Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, vol. IV, Sketches from Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston. Logan, Lyon, Simpson, Union, and Webster Counties. Owensboro, Kentucky: Genealogical Reference Company, 1972.
  3. Findagrave.com. Online <http://www.findagrave.com>.
  4. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. micropublication M804. Washington: National Archives.
  5. Aleine Austin. Matthew Lyon: "New Man" of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822. University Park, Pennsylvania, and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1981.
  6. Edward C. Starr. A History of Cornwall, Connecticut: a Typical New England Town. New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1926.
  7. Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman. Family file David and Deborah.GED, 31 Jul 1998, by e-mail 31 Jul 1998.
  8. Alvan Talsott, compiler. Chittenden Family: William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and his Descendants. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1882.
  9. George Norbury Mackenzie, editor. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families.... 7 vols. Baltimore: n.pub., 1912. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.
  10. Odell Walker. Profiles of the Past. Kuttawa, Kentucky: McClanahan, 1994.
  11. Chittenden Lyon, letter 5 Apr 1828, to James Witherell. Published by Andrew N. Adams, A History of the Town of Fair Haven, Vermont (Fair Haven, Leonard and Phelps, Printers:1870) pp 424-5, found online on Pat Oliver's Caldwell County Website, at. <http://fly.hiwaay.net/~woliver/Old_Lyon_letter.html
  12. Caldwell Co. Wills. County Courthouse. 100 East Market Street, Princeton, Kentucky.

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