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Beulah Chittenden1,2

ID# 1033, (1764 - 1824)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: on 15 May 1764 in Salisbury, Connecticut.3,4
  • Married First: Capt. Elijah George Galusha.5
  • Married Second: Matthew Lyon in Aug 1784 in Vermont.6,7,8
  • Died: on 6 Feb 1824 in Little Rock, Arkansas.9,10,11
  • Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.12
Beulah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Capt. Elijah George Galusha:

Children with Matthew Lyon:

Citations

  1. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Town Meetings, Salisbury, 1:150, birth record for Bulah Chittenden.
  2. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 35, shows name as Beulah Chittenden.
  3. Births, Deaths, Marriages, Town Meetings, Salisbury, 1:150, birth record for Bulah Chittenden, shows date.
  4. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, shows date, as 15 May 1764.
  5. Biographical Encyclopeadia of Vermont, pg 77, shows him as her first husband.
  6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows month, year, and state.
  7. Biographical Encyclopeadia of Vermont, pg 77, shows him as her second husband.
  8. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 35, shows married.
  9. Miller, Suzanne, "Re: Death date for Beulah Chittenden Lyon," e-mail to author, 9 May 2005, notes that the "Lyon County Cemetery Book" lists the date as Feb. 6, 1821, and states that is the date on the tombstone. But states that a copy of Chittenden Lyon's Bible she received from another descendant shows the entry "Beulah Lyon, his mother, near Eddyville, February 5th [could be 6th, as there is a smudge over this part], 1824, the 60th year of her age."
  10. Lyon, Chittenden letter to Witherell, James, 5 Apr 1828, shows she survived her husband by 18 months.
  11. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, shows date, as Feb. 6 (?) 1821.
  12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6549965, Beulah Chittenden Lyon.

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