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 Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mary Hosford:

Children with Beulah Chittenden:

  • Minerva Lyon7,11,13 b. 27 May 1785
  • Chittenden Lyon14 b. 22 Feb 1787, d. 23 Nov 1842
  • Aurelia Lyon15,3,13 b. 27 May 1790, d. 22 Sep 1821
  • Matthew Lyon Jr.11,13,14 b. 18 Apr 1791, d. 27 Jan 1839
  • Noah Chittenden Lyon7 b. 22 Mar 1792, d. 16 Aug 1792
  • Beulah Lyon16,12 b. Jul 1796, d. 12 Jul 1804
  • 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. Biographical Encyclopeadia of Vermont of the Nineteenth Century. Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Co., 1885.
  9. Alvan Talsott, compiler, Chittenden Family: William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and his Descendants. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1882.
  10. Odell Walker, Profiles of the Past. Kuttawa, Kentucky: McClanahan, 1994.
  11. Chittenden Lyon, letter. 5 Apr 1828, to James Witherell.
  12. "Eddyville was Settled One Hundred Years Ago." The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky, 19 Mar 1899.
  13. Wills. Caldwell Co.. Kentucky. Caldwell County Courthouse. 100 East Market St., Princeton, Kentucky.
  14. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State: Embracing a Concise Account of the Origin and Development of the Virginia Colony; its Expansion Westward, and the Settlement of the Frontier Beyond the Alleghanies.... Louisville, Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885.
  15. Loose Marriage papers. Caldwell Co.. Kentucky. Caldwell County Courthouse. 100 East Market St., Princeton, Kentucky.
  16. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, Kentucky. Kuttawa, Kentucky: McClanahan Publishing House, 1989.