Elizabeth Maria Martin1,2

Family Chart
ID# 1521, (1799 - 1844)

Key Events:

Birth: 19 Jul 1799, Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont3,4
Marriage: 15 Jan 1821, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Matthew Lyon Jr. (18 Apr 1791 - 27 Jan 1839)5,6
Death: 19 Jun 1844, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky7,8
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky1

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Elizabeth Maria Martin was born on 19 Jul 1799 in Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vermont.3,4
     Elizabeth married Matthew Lyon Jr., son of Matthew Lyon and Beulah Chittenden, on 15 Jan 1821 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.5,6 She was probably the female age 30 to 40 listed in the household of her husband, Matthew Lyon Jr., in the 1830 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.9
     Elizabeth was named executrix and an heir in the will of her husband, Matthew Lyon Jr., dated 22 Dec 1834.10
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky, with a household consisting of one white male under age 5 (son Hylan), and three between 10 and 15 (Matthew and two others); one female under age 5 (unknown), one between 5 and 10 (perhaps daughter Mary), one between 20 and 30 (unknown), and one between 40 and 50 (herself); and twelve male (five of them under age 10) and six female slaves.11
     Elizabeth died on 19 Jun 1844 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 44.7,8 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.1
     Research Note, 14 Oct 2008: May is placed as the daughter of Elizabeth Maria Martin and Matthew Lyon Jr. on the slimmest of evidence. She is found in the household of their niece, Helen M. (Lyon) Shelby and her husband, with her mother, the widow of Matthew's brother Chittenden, and Mary A. Lyon who appears to be the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth by that name. May does not appear in the Codicil to his wil that Chittenden wrote in Jun 1839, so would not appear to be his daughter. Since Matthew and Elizabeth are dead by 1850 and their younger children placed with various relatives (the two sons being next door in their uncle's household), it would appear that she is an otherwise unknown daughter of them.12

Children:
     Children with Matthew Lyon Jr.:

  • Aurelia Lyon13
  • Martin Lyon14
  • Jackson Lyon14
  • Matthew Martin Lyon15 (4 Oct 1825 - 1892)
  • Mary Ann Lyon13 (abt 1834 - )
  • Gen. Hylan Benton Lyon16 (22 Feb 1836 - 25 Apr 1907)
  • May Lyon17 (abt 1838 - )

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6550010, Elizabeth Maria Martin Lyon.
  2. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 858, shows name as Elizabeth Martin.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6550010, Elizabeth Maria Martin Lyon, shows date, town, county, and state.
  4. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 858, shows state.
  5. [S892] "Kentucky Marriages to 1850," Ancestry.com, record for Matthew Lyon, Jr. and Elizabeth M. Martin, shows date, county, and state.
  6. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 858, shows married.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6550010, Elizabeth Maria Martin Lyon, shows date, town, county, as Lyon, and state.
  8. [S4543] Battle, Perrin and Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 858, shows year.
  9. [S1985] M. Lyon household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  10. [S875] Wills, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, B:30-1, Mathew Lyon Will, 18 Feb 1839.
  11. [S1986] Elizabeth M. Lyon household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  12. [S1992] C. M. Shelby household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows a household consisting of C. M. Shelby, apparently the husband of Helen; Helen M. Shelby, apparently the daughter Helen of Chittenden Lyon and Francis B. Jones; Francis B. Lyon, Helen's mother; Thompson A. Lyon, Francis' son; Mary A. Lyon, who is too young to be Francis' daughter by that name, so must be her neice, daughter of Matthew Lyon Jr. and Elizabeht Martin; and May Lyon, who is too young to be Chittenden's daughter.
  13. [S875] Wills, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, B:30-1, Mathew Lyon Will, 18 Feb 1839, lists her as one of his five children.
  14. [S875] Wills, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, B:30-1, Mathew Lyon Will, 18 Feb 1839, lists him as one of his five children.
  15. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows Matthew as son of her husband, and brother of her son Hylan.
  16. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  17. [S1992] C. M. Shelby household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows May in the household of her supposed cousin and her husband, with her older sister Mary Ann.