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Lyon, David Gordon – Lytle, Robert T

Lyon, David Gordon

educator, author, was born May 24, 1852, in Benton, Ala. Since 1882 he has been professor of divinity in the Harvard university; he is well versed in Semitic languages and history, and is curator of the Harvard Semitic museum. He is the author of An Assyrian Manual, and other works.

Lyon, Francis S

congressman, was born in North Carolina. He settled in Alabama; and was elected a representative in congress from 1835 to 1839.

Lyon, George Reed

soldier, merchant, legislator, was born July 19, 1846, in Waukegan, Ill., then called Little Fort.

During the civil war he served in company C, sixty-ninth regiment volunteer infantry; and subsequently was sergeant of company K, sixty-fourth regiment. He is a successful merchant of Waukegan, Ill.; and in 1896 was elected a member of the general assembly of the Illinois state legislature.

Lyon, Irving Whitall

physician, author, was born in 1840, in New York.

He was a Hartford physician who wrote Silva; Manitou Island; Burkett's Lock; St. John's Wooing; and The Old Post Road. He died in 1896.

Lyon, John Christian

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 11, 1802, in Ger- He has been called the founder many. of the German methodist church in the United States. He was the editor and translator of several theological works.

He died May 21, 1868, in Cantonville, Md.

Lyon, Lucius

surveyor, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1800, in Sherburne, Vt. He emigrated to Michigan. He was a delegate to congress from Michigan territory during the years 1833- 35; was a senator in congress from the state of Michigan from 1836-40; and was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1845. His last public position was that of surveyor-general in the northwest. He died Sept. 24, 1851, in Detroit, Mich.

Lyon, Mary

educator, was born Feb. 28, 1797, in Buckland, Mass. She was the founder of Mount Holyoke seminary, of which she was principal in 1837-49; and it is an abiding monument to her energy and sublime faith. She died March 5, 1849, in South Hadley.

Lyon, Nathaniel

soldier, was born July 4, 1818, in Ashford, Conn. He served in Florida during the latter part of the Seminole war. In the assault on the City of Mexico he was wounded at the Belen Gate. At the close of the war he was ordered to California, and in 1850 he conducted a successful expedition against the Indians.

He died Aug. 10, 1861; being killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Wilson's Creek, Mo.

Lyons, Albert Brown

chemist, author, was born April 1, 1841, in the Hawaiian Islands. He is a prominent chemist of Detroit who has published a Manual of Practical Assaying.

Lyons, H. A

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to California; and in 1851 he was appointed chief justice for the United States court of that territory.

Lyons, James Gilborne

poet, was born in England. He published Christian Songs, Translations, and other Poems.

He died Jan. 2, 1868, in Haverford, Pa.

Lytle, Robert T

congressman. He was distinguished as a public speaker; and was a member of congress from Ohio from 1833 to 1835. He died Dec. 21, 1839, in New Orleans, La.