Oscar F. Lyon and Catharine Ferrel

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Husband Oscar F. Lyon ¹

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           Born: 1 Dec 1839 - Morris Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Morgan Lyon (1817-1891) 3
         Mother: Clarissa Jane McVey (1820-Aft 1893) 1

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       Marriage: 18 Feb 1866 2

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Wife Catharine Ferrel ²

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Children

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1 F Jennie C. Lyon ²

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           Born: 26 May 1867 2
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2 F Emma A. Lyon ²

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           Born: 17 Aug 1869 2
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3 F Ella L. Lyon ²

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           Born: 7 Jun 1872 2
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4 M William M. Lyon ²

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           Born: 20 Oct 1874 2
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5 M Sherman L. Lyon ²

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           Born: 12 Dec 1883 2
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General Notes: Husband - Oscar F. Lyon

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At the age of two years he went with his parents to Indiana, returning with them to Pennsylvania when he was about five years old, and settling in North Strabane township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Here he remained, going to school in the winter time, and working on the farm in summer. At the age of seventeen he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until the opening of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted, September 16, 1861, in the first three-years' call, in Company A, Eighty-fifth P. V. I., serving until November 22, 1864. He was with Gen. McClellan in the Peninsular campaign of 1862; with Gen. Foster's expedition from Newberne, N. C., via Atlantic Ocean to Hilton Head, S. C., January, 1863; with Gen. Gilmore, in the Department of the South, during 1863; with Gen. Butler, around Petersburg and Richmond, Va., in 1864. He participated in the siege of Yorktown, battles of Williamsburg, Savage Station, Fair Oaks and Black Water, Va.; siege of Morris Island, and Fort Wagner, S. C., sometimes called the Sixty-one-days' fight; White Marsh Island, Ga.; Bermuda Hundred, Ware Church, Appomattox, Strawberry Plain, Deep Bottom, Chapin Farm, Va., and others. At Fair Oaks his life was saved by his belt clasp, which was struck and broken through by an ounce minie ball. After his return from the war Mr. Lyon entered the store of his father.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Lyon engaged in farming and stock-raising, and in 1872 purchased a farm. He was an active Republican, and served two terms as justice of the peace in Amwell township. He and his family were for many years members of the Christian Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 255.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 256.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 645.