Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Lyon and Ann (Nancy) Patton




Husband John Lyon 1 2

           Born: 11 Aug 1782 - Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1868 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Allegheny Cemetery


         Father: Benjamin Lyon (1752-1826) 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary "Molly" Lyon (1748-1811) 4 5 6 7 8


       Marriage: 7 Sep 1814 9

   Other Spouse: Jean Maclay (1783-1809) 1 10 11 - 29 Apr 1808 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 9

   Other Spouse: Margaret A. Stewart (1796-1835) 9 - 20 Jul 1820 9

   Other Spouse: Ann Parr Hubley (1788-1884) 12 - 1838 12



Wife Ann (Nancy) Patton 9 13

           Born: Abt 1791
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1817 9
         Buried:  - Bellefonte Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA


         Father: Gen. John Patton (1745-1804) 13 14 15 16
         Mother: Jane Davis (Abt 1752-1832) 13 15 16




Children
1 M John Patton Lyon 9

           Born: 5 Jun 1815 - Centre Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Nov 1886 17
         Buried:  - Allegheny Cemetery
         Spouse: Westanna S. Elliott (1821-      ) 9
           Marr: 11 Feb 1840 17



General Notes: Husband - John Lyon


He was head of the well-known firm of Lyon, Shorb & Co., among the earliest and most extensive iron manufacturers in Pennsylvania, with works in Huntingdon, Centre, Blair, Clarion, and Allegheny counties; principal office at Pittsburgh; principal residence, Pennsylvania Furnace. Mr. Lyon entered into the business in 1813, and the history of the rise and progress of iron manufacturing in western Pennsylvania would be the history of his business life. He was a man of large physique and vigorous constitution, erect in carriage, dignified and courteous in manner, positive in character and fearless in speech, terse and concise in language, with a well cultivated mind, hospitable and generous. His business abilities were of a high order.

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 823.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 390.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 394.

4 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 395.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 82.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 148.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 396.

13 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 219.

14 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 679.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 546.

16 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 288.

17 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 400.


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