William Reynolds Lyon, M.D. and Florence Mary Foote

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Husband William Reynolds Lyon, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Sep 1869 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Lyon (1835-1890) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Lowman (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 30 Jun 1898 2

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Wife Florence Mary Foote ²

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           Born: 28 Feb 1870 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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           Died: 11 Sep 1903 5
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         Father: Robert Todd Foote (      -1876) 2
         Mother: Catherine Shields (1837-Aft 1904) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Reynolds Lyon, M.D.

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His early education was received in private schools, and at the age of thirteen he entered the employ, in Chicago, Illinois, of the western department of the Home insurance company of New York, of which his uncle, George M. Lyon, in association with Gen. Arthur C. Ducat, was manager. After thus spending three years, he entered Phillips' academy, Andover, Massachusetts, where he remained four years, graduating in the class of 1890. The death of his father the following September interrupted his course of study, which he had expected to continue in Yale college, and left him with new responsibilities. He secured a position in the First National bank of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, which he occupied until beginning the study of medicine in Jefferson medical college, of Philadelphia, from which noted school he graduated in 1895 with honor. After spending a year in hospital and dispensary work, he located in Glenfield, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he began the practice of his profession. He became a member of the borough council of Glenfield and filled the office of elder in the Presbyterian church.

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General Notes: Wife - Florence Mary Foote

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from West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

The home of her early childhood was the Foote farm, two miles from West Newton, Pennsylvania, one of the largest and at that time one of the best known farms in Westmoreland County. She was the fourth in a family of five children; her brothers and sisters dying in childhood, left her the last representative of an old and well-known family. After the death of her father, in 1876, she, with her mother, moved from the farm to West Newton, where she made her home until after her marriage. Her early education was in the West Newton public schools, from which she graduated with honors in 1885. Continuing her studies in the Blairsville ladies' seminary (now Blairsville college for women), she graduated in the class of 1890. Returning from Blairsville, the next two years were spent in the study of art and elocution, in both of which she became proficient. After a year spent in travel, she remained at home with her mother in West Newton, taking a prominent part in the social life of the community and in church work, she having been an active member of the First Presbyterian church of West Newton since her fifteenth year.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 378.

2 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 291.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 397.

4 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 293.

5 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 294.