Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Lyon and Ann Parr Hubley




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: 1838 9

   Other Spouse: Jean Maclay (1783-1809) 1 10 11 - 29 Apr 1808 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 12

   Other Spouse: Ann (Nancy) Patton (Abt 1791-1817) 12 13 - 7 Sep 1814 12

   Other Spouse: Margaret A. Stewart (1796-1835) 12 - 20 Jul 1820 12



Wife Ann Parr Hubley 9

           Born: 21 Oct 1788 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1884 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 9
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Hubley (      -      ) 9
         Mother: 




Children

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 Editor, 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 Editor, 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 396.

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

11 Editor, 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 395.

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


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