Edwin Lyon and Elvira G. Bredin

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Husband Edwin Lyon ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1883
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thomas Harris Lyon (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Ellen Campbell (      -1877) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elvira G. Bredin ⁵

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           Born: 1845
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: Judge John Bredin (1794-1851) 6
         Mother: Nancy McClelland (1809/1811-1881/1882) 5 7 8 9

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Edwin Lyon

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He was exceedingly fond of books from a child, and had a mind well stored with the gems of literature. He read law with Col. Thompson. He enlisted, in 1862, in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and became Captain. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, a musket ball passing through his lung. After months of prostration, he recuperated sufficiently to return home; he partially recovered from the injury, but never wholly so. He renewed his relations with literature, and became quite a humorous writer. Hoping to improve his health, he accepted a Consulship to a Mexican city, where he remained for a time, only to return home to die. He was a gifted, generous-hearted fellow, a favorite with all who knew him. [HBC 1883, 67]

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 51, 67.

2 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 439.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 67.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 930.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 51.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 749.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 806.