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William Mavory Lyon
1824 - 1905 (80 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Mavory Lyon was born on 28 Jul 1824 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 19 Apr 1905 in Upper Lake, Lake County, California; was buried in Upper Lake Cemetery, Upper Lake, Lake County, California. Notes:
1880 living in Paola, Kansas, working as a House Carpenter, with wife Marietta, daughter Lena, Aly Lyon Rudd, and grandson Arthur Rudd.
- William Mavor Lyon Died at his home in Upper Lake, Lake County, CA, April 19, 1905. Mr. Lyon was born in Naples July 28, 1824, and lived here until after his marriage to Antoinette Watkins, daughter of the late Bingham Watkins. In 1858 he removed to Cass County, MI, where his wife died, leaving him with a family of eight children, five girls and three boys, all of whom survive him. Mr. Lyon went to California in the eighties, and had since resided there. Though not in the best of health for some years, Mr. Lyon had been able to be around the house and was ill only for a short time. In his last hours, mentally, he was in Naples visiting old friends and seeing old places. Deceased is survived by his children and by three brothers, Sanford, of Grand Rapids, MI; Porter J., of Happy Camp, CA, and Irving M. Lyon, of this village.
(The Naples Record, 5 May 1905)William married Maryette C. McMichael in 1867, and was divorced about 1885. Maryette (daughter of Thomas McMichael and Lucinda Fisher) was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Springville, Erie County, New York; died on 31 Jan 1906 in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas; was buried in Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
- William Mavor Lyon Died at his home in Upper Lake, Lake County, CA, April 19, 1905. Mr. Lyon was born in Naples July 28, 1824, and lived here until after his marriage to Antoinette Watkins, daughter of the late Bingham Watkins. In 1858 he removed to Cass County, MI, where his wife died, leaving him with a family of eight children, five girls and three boys, all of whom survive him. Mr. Lyon went to California in the eighties, and had since resided there. Though not in the best of health for some years, Mr. Lyon had been able to be around the house and was ill only for a short time. In his last hours, mentally, he was in Naples visiting old friends and seeing old places. Deceased is survived by his children and by three brothers, Sanford, of Grand Rapids, MI; Porter J., of Happy Camp, CA, and Irving M. Lyon, of this village.