Elijah Lyon
[son of of John Lyon and ? ?]
born: c1751 -
died: 8 December 1801 - Rowan County, North Carolina
buried: Rowan County, North Carolina
married: 15 April 1772 -
wife: Nancy Ann Johnson
[daughter of ? Johnson and ? ?]
born:
died: 15 November 1807 - Rowan County, North Carolina
buried: Rowan County, North Carolina

Children of Elijah Lyon and Nancy Ann Johnson Lyon:

1. Rev. Nathan Johnson Lyon
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 12 March 1789 -
died: 9 February 1857 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 4 January 1810 -
wife: Henrietta Smoot
[daughter of James Smoot and Jemima Bennett]
born: 18 June 1790 -
died: 4 May 1873 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

Children of Nathan Johnson Lyon and Henrietta Smoot Lyon:

1.1. Elijah Lyon
born: 29 January 1811 -
died: 15 April 1900 -
buried: Thyatira Cemetery - Cannon County, Tennessee
married: 28 November 1833 -
wife: Mary Carnahan
[daughter of James Carnahan and Jane Helton]
born: 2 January 1813 -
died: 1854 -
buried:

1.2. Thomas Bennett Lyon
born: 30 December 1812 -
died: 3 February 1885 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 8 December 1840 -
wife: Nancy C. Alexander
[daughter of Prichard Alexander and Nancy Norman]
born: 20 December 1817 -
died: 16 November 1872 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

Children of Thomas Bennett Lyon and Nancy C. Alexander Lyon:

1.2.1. Elizabeth H. Lyon
born: 16 November 1841 -
died: 26 August 1884 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 31 January 1860
husband: Dr. Ephriam A. Speer
[son of ? Speer and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

1.2.2. Alexander Lyon
born: 26 January 1844 -
died: 12 August 1912 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married:
wife: Nannie E. Neely
[daughter of Medford Neely and Mary ?]
born: 29 December 1868 -
died: April 1895 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

Children of Alexander Lyon and Nannie E. Neely Lyon:

1.2.2.1. Mary Charlaty Lyon
born: 13 February 1884 -
died: 12 October 1884 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

1.3. James Smoot Lyon
born: 23 September 1814 -
died: 17 September 1865 -
buried: Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 1837 -
wife: Adeline Jones
[daughter of ? Jones and ? ?]
born: 1812 -
died: c1864 -
buried:

1.4. Henrietta Lyon
born: 12 August 1816 - Rutherford County, Tennessee
died: 16 August 1816 - Rutherford County, Tennessee
buried: Rutherford County, Tennessee

1.5. Nathan Johnson Lyon
born: 18 June 1818 -
died: 14 December 1899 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 7 December 1842 -
wife: Isabelle E. Knox
[daughter of ? Knox and ? ?]
born: 8 May 1822 -
died: 12 August 1882
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

1.6. Gideon Blackburn Lyon
born: 3 November 1820 -
died: 20 August 1840 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

1.7. Nancy M. Lyon
born: 9 April 1823
died: 24 August 1866
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 1 November 1843
husband: H. W. Murray
[son of ? Murray and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

Children of Nancy M. Lyon Murray and H. W. Murray:

1.7.1. Nathan F. H. Murray
born: 28 June 1850
died: 26 October 1862
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

 

1.8. John Baker Lyon
born: 8 April 1825 -
died: 10 February 1874 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 9 July 1849 -
wife: Rebecca M. Flemming
[daughter of ? Flemming and ? ?]
born: 1832
died: 1852
buried:

1.9. Anderson Milburn Lyon
born: 29 January 1827 -
died: 3 April 1866
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 20 December 1848
wife: Mary Caffey
[daughter of Meadford Caffey and Ruthy ?]
born: 4 August 1830 -
died: 25 July 1854
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

Children of Anderson Milburn Lyon and Mary Caffey Lyon:

1.9.1. William B. Lyon
born: 30 August 1852 -
died: 30 August 1852
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee

 

1.10. Elizabeth Lucinda Lyon
born: 28 May 1829 -
died: 10 July 1853 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married: 21 February 1849
husband: Dr. Stephen H. Woods
[son of ? Woods and ? ?]
born: 1824 -
died: 1907 -
buried:

1.11. Mary Jemima Lyon
born: 10 November 1831 -
died: 5 May 1872 -
buried: Lyon Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee
married:
husband: Dr. Stephen H. Woods
[son of ? Woods and ? ?]
born: 1824 -
died: 1907 -
buried:

1.12. Margaret Elvira Lyon
born: 10 November 1831 -
died: 12 May 1902 -
buried: Curlee Cemetery - Cannon County, Tennessee
married: 8 February 1853 -
husband: Cullen E. Curlee
[son of Calvin Curlee and Rebecca Faulkenburg]
born: 22 May 1825 -
died: 23 August 1899 -
buried: Curlee Cemetery - Cannon County, Tennessee

1.13. Emily Louise Wilkes Lyon
born: 23 July 1835 -
died: 1905 -
buried: Curlee Cemetery - Cannon County, Tennessee
married: 25 April 1851 -
husband: Calvin David Curlee
[son of Calvin Curlee and Rebecca Faulkenbury]
born:
died:
buried: Curlee Cemetery - Cannon County, Tennessee

 

Information courtesy of Robert Lyon