Asa Lyon
Asa Lyon | |
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At-large district | |
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | |
Preceded by | Charles Rich |
Succeeded by | Heman Allen |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
In office 1799-1802 1804-1806 1808 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Federalist | December 31, 1763
Spouse | Esther Newell Lyon |
Children | Esther Lyon, Abigail Lyon and Newell Lyon |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Profession | Politician, Pastor |
Asa Lyon (December 31, 1763 – April 4, 1841) was an American politician. He served as a
Biography
Lyon was born in
Lyon was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1799 until 1802, 1804 until 1806 and 1808. He was a member of the Vermont Executive Council in 1808.[5] Lyon was a town representative in Grande Isle from 1810 until 1813.[6] He organized the church in South Hero and served as its first pastor from 1802 until 1840,[7] and as chief judge of Grand Isle County Courts from 1805 until 1809, 1813 and 1814.[8]
He was elected as a
Family life
Lyon married Esther Newell Lyon. They had three children, Esther Lyon, Abigail Lyon and Newell Lyon.
Death
Lyon died in South Hero on April 4, 1841.[7] He is interred at the Grand Isle Cemetery in Grand Isle, Vermont.[7]
References
- ^ Gilman, Marcus Davis (1897). The bibliography of Vermont. Free press association. pp. 157.
asa lyon born in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- ^ Packard, Theophilus (1854). A history of the churches and ministers: and of Franklin Association, in Franklin County, Mass., and an appendix respecting the county. S.K. Whipple. pp. 374.
asa lyon born in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- ^ Chapman, George Thomas (1867). Sketches of the alumni of Dartmouth college: from the first graduation in 1771 to the present time, with a brief history of the institution. Riverside press. pp. 55.
asa lyon born in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- ^ Sowles, Edward A. (October 21, 1890). Memorial Sketch of Herman R. Beardsley in Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association. Vol. II, 5. Barre, VT: Thomas H. Cave, Book and Job Printer. pp. 310–313.
- ISBN 9780160731761.
- ^ Hemenway, Abby Maria (1871). The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military, Volume 2. Abby Maria Hemenway. pp. 533.
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- ^ a b c d Lyons, Albert Brown (1905). Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon, of Roxbury, Peter Lyon, of Dorchester, George Lyon, of Dorchester, with Intro. Treating of the English Ancestry of the American Families. W. Graham Print. Company. p. 84.
- ^ Proctor, Redfield (1894). Men of Vermont: an illustrated biographical history of Vermonters and sons of Vermont. Transcript publishing company. pp. 142.
asa lyon born in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- ^ "Rep. Asa Lyon". Govtrack.us. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Greene, Richard Henry (1897). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 28-29. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 79.
- ^ Lanman, Charles (1876). Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States: during its first century. From original and official sources. J. Anglim. pp. 267.
Asa Lyon Vermont representative, second cousin of Robert Burns.
Further reading
- "A history of the churches and ministers: and of Franklin Association, in Franklin County, Mass" by Theophilus Packard, published by S.K. Whipple, 1854.
- "Men of Vermont: an illustrated biographical history of Vermonters and sons of Vermont" by Redfield Proctor", published by Transcript publishing company, 1894.
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