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Born 1875
From Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio (1909)
HARRY LYONS.
Harry Lyons, who is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Adams township, was born on the farm on which he still resides, on the 26th of January, 1875. His parents were William and Mary (Stonehocker) Lyons, the former a native of Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred March 19, 1838, while the latter was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1842. When a little lad of four years the father was brought to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, by his parents, who there entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. In that county he was reared to manhood and after he had attained his majority was employed on the railroad for two years. Subsequently he came to Coshocton county, purchasing a farm in Adams township, w'here he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until the time of his retirement from active business life. He is now living in Coshocton with his wife. Their family numbers seven children, namely: Alfred D., of Coshocton; Jennie, who is the wife of Charles Mizer and also makes her home in Coshocton, Ohio; Harry, of this review; Wealthy, at home; John and Curtis, both of Coshocton; and Helen, the wife of George Cooper, of Coshocton.
Harry Lyons was reared on the home farm and acquired a common-school education. When twenty-one years of age he left the parental roof and worked as a farm hand for two years, on the expiration of which period he purchased seventy acres in Adams township. This tract he successfully cultivated until 1906, when he took up his above on his father's farm of eighty acres, where he ha.s 8ince resided, being engaged in general farming. Owing to his untiring industry and well directed energy he has met with a gratifying measure of prosperity in his undertakings and is widely recognized a.* one of the enterprising young agricultural.-t- (if the community.
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In his political views Mr. Lyon is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are devoted and faithful members of the Bakerville Presbyterian church. He is a worthy native son of this county, in which he has spent his entire life, and has gained the regard and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.
As printed in Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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