Smith Lyon

As printed in 1880

SMITH LYON, farmer; P. O., Bloomfield; was born in Connecticut in 1811, and lived there until he was nearly 7 years old; his father and mother, Walker and Mary Ann

(Tuttle) Lyon, came to South Bloomfield Tp. in 1817, and thus were among the earliest settlers. The father was born in April, 1779, and was married in Aug., 1808; he had a family of three children — Smith, born as above; Jennet, born July, 1817, and Harriet, born Sept., 1823; all three are yet living. When Smith was 21 he married Sally Jane Marvin, and by her has one child — Newton T., born in January, 1833. After his first wife died he married Deborah J. Lounsbury, and by her has one chikU-Sally Jane — who is the wife of Col. A. H. Brown. Mr. Lyon is a Republican; he owns 475 acres of land, and is one of the few oldest settlers in the township. His father came here late in the fall of 1817 — so late that cold weather set in before he could finish his log cabin; he could not make mortar, and had to fill up the thinks with moss and sod; he taught school at an early day, and was among the first teachers in the township. He was a Justice of the Peace, and performed many marriage ceremonies, receiving for his services some sort of produce, such as potatoes. Smith Lyon received but a meagre education in youth, as his services on his father’s farm were indispensable, and he was kept at home chopping and clearing. He is well known and universally respected.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.