son of Samuel Lyons , oldest resident of Herron Bay , married to Rosilia Ballard
siblings
Samuel Lyons married Roda Baxter
William Married Polly Cole
Charles Married Henrietta Battise
unmarked grave
24 Dec 1871
DEATH OF A
PATRIARCH
The venerable Paul Lyons, the oldest man in Mobile county, and
perhaps one of the oldest in the Southwest, died at his residence near Heron Bay
on Thursday night last. In a conversation with the writer of this article, held
in February 1870, and of which some account was given in the REGISTER a few days
afterward, he stated that he was born in Savannah, Georgia, on the 19th day of
July, 1760. He was therefore nearly one hundred and eleven years old at the time
of his death. He was in Savannah during the war of the Revolution, and was
present during the siege of that city, in 1779, by the French and American
forces under Count D'Estaing and General Lincoln. A few years afterward he
removed, with his father, to this part of the country, then in possession of the
Spanish, and has ever since resided on the Gulf coast. He married in 1809, when
nearly fifty years old, yet had lived with his wife, who survives him, for more
than sixty years.
Mr. Lyons leaves a number of children, grand-children, and
great-grand-children, most of whom are residents of the southern part of this
county. He was born before George the Third succeeded to the English crown,
while Frederick the Great was in the zenith of his fame, and several years
before the birth of either Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, or Andrew
Jackson. He was a contemporary of Johnson and Goldsmith, and was eleven years
older than Walter Scott. During his life the spot on which he died had been
successively under the flags of France, Great Britain, Spain, the United States,
the Confederate States, and the United States again. Men and women, who were
boys and girls when he was a man in the full maturity of his powers, have died
at a good old age and been almost forgotten.
Two years ago, he was still
possessed of all his physical and mental faculties. His sight and hearing were
good, his intellect was apparently unimpaired, and his conversation was animated
and cheerful.
He was always spoken of by his neighbors and acquaintances as a
good man and good citizen, and his descendants, as far as we know them, do
credit to his example.
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siblings
Samuel Lyons married Roda Baxter
William Married Polly Cole
Charles Married Henrietta Battise
unmarked grave
24 Dec 1871
DEATH OF A
PATRIARCH
The venerable Paul Lyons, the oldest man in Mobile county, and
perhaps one of the oldest in the Southwest, died at his residence near Heron Bay
on Thursday night last. In a conversation with the writer of this article, held
in February 1870, and of which some account was given in the REGISTER a few days
afterward, he stated that he was born in Savannah, Georgia, on the 19th day of
July, 1760. He was therefore nearly one hundred and eleven years old at the time
of his death. He was in Savannah during the war of the Revolution, and was
present during the siege of that city, in 1779, by the French and American
forces under Count D'Estaing and General Lincoln. A few years afterward he
removed, with his father, to this part of the country, then in possession of the
Spanish, and has ever since resided on the Gulf coast. He married in 1809, when
nearly fifty years old, yet had lived with his wife, who survives him, for more
than sixty years.
Mr. Lyons leaves a number of children, grand-children, and
great-grand-children, most of whom are residents of the southern part of this
county. He was born before George the Third succeeded to the English crown,
while Frederick the Great was in the zenith of his fame, and several years
before the birth of either Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, or Andrew
Jackson. He was a contemporary of Johnson and Goldsmith, and was eleven years
older than Walter Scott. During his life the spot on which he died had been
successively under the flags of France, Great Britain, Spain, the United States,
the Confederate States, and the United States again. Men and women, who were
boys and girls when he was a man in the full maturity of his powers, have died
at a good old age and been almost forgotten.
Two years ago, he was still
possessed of all his physical and mental faculties. His sight and hearing were
good, his intellect was apparently unimpaired, and his conversation was animated
and cheerful.
He was always spoken of by his neighbors and acquaintances as a
good man and good citizen, and his descendants, as far as we know them, do
credit to his example.
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son of Samuel Lyons , oldest resident of Herron Bay , married to Rosilia Ballard
siblings
Samuel Lyons married Roda Baxter
William Married Polly Cole
Charles Married Henrietta Battise
unmarked grave
24 Dec 1871
DEATH OF A
PATRIARCH
The venerable Paul Lyons, the oldest man in Mobile county, and
perhaps one of the oldest in the Southwest, died at his residence near Heron Bay
on Thursday night last. In a conversation with the writer of this article, held
in February 1870, and of which some account was given in the REGISTER a few days
afterward, he stated that he was born in Savannah, Georgia, on the 19th day of
July, 1760. He was therefore nearly one hundred and eleven years old at the time
of his death. He was in Savannah during the war of the Revolution, and was
present during the siege of that city, in 1779, by the French and American
forces under Count D'Estaing and General Lincoln. A few years afterward he
removed, with his father, to this part of the country, then in possession of the
Spanish, and has ever since resided on the Gulf coast. He married in 1809, when
nearly fifty years old, yet had lived with his wife, who survives him, for more
than sixty years.
Mr. Lyons leaves a number of children, grand-children, and
great-grand-children, most of whom are residents of the southern part of this
county. He was born before George the Third succeeded to the English crown,
while Frederick the Great was in the zenith of his fame, and several years
before the birth of either Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, or Andrew
Jackson. He was a contemporary of Johnson and Goldsmith, and was eleven years
older than Walter Scott. During his life the spot on which he died had been
successively under the flags of France, Great Britain, Spain, the United States,
the Confederate States, and the United States again. Men and women, who were
boys and girls when he was a man in the full maturity of his powers, have died
at a good old age and been almost forgotten.
Two years ago, he was still
possessed of all his physical and mental faculties. His sight and hearing were
good, his intellect was apparently unimpaired, and his conversation was animated
and cheerful.
He was always spoken of by his neighbors and acquaintances as a
good man and good citizen, and his descendants, as far as we know them, do
credit to his example.
-------------------------
siblings
Samuel Lyons married Roda Baxter
William Married Polly Cole
Charles Married Henrietta Battise
unmarked grave
24 Dec 1871
DEATH OF A
PATRIARCH
The venerable Paul Lyons, the oldest man in Mobile county, and
perhaps one of the oldest in the Southwest, died at his residence near Heron Bay
on Thursday night last. In a conversation with the writer of this article, held
in February 1870, and of which some account was given in the REGISTER a few days
afterward, he stated that he was born in Savannah, Georgia, on the 19th day of
July, 1760. He was therefore nearly one hundred and eleven years old at the time
of his death. He was in Savannah during the war of the Revolution, and was
present during the siege of that city, in 1779, by the French and American
forces under Count D'Estaing and General Lincoln. A few years afterward he
removed, with his father, to this part of the country, then in possession of the
Spanish, and has ever since resided on the Gulf coast. He married in 1809, when
nearly fifty years old, yet had lived with his wife, who survives him, for more
than sixty years.
Mr. Lyons leaves a number of children, grand-children, and
great-grand-children, most of whom are residents of the southern part of this
county. He was born before George the Third succeeded to the English crown,
while Frederick the Great was in the zenith of his fame, and several years
before the birth of either Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, or Andrew
Jackson. He was a contemporary of Johnson and Goldsmith, and was eleven years
older than Walter Scott. During his life the spot on which he died had been
successively under the flags of France, Great Britain, Spain, the United States,
the Confederate States, and the United States again. Men and women, who were
boys and girls when he was a man in the full maturity of his powers, have died
at a good old age and been almost forgotten.
Two years ago, he was still
possessed of all his physical and mental faculties. His sight and hearing were
good, his intellect was apparently unimpaired, and his conversation was animated
and cheerful.
He was always spoken of by his neighbors and acquaintances as a
good man and good citizen, and his descendants, as far as we know them, do
credit to his example.
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