Born in Union Township, PA 06/28/1854
Married 9/22/1869 at age 15 in Pierceville, Van Buren, Iowa to John Caleb Lyon who had served with the Co A (organized at Keokuk and enrolled at Lee County) of the Ist Iowa Cavalary Regiment during the Civil War
The first Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between July 30, and September 12, 1862. Unusually for a Union cavalry regiment, the members of the regiment provided their own horses and equipment. The first Iowa was the first three year cavalry regiment accepted for Federal service during the war.
The regiment was mustered out on February 15, 1866, while on Reconstruction duty in Austin, Texas, and discharged for state service on March 16, 1866.
Mother of; Edward Horace., Lloyd O., Roy L.,Arthur R., Gladys V.,
Lived for many years in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Death came at age 62 in Sacramento, CA shortly before John died in 1917
Born in Union Township, PA 06/28/1854
Married 9/22/1869 at age 15 in Pierceville, Van Buren, Iowa to John Caleb Lyon who had served with the Co A (organized at Keokuk and enrolled at Lee County) of the Ist Iowa Cavalary Regiment during the Civil War
The first Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between July 30, and September 12, 1862. Unusually for a Union cavalry regiment, the members of the regiment provided their own horses and equipment. The first Iowa was the first three year cavalry regiment accepted for Federal service during the war.
The regiment was mustered out on February 15, 1866, while on Reconstruction duty in Austin, Texas, and discharged for state service on March 16, 1866.
Mother of; Edward Horace., Lloyd O., Roy L.,Arthur R., Gladys V.,
Lived for many years in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Death came at age 62 in Sacramento, CA shortly before John died in 1917
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