Col. Samuel Lyon and Eleanor Blaine

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Husband Col. Samuel Lyon ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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         Father: John Lyon (      -1780) 3 5 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Armstrong (      -1792/1793) 7 8

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Wife Eleanor Blaine ^{2 3 5 9}

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            AKA: Ellen Blaine 6
           Born: 1750 9
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           Died: 9 Apr 1795 9
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         Father: James Blaine (      -1792) 2 10
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -Aft 1792) 2 10

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Children

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1 F Margaret "Peggy" Lyon ^{3 11 12 13}

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           Born: 26 Mar 1772 - Milford Twp, Juniata Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: James Blaine, Esq. (      -1832) 3 11 12 13
           Marr: 16 Jan 1795 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 9 14

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2 F Isabella Lyon ^{1 9 15}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1774 9
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           Died: Jun 1868 15
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         Spouse: William Hoge (      -1813) 1 15
           Marr: 12 Apr 1798 9

         Spouse: Rev. Alexander Reed (1776-1842) 15 16

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3 M John Lyon ¹⁷

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           Born: 1 Feb 1776 17
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           Died: 1814 17
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Nancy Lyon ¹⁷

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           Born: 27 Apr 1778 17
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           Died: 22 Jun 1867 17
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Rebecca Lyon ^{14 17}

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           Born: 2 Nov 1785 17
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         Spouse: James McPherson Russell (1786-1870) 14 17
           Marr: 6 Feb 1812 18

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6 M Samuel Lyon ^{17 19}

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           Born: 19 Jan 1791 17
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         Spouse: Nancy Campbell (      -1871) 19 20

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7 F Ellen Blaine Lyon ¹⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Samuel Lyon

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He settled on land adjoining his father's tract, and inherited one half of his father's farm, in Cumberland (later Juniata), County, Pennsylvania. He became a deputy surveyor under his uncle, Col. John Armstrong; appointed, May 22, 1770, by Provincial authority, a magistrate for Milford township; re-appointed justice of the peace, June 19, 1777, by the "Supreme Executive Council," who made all appointments previous to the formation of the State Constitution of 1790. On July 31, 1777, he was commissioned colonel of the Fourth Battalion of Cumberland County militia; again commissioned May 14, 1778. On April 3, 1780, Col. Lyon was appointed commissioner of purchases for the Revolutionary army for the county of Cumberland, and July 7, 1780, assistant commissioner of purchases, and the Council ordered his "quota of whiskey at 500 gallons per month." Before 1785, he changed his residence to Carlisle. On November 9, 1789, he was appointed deputy surveyor for Cumberland County, and re-appointed, November 3, 1791.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 479.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 145.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 643.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 12.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 387.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 661.

11 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 146.

12 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 248x.

13 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 662.

14 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 147.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 190.

16 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 481.

17 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 388.

18 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 393.

19 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 251.

20 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 388, 592.