John Denniston Lyon and Maude Byers

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Husband John Denniston Lyon ¹

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           Born: 24 Jan 1861 - Northside, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Alexander Parker Lyon (1829-1861)
         Mother: Eliza T. Denniston (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 18 Feb 1896 4

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Wife Maude Byers ⁵

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         Father: Alexander McBurney Byers (1827-1900) 6 7
         Mother: Martha Fleming (      -1912) 5

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Children

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1 F Martha Byers Lyon ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John Denniston Lyon

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He was born in Allegheny (later Northside, Pittsburgh), and in the spring of the same year the family moved to what was known as East End. He attended the Hiland School until 1874, passing then to the West Philadelphia Academy and then to the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he graduated in June, 1878. He then spent eighteen months in Pittsburgh and Cambridge, Massachusetts, taking a special course in languages and mathematics, under Professor Grenough and other tutors.
On February 20, 1880, Mr. Lyon began his business career in the First National Bank of Pittsburgh, which he entered in the capacity of messenger, being subsequently promoted to the position of collection clerk. In December, 1881, he entered the banking house of Semple & Thompson, afterwards known as William R. Thompson & Company. It was here that his abilities first became strikingly manifest, and on February 1, 1890, he became a member of the firm, maintaining the connection until April 1, 1900. He then consolidated William R. Thompson & Company with the firm of N. Holmes & Sons, the oldest banking house west of the Allegheny Mountains, established in 1822. Mr. Lyon remained with this firm until its consolidation with the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh, July 1, 1905, when he was made vice-president of that institution, being also elected a member of the board of directors. In January, 1913, he became president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, one of the strongest financial institutions in Pittsburgh. In the realm of monetary affairs Mr. Lyon's influence was potent, and his executive ability, his power to see to the bottom of intricate affairs and his fertility and practicability of resource caused him to be regarded as a safe adviser.
In addition to the duties and responsibilities involved in the offices already mentioned, Mr. Lyon was vice-president of the People's Savings Bank; president of the Continental Improvement Company; and a director in numerous corporations-the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad; Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad Company; Pittsburgh Coal Company; Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company; A. M. Byers Company; Hostetter-Connellsville Coke Company; Bessemer Coke Company; Follansbee Brothers Company; Monongahela Water Company; North American Steamship Company; Girard Iron Company; Pittsburgh & Fairport Terminal Company; Union National Bank; Girard Mercantile Company.
He was a trustee in various institutions-the Allegheny General Hospital; Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor; Western Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb, and the Allegheny Cemetery. In the sphere of politics he affiliated with the Republicans. He belonged to the Duquesne, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Country and Pittsburgh Golf clubs, of Pittsburgh; the Metropolitan and the Racquet and Tennis clubs, of New York; the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C.; and the Pittsburgh Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
The personal appearance of Mr. Lyon was that of the able, keen, aggressive, high-minded man of affairs he is known to be. With his alert bearing, strong features, penetrating yet kindly eyes and commanding but genial expression, he looked at once the astute financier and the polished, affable man, the man whose loyalty in friendship inspired a like sentiment in the hearts of many. [GPHWP, 80]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 78, 119.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 80.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 79.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 81.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 119.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 881.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 117.