El Dorado County Biographies


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JACOB LYON
 
            Was born in Mason county, Kentucky, on July 1, 1816.  Son of Jacob 
and Jane Lyon, who were natives of Maryland from whence they removed in a very 
early day to Ohio.  The Indians were very bad there and drove them away to 
Kentucky and from there enlisted in the war of 1812.  Jacob is one of a family 
of eleven children, eight of whom grew to be men and women.  His first venture 
for himself was tilling a rented farm, at the age of 19.  There were no free 
schools those days and his father being poor and unable to educate him, he was 
compelled to struggle against large odds for a livelihood.  In 1846 he removed 
to Des Moines, Iowa. Was married August 3, 1837, at Terra Haute, Vigo county, 
Indiana to Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Samuel and Susanna Howard.  She was 
born in Ohio, October 7, 1810.  They have had but one child, a son, named 
Joseph, who now lives near the homestead.  They removed from Iowa to California 
in 1860, and settled on the section of land where they now live.  Mr. Lyon came 
to California in 1852, but sickness at home caused his return and then he 
removed to Dallas county, Iowa (from which place he moved in �60 to California). 
 His home is on section nine, where both he and his son erected good and 
comfortable homes in 1881, views of which can be seen in another part of this 
volume.  [not found in illustration index]  Mr. L. never has used tobacco and 
strong drinks and is at an advanced age, active and well.  Is Republican in 
politics and Protestant in religion, member of Grange at Placerville.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 251
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler