Talk:Richard F. Lyon

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==Notes==

from his great-granddaughter Eleanor Lyon Duke:

Born 9 September 1819, Lincoln County, Georgia

Son of Thomas Pickett Lyon and Mary Winn Lyon

Married Rush Esther Knowles 17 June 1841

Died 26 May 1894, Macon County, Georgia

Buried in unmarked grave in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon.

Admitted to the Bar. Starkville, Lee Co., Georgia, 1839

Member of Albany Guards 1856

Mayor of Albany Georgia 1858-1859

City Attorney and Representative of Dougherty Co. in State Legislature 1872-1874

Attorney for the Central of Georgia Railroad

Associate Justice of the Confederate Supreme Court of Georgia 1860-1865

Sources:

Georgia Reports. 1893. Volume XCIII: 829-834 (the name of his wife is in error in this report).

Bibb Co., Georgia Minute Book 30: 401-403.

Obiturary. Macon Telegraph 26 or 27, 1894.

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