Person:William Lyon (12)

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m. 30 Dec 1879
  1. Harry Lyon1887 - 1894
Facts and Events
Name William Eugene Lyon
Gender Male
Birth? 19 May 1851 Warrensville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Marriage 30 Dec 1879 Buda, Bureau, Illinois, United Statesto Fanny Susan Kinnick
Death? 17 Aug 1930 Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United StatesMidwest Hospital
Burial? Utica, Ness, Kansas, United StatesUtica City Cemetery

Signed marriage doc Wm. Eugene Lyons, name on front William E. Lyons, implies he may have gone by Eugene, not William or Bill.
Birth place and birth date estimate from marriage documents.
William and Fannie both residents of Mineral, IL at time of marriage.
23 May 1997, visited Ness Co, located extensive land records, Probate records, burial site of William Eugene and Susan Fanny (Kinnick) Lyon, as well as that they had a seven year old son, who died in 1894, Harry.
Obit obtained 13 Aug 1997: Has birth date and place; settled in Greenwood Co in the fall of 1869. He returned to Illinois and was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Kinnic, December 31, 1879, at Mineral, Illinois, where they lived a short time. He moved with his family to Ness County in 1882, and located on a homestead one and a half miles south of Utica, which has been his home since.... Mr. Lyon suffered a stroke on Jan 8, 1930. He was taken to Wakeeney for medical treatment April 3. On May 4 he was taken to the Midwest hospital in Ransom, where he remained until his death.