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Robert Craig Lyon

21 Jul 1846 – 29 Sep 1928

Birth	21 Jul 1846
Death	29 Sep 1928
Cemetery	Abilene Municipal Cemetery Abilene , Taylor County , Texas , USA
Added by	Lady Russ on 27 May 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21705116

Gravesite details

Veteran of the Civil War

Bio

Robert Lyon and his wife, moved to Brown County in 1877 when Brownwood was not yet in existence and trading posts were far apart. In 1880, the Lyon family moved to Taylor County establishing a home in the southwest part of the county now known as the Moro community. Mr. Lyon moved his family to Buffalo Gap in 1884 where he established the Lyon Hotel. Names on the old hotel register include those of many prominent people - among them Mr. and Mrs. Dan Moody who signed the register on their wedding day. Mr. Moody later became governor of Texas. The Abilene Reporter-News April 14, 1958 Contributed by Searchers of Our Past Thank you Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553) - added 2/25/2021 ∼ Enlisted in the Confederate Army at the age of 17.

Inscription

CO C, GOODE'S BATTALION GANO'S TEXAS CAVALRY

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Family

Parents

• Humberson Lyon 1807–1861
• Mary Jane Lyon 1809–1872

Spouse

• Georgia Ann Maxwell Lyon 1848–1932 FaG

Siblings

• Susannah M. "Susan" Lyon Gaines 1839–1905
• James Monroe Lyon 1843–1926
• William Ott Hayes Lyon 1845–1904
• John W. Lyon 1848–1848
• Stephen Lyon 1849–1897
• David Glenn Lyon 1851–1937

Children

• Gertrude Lyon Sands 1872–1952 FaG
• Banie Lyon Kincaid 1874–1958 FaG
• Edna Lyon Lynn 1880–1906 FaG

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