Come ye blessed of my father.
Enter into the rest prepared for you
From the Foundations of the world.

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1850 Cherokee County, Alabama Census
M R Lyon M 50 Vermont
Margaret Ann Lyon F 45 North Carolina
Calvin M Lyon M 19 North Carolina
Mary W Lyon F 17 North Carolina
John M F Lyon M 16 North Carolina
Laura M L J Lyon F 12 Tennessee
David M H H Lyon M 9 Tennessee
Miles O Lyon M 8 Tennessee
Henry S Lyon M 6 Tennessee
William A M Lyon M 3 Tennessee
Tabitha W King F 76 Virginia (mother in-law)

Mason Risley Lyon and Margaret Ann King Lyon children:

Elizabeth T.D. Lyon born Dec. 22, 1846 d. 1906 m George W. Poindexter, December 22, 1846 d. unknown. Missouri

James Benjamin Risley Lyon b April 16, 1825, Cheraw, Chesterfield Co, South Carolina, d. June 13, 1902, Greenville, Greene Co. Tennessee.

George King Lyon b Oct. 14, 1827, Cheraw, Chesterfield Co. South Carolina. d. Aug 24, 1856, Lyonville, Alabama

Chittenden Matthew Lyon, b. Mar 20, 1830, Concord, Cabarrus Co. North Carolina; d Apr 29, 1904, Knoxville, Knox Co. Tennessee.

Mary W. Lyon, b. Apr 2, 1832, Ashe Co. North Carolina; d Oct 5, 1868, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. Tennessee. Married Absolom Sivley January 1, 1850 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN. Buried in Sivley cemetery? Absolom Sivley b. January 26, 1827 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN and died January 16, 1912 in East Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN. Buried in Kings Point Cemetery, Hamilton,C. TN Find a grave # 74361622.

John Murray Pequese Lyon, b Sept 3, 1834, Ashe Co. North Carolina d. Oct 12, 1911, Leesburg, Alabama.

Laura Margaret Lyon b. Oct 29, 1837, Jonesboro, Washington Co. Tennessee. d. unknown. m. Robert N. Thornbury, Apr 2, 1868, Bellfonte, Alabama. b. Nov 28, 1829, Cleveland, Bradley Co. Tennessee; d. Oct 5, 1904, Liberty Hill, Williamson Co. Texas.

David Mason Lyon b. Nov 9, 1839, Elizabethton, Sullivan Co. Tennessee; d Jan 15, 1922, Lamar, Oklahoma.

Othneil Miles Lyon b. Nov 7, 1841 Elizabethton, Sullivan Co. Tennessee; d. Dec 22 1931, Charleston, Tallahatchie Co.Mississippi. Find A Grave # 22128330

Henry Ledbetter Lyon b Mar 3, 1844, Carter Co. Tennessee; d Oct. 5, 1918, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. Arkansas. Find A Grave memorial # 91596669

Rev. William Augusta May Lyon b. Dec 1 1846, Greene Co. Tennessee; d. June 9, 1909, New Hope, Madison Co. Alabama.

Matthew Lyon family genealogy compiled by Mary Rita Nelson