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Thomas James Lanyon

Birth: 17 Jul 1848
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 12 Dec 1934 (aged 86)
Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Little Sioux Cemetery

Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 68094932 View Source

Thomas J. LANYON, postmaster at Little Sioux, was born in Pa. in 1848; moved with his parents to Monona county, Ia., in 1858; thence to this place in 1865. In 1870 he was appointed postmaster, and about the same time engaged in the fancy grocery business.

Thank you FAG User genienuts 1976 (#47118364) for providing this "per verbatim" transcription; source: ("History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth: A Comprehensive Compilation of Progressive ...", 1882, page 341)

Thomas J. LANYON, postmaster at Little Sioux, was born in Pa. in 1848; moved with his parents to Monona county, Ia., in 1858; thence to this place in 1865. In 1870 he was appointed postmaster, and about the same time engaged in the fancy grocery business.

Thank you FAG User genienuts 1976 (#47118364) for providing this "per verbatim" transcription; source: ("History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth: A Comprehensive Compilation of Progressive ...", 1882, page 341)

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Sophia Campion Lanyon

1809–1887

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Ella Miranda Peters Lanyon

1851–1924

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Created by: Your Sister in Christ - Dona (Carr) Mooring
Added: Apr 8, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68094932/thomas_james-lanyon: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas James Lanyon (17 Jul 1848–12 Dec 1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68094932, citing Little Sioux Cemetery, Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Your Sister in Christ - Dona (Carr) Mooring (contributor 47131228).

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