Aged 89 years; died in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Husband by first marriage of the late Mary Adelia Campbell and by second marriage of Alice Ingrahm.
First President of the New Orleans Stock Exchange
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Lyman was the Virginia Military Institute, where Stonewall Jackson was instructor. Mr. Lyman joined the Army of Virginia under Jackson and was made Captain of the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry Regiment.
At the death of General Jackson at Chancellorsville, Mr. Lyman was promoted to a colonelcy in Stuart's Artillery. He saw action in 48 battles of the war.
After the war, he was made president of the firm of Townsend and Lyman, bankers and brokers, and remained with that company until it was succeeded by the Crescent Insurance Company, of which Mr. Lyman was president. In 1902 he became president of the Bank of Ruston. After retiring from business several years ago, he retired to Bay St. Louis.
He was one of the founders of the New Orleans board of prisons and asylums, and was a member of the New Orleans Levee Board, New Orleans School Board, and other organizations. He sponsored the building of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church, the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Carrollton Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his second wife, Alice Ingrahm, a niece of Admiral Ingrahm, US Navy, whom he married in 1893. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. George H. Campbell of Baltimore and Mrs. Frank P. Knight also of Baltimore, and two sons, Charles W. Lyman, Crowley, La., and G.V.W. Lyman of New Orleans.
Husband by first marriage of the late Mary Adelia Campbell and by second marriage of Alice Ingrahm.
First President of the New Orleans Stock Exchange
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Lyman was the Virginia Military Institute, where Stonewall Jackson was instructor. Mr. Lyman joined the Army of Virginia under Jackson and was made Captain of the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry Regiment.
At the death of General Jackson at Chancellorsville, Mr. Lyman was promoted to a colonelcy in Stuart's Artillery. He saw action in 48 battles of the war.
After the war, he was made president of the firm of Townsend and Lyman, bankers and brokers, and remained with that company until it was succeeded by the Crescent Insurance Company, of which Mr. Lyman was president. In 1902 he became president of the Bank of Ruston. After retiring from business several years ago, he retired to Bay St. Louis.
He was one of the founders of the New Orleans board of prisons and asylums, and was a member of the New Orleans Levee Board, New Orleans School Board, and other organizations. He sponsored the building of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church, the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Carrollton Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his second wife, Alice Ingrahm, a niece of Admiral Ingrahm, US Navy, whom he married in 1893. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. George H. Campbell of Baltimore and Mrs. Frank P. Knight also of Baltimore, and two sons, Charles W. Lyman, Crowley, La., and G.V.W. Lyman of New Orleans.
Aged 89 years; died in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Husband by first marriage of the late Mary Adelia Campbell and by second marriage of Alice Ingrahm.
First President of the New Orleans Stock Exchange
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Lyman was the Virginia Military Institute, where Stonewall Jackson was instructor. Mr. Lyman joined the Army of Virginia under Jackson and was made Captain of the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry Regiment.
At the death of General Jackson at Chancellorsville, Mr. Lyman was promoted to a colonelcy in Stuart's Artillery. He saw action in 48 battles of the war.
After the war, he was made president of the firm of Townsend and Lyman, bankers and brokers, and remained with that company until it was succeeded by the Crescent Insurance Company, of which Mr. Lyman was president. In 1902 he became president of the Bank of Ruston. After retiring from business several years ago, he retired to Bay St. Louis.
He was one of the founders of the New Orleans board of prisons and asylums, and was a member of the New Orleans Levee Board, New Orleans School Board, and other organizations. He sponsored the building of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church, the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Carrollton Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his second wife, Alice Ingrahm, a niece of Admiral Ingrahm, US Navy, whom he married in 1893. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. George H. Campbell of Baltimore and Mrs. Frank P. Knight also of Baltimore, and two sons, Charles W. Lyman, Crowley, La., and G.V.W. Lyman of New Orleans.
Husband by first marriage of the late Mary Adelia Campbell and by second marriage of Alice Ingrahm.
First President of the New Orleans Stock Exchange
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Lyman was the Virginia Military Institute, where Stonewall Jackson was instructor. Mr. Lyman joined the Army of Virginia under Jackson and was made Captain of the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry Regiment.
At the death of General Jackson at Chancellorsville, Mr. Lyman was promoted to a colonelcy in Stuart's Artillery. He saw action in 48 battles of the war.
After the war, he was made president of the firm of Townsend and Lyman, bankers and brokers, and remained with that company until it was succeeded by the Crescent Insurance Company, of which Mr. Lyman was president. In 1902 he became president of the Bank of Ruston. After retiring from business several years ago, he retired to Bay St. Louis.
He was one of the founders of the New Orleans board of prisons and asylums, and was a member of the New Orleans Levee Board, New Orleans School Board, and other organizations. He sponsored the building of the Canal Street Presbyterian Church, the Napoleon Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the Carrollton Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his second wife, Alice Ingrahm, a niece of Admiral Ingrahm, US Navy, whom he married in 1893. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. George H. Campbell of Baltimore and Mrs. Frank P. Knight also of Baltimore, and two sons, Charles W. Lyman, Crowley, La., and G.V.W. Lyman of New Orleans.
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