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Mary Elizabeth Hanby Lyon

Birth: 28 May 1847
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Death: 23 Mar 1929 (aged 81)
LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial: West Lawn Cemetery

Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 31674691 View Source

Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of Josiah & Elizabeth (Vance) Hanby, married Benjamin Stone Lyon on 13 Apr 1864 in Harrison Co., OH. Mary & Benjamin had 4 children, Elizabeth Jane, stillborn child 17 Aug, 1869, Ella Minerva and John H. Lyon. Mary came to OK to participate in the Land Run on Apr. 22, 1889. Mary was appointed by the first Governor of the state of Oklahoma, Charles Nathaniel Haskell, to be the first matron to the Comanche, Apache, and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma. Mary taught them how to read and write.

Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of Josiah & Elizabeth (Vance) Hanby, married Benjamin Stone Lyon on 13 Apr 1864 in Harrison Co., OH. Mary & Benjamin had 4 children, Elizabeth Jane, stillborn child 17 Aug, 1869, Ella Minerva and John H. Lyon. Mary came to OK to participate in the Land Run on Apr. 22, 1889. Mary was appointed by the first Governor of the state of Oklahoma, Charles Nathaniel Haskell, to be the first matron to the Comanche, Apache, and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma. Mary taught them how to read and write.

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81yrs. 9ms. 23 dys. Mary died on a visit to see her daughter Elizabeth and her family in LaSalle Co., IL

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1841–1917

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Created by: Linda (Adams) LeBarre
Added: Nov 24, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31674691/mary_elizabeth-lyon: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Hanby Lyon (28 May 1847–23 Mar 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31674691, citing West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Linda (Adams) LeBarre (contributor 47010459).

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