High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

William Henry Lyon

5 Sep 1821 – 28 May 1899 · about 78 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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William Henry Lyon lived from 5 Sep 1821 to 28 May 1899, a span of about 78 years.

Theirs is one of 4 markers bearing the name Lyon in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 1relative, as recorded on Find a Grave
William Henry Lyonm.Mary C. Lyon1824–1889 (m. 1846)also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Barker family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
on Weir St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Mary, Sept. 24, 1819, d. 28 Aug. 1821. ii. Hiram, Sept. 5, 1821, d. 13 Nov. 1838. 31. iii. Lincoln, May 8, 1823. iv. Anna Willett, Dec. 25, 1824. m. Dec. 7, 1846, "William Eldredge. v. Mary Pritchard, July 18, 1828. m. May 11, 1845, Southard Pratt. vL Sarah Hill, Sept. 10, 1829, d. 29 Jan. 1831. vii. Richard, June 2, 1831 ; is blind,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

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