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Lyon, John

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 36, credited to Rochester, VT
Unit(s): 6th NY ARTY
Service: enl, Stockholm, 8/31/61, m/i, Pvt, Btry K, 6th NY ARTY, same date, m/o 6/28/65, Petersburg, VA

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VITALS

Birth: 02/09/1828, Unknown
Death: 08/08/1912

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Rochester, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Joe Schenkman
Findagrave Memorial #: 107473024

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 10/4/1888, VT
Portrait?: Unknown
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: Not Found
(If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war)

Remarks: None

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Woodlawn Cemetery, Rochester, VT

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Obituary

ROBINSON

"Uncle" John Lyon died at the home of his son, Grant Lyon, Thursday, Aug. 8, at the advanced age of 84 years.

Source: Bethel Courier, August 16, 1912

The funeral of John Lyon, who died suddenly, at the age of 83 years, last Thursday at the home of his son, was largely attended Saturday afternoon, Rev. C. B. Wells officiating.

Source: Bethel Courier, August 15, 1912
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.