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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ROBERT W. LYON, assistant superintendent of steelworks, McKee’s Rocks, was born in Butler county, Pa., in 1842, a son of John and Mary Lyon, the latter of whom departed this life in 1852, at the age of thirty-two years. John Lyon is a native of Butler county, and still resides there. Robert W. enlisted in 1861 as a private in the 13th P. V. I., served four years and two months, and advanced to the rank of major. In 1864 he married Harriet, daughter of Andrew and Eliza Barclay, of Butler county, formerly of this county. At the close of the war Maj. Lyon settled in the city of Allegheny, and in 1869 moved to Pittsburgh. In 1881 he was elected mayor of that city, which office he held for three years. Mr. Lyon has reared a family of eleven children, as follows: Mollie, Carrie, George B., John C., Hattie, Frank W., Emma, Robert E., Thomas W., Laura and Nellie. He accepted the position of assistant superintendent of the steelworks at McKee’s Rocks in 1886, which he still holds. He is a Freemason and a member of the G. A. R.; in politics a democrat.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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