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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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Charles H. Lyman, a description of whose life claims attention in this sketch, is treasurer of Lincoln County, and a prosperous merchant of Star City, in that county. He was born in Madison, Wis., in 1841, and is a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Keene) Lyman, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively, and who were married in Wisconsin, in 1840. The father was an editor and publisher of considerable note; born a Puritan, lived the life of a Puritan, and died a Puritan. From Madison, Wis., the family moved to a place near Fall River, and in 1850 to Chicago, where the father worked in the Chicago Journal office. The family next settled in Elgin, Ill., where he published a paper called the Palladium. From there, in 1857, they moved to Kansas. Charles is the eldest of the eleven children born to his parents, and moved with them to Kansas, following printing as a trade until he enlisted in the war, in 1861. He served through the war faithfully and well, reaching the degree of second lieutenant. When peace was once more restored throughout the broad boundaries of the States, the subject of this sketch located in what is now Lincoln County, giving his attention to agriculture. He married Miss Ella M. Sanders, in Pine Bluff, Ark. Of this union have been fourteen children, ten of whom are still living. The history of the county is largely dependent upon the successes, business ventures, and general popularity of those citizens, who, because of their natural ability to please, and superior judgment, are given prominent places in the public affairs. Therefore the sketch of Mr. Lyman is of almost inestimable value to the history of Lincoln County, where he is so deservedly esteemed and admired.

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This family biography is one of 44 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Lincoln County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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