Notes:

This information is from Sandi Hartnell who says
"Most of the early stuff was compiled by my grandmother's twin sister,Mina Lyon Rife. She dated the material 1956. She did a lot of research,and attributed some of the material from a 3 volumes titled "LyonMemorial". She indicated they were purchased in Boston at Goodspeed BookStore. I visited Glamis Castle about 10 years ago and have guidebooksfrom there that had family information, and I also picked up someinformation from various web sites.

See also
Hartnell Family Tree
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:1966349
Sandra Hartnell ( hartnellsl@comcast.net.)

MARCUS R. LYON

The subject of this personal narrative is one of the most successfuland progressive farmers within the borders of Tampico Township, his homebeing in section 6. He has made his special field of industry an eminentsuccess, and is highly esteemed and respected by those who know him best.

Mr. Lyon was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 27, 1815 andbelongs to an old Vermont family, which was founded in that state by hisgreat-grandfather and two brothers, natives of Scotland, who came to thenew world during the Revolutionary War. The great-grand- father openedup a farm in Orleans County. The grandfather, Nehemiah Lyon and thefather of our subject, Baxter Lyon, were both born upon that farm, whichis still in [the] possession of the Lyon family. The latter was born Julyl3,l816, and remained in his native state until twenty years of age, whenhe went to Medina County, Ohio, where he cleared, improved and cultivateda farm and also worked at his trade of blacksmith, which he continued tofollow for some years after coming to Whiteside County, Illinois. InMedina County he married Miss Sarah A. Vaughn, a native of New York and adaughter of George Vaughn. In December 1849, they came to this county,making the journey with teams, and they located near the present city ofMorrison where the father bought one hundred and sixty acres of land witha state script. Upon his place he built a frame house, 24x26 feet, and astory and a half in height, doing most of the carpenter work himself.

The first winter it was only sided up and was not lathed andplastered and the family suffered very much from the cold. In fact,during the first two winters they experienced many hardships and [de]privations, incident to life on the frontier. Upon his farm the fatheralso built a shop and did black smithing for his neighbors. As hisfinancial resources increased, he bought more land, until he owned nearlyseven hundred acres; and he was one of the most active, enterprising andprominent farmers of the county. Selling his property near Morrison, hemoved to Tampico Township, where he resided for a few years, and later hemoved to Harvey County, Kansas, where he opened up a new farm and becamethe owner of six hundred acres. There he died on his seventy-thirdbirthday. The wife and mother departed this life in October 1895, inWhiteside County, Illinois.

Marcus R. Lyon was about four years old when brought by his parentsto this county, and he was educated in the common schools of Morrison,which he attended only during winter months, the summer season beingoccupied with work on the home farm. After reaching manhood, he hadcharge of the place until twenty-five years of age. When nineteen yearsold he began running a threshing machine, and later bought and operateda horsepower machine for several years. Still later, he owned a steamthresher and also a corn-sheller, and now for over thirty-four years, hehas engaged in threshing, first around Morrison and later near hispresent home in Tampico Township.

In Jones County, Iowa, February 28,1870, was celebrated the marriageof Mr. Lyon and Miss Minerva Miller, a native of Warren County, Indiana,and a daughter of John T. and Charlotte (Morris) Miller. Her father wasborn in Ohio, but was reared and married in Indiana, and from the latterstate moved to Jones County, Iowa, where he opened up a farm and rearedhis family. His wife died there Nov.l,1895 and he survived her onlyabout one week, dying November 8, 1895.
To Mr. and Mrs. Lyon ten children have been born, namely: Lottie B;now the wife of Frank E. West, Tampico; Lewis L; who is married andengaged in farming on one of his father's farms; Gracie, who died at theage of twelve years; Hubart, who assists his rather in the operation ofthe home farm; Kate, at home; Rhoda M; who is attending the home school;Martha, who died at the age of a year and a half; Mina and Minerva,twins, at home; and Marcus R; Jr; at home.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon located on a farm nearMorrison, he having purchased one hundred and twenty acres of the oldhome farm, and there they resided for five years. He then sold the placeand before night of the same day had purchased one hundred and sixtyacres of land on section 6, Tampico Township, where he now resides. Toit's further improvement and cultivation he has since devoted hisenergies, and has extended the boundaries of the farm until they nowenclose two hundred and forty acres of rich and arable land which he hasplaced under a high state of cultivation. Near it, he also owns anothervaluable and well-improved farm of two hundred and forty acres, and uponboth places is a good set of farm buildings. Progressive, energetic andindustrious, the success that he has achieved in life is due entirely tohis own well-directed efforts. He is a skillful farmer and a man of goodbusiness ability. The Republican party always finds him a staunchsupporter of it's principles and he cast his first presidential ballotfor Gen. U.S. Grant in l868. He has been a member of the school board foryears, and clerk of the district and always takes a commendable interestin everything which he believes calculated to advance the intellectual,moral or material welfare of his township and county. For half a centuryhe has been a resident of the county and has watched with interest almostit's entire growth and development, and has ever borne his part in it'sadvancement.

(Taken from "The Biographical Record of Whiteside County, Illinois".Published 1900)

To the Biographical Record of Marcus Ruel Lyon of Whiteside Co.,Illinois, published in 1900.

Certain facts have been established which will materially aid anyinterested person in establish-ing the exact and accurate information ofthe pioneer of our subject. These facts are from three volumes of "LyonMemorial", purchased from Goodspeeds Book Store in Boston, Mass. VolumeL, published in 1905, by Press of William Graham Printing Co., ofDetroit, Michigan, and edited by A.B. Lyon(s) M.D. of Detroit, Michigan,and G.W.A. Lyon M.D. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was the belief of our subject that our pioneer ancestors cameabout the tine of the Revolu-tion. The following, added by Mina LyonRife, daughter of our subject, will establish the coming of William Lyon,our reason for claiming we are among the first to settle in the UnitedStates of America. The ship "Hopewell" came fifteen years after theMayflower.

The pioneer ancestor of Marcus Ruel Lyon was William of Roxberry,Mass. He was the son of William and Anne Carter Lyon of Heston MiddlesexCounty, England. William of Roxberry came to America on the "Hopewell"when he was fourteen - September 11, 1635. He married Sarah Ruggles, bornin Nazing, England, April 19,1629, and she came to America while yet aninfant.

He was a member of Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company ofRoxbury, (now Woodstock). He received grants of six acres "upon common",also in Roxberry, deeds of land in 1651,1658, and in 1661. The LyonHomestead in Roxberry was on what is now Bellevue Ave., formerly LyonStreet. Admitted to John Eliot's Church in 1655, became freeman in 1666.Died at the age of 72 years and was buried May 21, 1692, in RoxberryCemetery.

A son, John Lyon, born in Roxberry, April 1647, married AbigailPolly. Both died of smallpox the same day, January 15,1703, and wereburied in one grave in West Roxberry Cemetery. "Lyon Memmorial" Volume L.The following lists first-born for twelve generations:
William of Roxberry
John
John
Caleb
Capt. Benjamin Lyon
(Our Revolutionary ancestor, was horn in Seekonk, Mass., on Dec.3l,1730,and died in Woodstock, Conn., on July 14, 1807. He is pictured in "LyonMemmorial" Volume L. He answered the Lexington Alarm.)
Nehemiah Lyon
Nehemiah May Lyon
Baxter Lyon
Marcus Ruel Lyon
Hubert Baxter Lyon
Raymond Lyon
David Lyon

Copies of "Lyon Memmorial" Vols.L, LL, and LLL purchased fromGoodspeed Book Store in Boston, Mass. Coat of Arms can be procured withthe above information from Hennessee Studio of Heraldic Art,Charlottesville, Va.

Mina Lyon Rife, 123 Silverwood, Mobile, Ala. 1956.
Member D.A R. National No.444591, Admitted April 14, 1956.
Children of Marcus Ruel (Sr.) And Minerva Miller Lyon

10 Lottie B Lyon. Born July 24, 1871, Mt. Pleasant, IL, died May 8,1930, Tampico, IL. Married Frank West.
11 Corzetta Goble
10 Lewis L. Lyon. Born January 19, 1873, Mt. Pleasant, IL, died July23, 1942, Prophets town, IL. Married Grace Needham
10 Gracie Lyon, born March 22, 1875, Tampico, IL. Died October 2,1886, buried in Tampico.
10 Hubert Baxter Lyon. Born April 19, 1878. Married Florence Harmon,February 14, 1900.
11 Wayne Harmon Baxter, born December 26, 1902. Married GertrudeSusan Walker
11 Gertrude Camilla Baxter, born October 6, 1906. Married ArnoldWaite in June, 1927.
12 3 children
11 Hariette Baxter. Born August 2, 1909, Prophets town, IL
11 Raymond Baxter. Born October 22, 1914, Prophets town, IL.Married Ruth Lamphere, born June 11, 1917, Prophets town, IL.
12 James Hubert (adopted), Died March 5, 1948.
12 David Baxter, born November 13, 1943, Prophets town.
10 Katie Lyon. Born April 23, 1880. Married Roy Olmstead, born May11, 1873, died April 3, 1957, Prophets town, IL.
11 Adopted a nice, daughter of Marcus Lyon, Jr. Isabelle (Lyon),born October 21, 1917. Married Lloyd Wildman. 3 children.
12 Stuart
12 Frances
12 Lorelei
10 Martha Lyon. Born November 25, 1882. Died June 5, 1884. Buried inTampico, IL
10 Rhoda M. Lyon. Born February 1, 1885, Tampico, IL. Married StuartOlmstead September 28, 1905, Aurora, IL. Born November 28, 1879, DiedMay 7, 1956. Veteran of Spanish American War.
11 Elsie Fay, born April 19, 1907, Married John W. Paper on June28, 1927.
12 child
10 Minerva Lyon (twin of Mina), born September 25, 1888, baptized atTampico Methodist Church, 1902. Died October 19, 1920, buried inTampico, IL. Married Charles Henry Hartnell at Prophets town, January17, 1912.
11 William Frederick Hartnell, born January 4, 1915, Terra Haute,IN
11 James Dean Hartnell, born December 7, 1916, South Bend, Indiana
10 Mina Lyon (twin of Minerva), born September 25, 1888 in Tampico,IL. Baptized at 1st Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL, 1932. MarriedLloyd E. Rife on January 5, 1910, Tampico, IL, born August 21, 1888 inChicago, IL. Baptized 1st Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL.
11 Janet, born July 3, 1911 in Rock Falls, IL. Married VenableLane Lewis Jr., March 16, 1932 in Franklin, KY. Born October 23, 1908,Crossville, TN
12 Venable Lane Lewis, III, born May 23, 1933, Nashville, TN,Baptized McMinnville M.E. Church, TN
12 Ann Rife Lewis, born October 2, 1946, McMinnville, TN
10 Marcus Ruel Lyon, Jr. Born August 25, 1891, Tampico, IL, diedOctober 2, 1947, buried in Prophets town, IL. Married Ida Barenthin onJanuary 27, 1915. She was born in Sterling, IL
11 Marcia, born December 25, ??
11 Isabelle, born October 21, 1917, adopted by Aunt Kate.
11 Marcia, born December 25, 19??
11 Stuart
11 Kenneth

For more information on Lyon Hartnell line see under:
Abraham Hartnell, b ?, d 9/29/1729 in Winfrith, Dorset, England
William Frederick Hartnell Born 2/6/1861 - Overmoigne, England
Joseph Hartnell was born in 1799
John Hartnell born July 1789 in Chaldon Herring, Dorset, Dorsetshire,England
James Hartnell was born in 1794
John Cox Hartnell May 21, 1834

William Penney, born about 1750

John (Colonel of Ryslippe) Lyon died October 03, 1592
William (of Roxberry) Lyon born December 13, 1620
Marcus R. Lyon born February 28, 1857
John (Colonel of Ryslippe) Lyon died October 03, 1592
Henry (Sir) (of Ryslippe) Lyon, born about 1410
John (Sir) (of Foreviot & Glamis) Lyon, born 1320


John (4th Lord of Glamis) Lyon, born 1452
John de Lyon born Bet. 1292 - 1319
Roger (Sir) (de Leonne) de Lyon, born 1040

Marcus married Minerva Miller on 28 Feb 1870 in Wyoming, Iowa. Minerva (daughter of John T Miller and Charlotte Morris) was born on 23 Jan 1851 in Indiana, USA; died on 6 Mar 1936 in Tampico, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank E. West. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Grace Needham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hubert married Florence Harmon on 14 Feb 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy Olmstead. Roy was born on 11 May 1873; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rhoda married Stuart Olmstead on 28 Sep 1905 in Aurora, Illinois, USA. Stuart was born on 28 Nov 1879; died on 7 May 1956. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mina married Lloyd E Rife on 5 Jan 1910 in Tampico, Illinois, USA. Lloyd was born on 21 Aug 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minerva married Charles Henry Hartnell on 17 Jan 1912 in Prophetstown. Charles (son of William Frederick Hartnell and Abigail Frances Penney) was born on 19 Oct 1889 in Stacyville, IA; died on 30 Aug 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcus married Ida Barenthin on 27 Jan 1915. Ida was born in Sterling, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Janet married Venable Lane ( Jr) Lewis on 16 Mar 1932 in Franklin, KY. Venable was born on 23 Oct 1908 in Crossville, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther Agnes (Peg) Albery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Doris Marilynn Winemiller [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joyce married Thomas Harold Leclair [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marilynn married Stephen Ditchkoff [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Deforest Walton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Reinhard Robert Pope. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sandra married Theo Phillip Helms [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tamara married Roger William Gady [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patricia married Christopher Ingram [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patricia married Dennis Leroy Twichell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]