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Descendants of Matthew Lyon

28. MATTHEW SKINNER³ LYON (CHITTENDEN², MATTHEW¹) was born June 28, 1823, and died 1891. He married SARAH REBECCA FROST. She died Unknown.

Notes for MATTHEW SKINNER LYON:
The Coil House is in Madisonville, Hopkins Co KY

Recorded deeds date this property to 1835 when a log building was constructed by Henry and Marie Scott. They purchased the property from Willis and Caroline Younger for $650 in the year of 1864.

John B. Frost Lyon, an extensive land owner, acquired the property and gave it to his son-in-law, Matthew S. Lyon, and his wife, Sara Rebecca Frost Lyon. The house was enlarged and improved while owned by the Lyon family and appeared much as you see it today. Matthew S. Lyon had a brother, Chittenden P. Lyon, who built his house, known as "Old Ship," two blocks south on Union Street.

Child of MATTHEW LYON and SARAH FROST is:

90.

DAVID⁴ LYON, d. Unknown.

29. CHITTENDEN PATTON³ LYON (CHITTENDEN², MATTHEW¹) was born November 01, 1827, and died April 17, 1863 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky. He married NANNIE COLLINS January 20, 1852 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, daughter of ORVILLE COLINS. She was born Abt. 1830, and died Unknown.

Notes for CHITTENDEN PATTON LYON:
[1] The Ship House is in Madisonville, Jopkins Co KY

This Federal style house, with a touch of Italianate features, has been given the name "Old Ship" because it has weathered many storms. It was constructed in 1857 by Chittenden P. Lyon, brother of Matthew S. Lyon who owned the Coil House The house as we see it today in all its glamour is very similar to how we would have seen it 130 years ago. The floor plan was typical Federal style with a two-story plan in central hall type.

Each floor has four rooms opening directly into the hall at each level. Both the interior and exterior wall are solid brick. When the brick was laid, it was left to set for six months before constructing the home. A fireplace still remains in each room today. You can still see a smokehouse at the rear of the house.

[edited from http://www.wkynet.com/MadisonvilleNet/Attractions/attract3.html]

[2] "Kentucky Ancestors", Vol. 9, No. 1, July 1973.

ANTE BELLUM, AND AN OLD BRICK HOUSE

This two story brick house was constructed in 1857 by Chittenden P. Lyon, son of the Hon. Chittenden Lyon of Eddyville, Kentucky, who was Congressman from Kentucky 1825-1837; Lyon County was named in his honor. The Hon. Chittenden Lyon was grandson on his mother's side of Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont, and he was the son of Colonel Matthew Lyon, one of the famous "Green Mountain Boys", who on May 10, 1775, stormed the mighty fort of Ticonderoga, taking that important bastion from the British in the first offensive battle of the Revolution; and the same Matthew Lyon who was Congressman from Vermont 1797-1801. In 1801, Colonel Matthew Lyon moved his family, along with seventy (70) craftsmen and artisans from Fair Haven, Vermont, to Kentucky, locating and founding the town of Eddyville on the Cumberland, and becoming Congressman from Kentucky in 1803-1811.

The Hon. Chittenden Lyon died October 23, 1842, and is buried in the original old Eddyville graveyard, situated high on a hill overlooking Lake Barkley. A graceful stone obelisk marks his grave. After the estate was settled, three of his sons moved to Madisonville. They were:

Chittenden P. Lyon, who married Nannie M. Collins, daughter of Orville Collins Sr., prominent citizen and property owner of Madisonville.

Matthew S. Lyon, who married Sarah Rebecca Frost, daughter of John B. Frost, landowner with extensive acreage in Hopkins County on the waters of Pond River and Elk Creek. Frostburg Road is named in his honor.

These two boys, Chittenden P. And Matthew S., were the first cousins of General Hylan Benton Lyon, who in December, 1864, with 800 men, captured from Union forces, and burned, seven Kentucky Courthouses in 23 days, including the original Courthouse at Madisonville, as the bronze marker erected in the West lawn of Hopkins County Courthouse by the Kentucky Historical Society attests. However, General Lyons ordered all records removed from the Courthouse, and stored, before putting a match to it.

Another son, Thompson A. Lyon, a son of Hon. Chittenden Lyon by his second wife, and therefore a half brother to the two Lyon boys named above, also came to Madisonville, and married Julia Frost, another daughter of John B. Frost, and considered the fairest of the beautiful sisters.

About 1847, these [three] Lyon brothers commenced trading and transacting business in Madisonville, in the firm name of M.S. Lyon and Bros., trading in real estate, and also as general dry goods merchants.

By the year 1857, Chittenden P. Lyon was well established as a dry goods merchant, a dealer in real estate, and as a money lender. It was this year he built the brick house, substantially completing it before the year ended. Chittenden P. Lyon, his wife Nannie Collins Lyon, and their children, E.J., Mary, Matthew, Dillard, and Ellen, (called "Nellie"), thoroughly enjoyed their new home, although the Civil War caused many hardships during his latter years.

Chittenden P. Lyon sickened and died April 17, 1863, only 34 years of age, leaving his wife and four children.

Chittenden P. Lyon was buried in the original part of Grapevine Cemetery, Madisonville, Kentucky, within prayer distance of the quaint old Christian Church. His stone is a skillfully executed obelisk, similar to his father's in design. The gravestone of his father-in-law, Orville Collins, Sr., is located on an adjacent grave.

(It is noteworthy here to remember that Chittenden P. Lyon died one year and eight months before his first cousin, General Hylan Lyon, burned the Courthouse in Madisonville during a raid in the Civil War.)...

On September 6, 1879, Nannie Collins sold the "brick house property" to Professor Hanson Boring, who had married her sister, Mattie Collins. Professor Boring held private school in two of the rooms on the back side, one upstairs, and one down, while his wife taught music in the South front room.

[from http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GenConnecticut/1998-04/0892239645]

Children of CHITTENDEN LYON and NANNIE COLLINS are:

	i.		E. J.⁴ LYON, d. Unknown.
	ii.		MARY LYON, d. Unknown.
	iii.		MATTHEW LYON, d. Unknown.
	iv.		DILLARD LYON, d. Unknown.
	v.		ELLEN LYON, d. Unknown.

30. HELEN MINERVA³ LYON (CHITTENDEN², MATTHEW¹) was born July 28, 1830, and died October 21, 1880. She married CLARK M. SHELBY. He was born May 06, 1817, and died October 05, 1871.

Notes for CLARK M. SHELBY:
Some references refer to Clark M. Shelby as G.M. Shelby.

Children of HELEN LYON and CLARK SHELBY are:

	i.		FANNIE⁴ SHELBY, b. July 14, 1849; d. August 03, 1850.
	ii.		LAURA SHELBY, b. February 03, 1851; d. Unknown.
	iii.		EDMOND LIONEL SHELBY, b. May 10, 1853; d. September 11, 1857.
	iv.		FLORENCE SHELBY, b. Abt. 1863; d. February 29, 1880.
	v.		ALBERT THOMPSON SHELBY, b. August 07, 1865; d. October 23, 1880.

31. THOMAS ARCHER³ LYON (CHITTENDEN², MATTHEW¹) was born July 15, 1833 in Eddyville, Lyon County Kentucky, and died August 13, 1899 in Eddyville, Lyon County Kentucky. He married JULIA FROST October 1853 in Madisonville, Kentucky. She died Unknown.

Children of THOMAS LYON and JULIA FROST are:

91.	i.	FRANCES⁴ LYON, b. 1866, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. 1965.
	ii.	CHILD 2 LYON, d. Unknown.
	iii.	CHILD 3 LYON, d. Unknown.
	iv.	CHILD 4 LYON, d. Unknown.
	v.	CHILD 5 LYON, d. Unknown.

32. FREDERICK HENRY³ SKINNER (AURELIA² LYON, MATTHEW¹) was born 1815 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, and died April 06, 1893 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky. He married HELEN MARY CATLETT, daughter of HANSON CATLETT and MINERVA LYON. She was born Abt. 1807 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, and died Abt. 1887 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.

Children are listed above under (22) Helen Mary Catlett.

33. MATHEW MARTIN³ LYON (MATTHEW², MATTHEW¹) was born October 04, 1825 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, and died 1892 in Eddyville, Caldwell (now Lyon) County Kentucky. He married EUDORA HANSON MIMS March 27, 1855. She was born 1834, and died 1923 in Eddyville, Caldwell (now Lyon) County Kentucky.

More About MATHEW MARTIN LYON:
Burial: Unknown, Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky

More About EUDORA HANSON MIMS:
Burial: Unknown, Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky

Children of MATHEW LYON and EUDORA MIMS are:

92.	i.	CARRIE⁴ LYON, b. July 22, 1856; d. August 28, 1940.
93.	ii.	MATTHEW MIMS LYON, b. December 05, 1858, Kuttawa, Lyons County, Kentucky; d. Bet. 1943 - 1946, Nashville, Tennessee.
	iii.	FAY H. LYON, b. December 13, 1862; d. April 17, 1925, Eddyville, Caldwell (now Lyon) County Kentucky.

More About FAY H. LYON:
Burial: Unknown, Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky

34. MARY³ LYON (MATTHEW², MATTHEW¹) was born Aft. 1828, and died Unknown. She married DR. CLARK S. BRUNSON. He died Unknown.

Notes for DR. CLARK S. BRUNSON:
Assisisrant Surgeon KY L.A. & C.S.A.

Children of MARY LYON and CLARK BRUNSON are:

	i.	LULA⁴ BRUNSON, b. March 08, 1856; d. December 06, 1883.
94.	ii.	WALTER BRUNSON, b. October 31, 1854; d. May 11, 1911.
	iii.	MAY BRUNSON, b. February 14, 1860; d. Unknown.
95.	iv.	BIRDIE BRUNSON, b. September 28, 1871; d. Unknown.

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