My Genealogy Hound

GEORGE LYON, farmer, P. O. Higginsport, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, September 13, 1826. He was the oldest son of Robert Lyon, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. George was reared on a farm and lived with his father till 25 years old. He received a common school education, and also attended college, at Cincinnati, for a short time. He attended school one term in Georgetown, while Gen. Grant was in school. He says that the General was a bad boy to play “teeter” with; for when Grant would be down, and the other boy up, Grant would get off to see the other fellow “caplunk,” as he called it. That might have been fun for Grant, but Esquire Lyon says it was hard on him, for he had received two or three bumps in that way. He has given his attention to farming and is the owner of 97 acres of land. Mr. L. is a Republican in politics. He has served as Justice of the Peace for twenty years in Pleasant Township. He was married, in 1856 or 1857, to Harriet Dillman, a native of Brown County, Ohio, daughter of Conrad Dillman, of German descent. This union has been blessed with a family of six children, all of whom are living — Charles D. (a farmer in Pleasant Township), Anna, Lucy, W. H., Minnie and Emma. W. H. bought a farm of 20 acres, when he was in his seventeenth year. Mr. L. is a kind father and has the good will of all his neighbors.