| LC control no. | n 80139433 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lyon, Matthew, 1749-1822 |
| Variant(s) | Lyon, Mathew, 1749-1822 Lyon, M. (Matthew), 1749-1822 Lyon, Col. (Matthew), 1749-1822 Lyon, Mr. (Matthew), 1749-1822 |
| Located | Vermont Kentucky |
| Birth date | 17490714 |
| Death date | 18220801 |
| Place of birth | Wicklow (Ireland : County) |
| Place of death | Spadra Bluff (Ark.) |
| Profession or occupation | Printer Publisher Militia officers Legislators (State government) Representatives, U.S. Congress |
| Found in | His Letter from Mathew Lyon, 1801. His A letter from the Hon. Matthew Lyon, 1810. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress (Lyon, Matthew; emigrated from Ireland to the U.S. in 1765; settled in Vermont in 1774; served as an officer with the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution; member of the state House of Representatives, 1779-83; founded the town of Fair Haven, Vt., 1783; served an additional 10 years in the state House of Representatives during the period 1783-96; built and operated several kinds of mills; established a printing office at Fair Haven in 1793 and published the Farmers' Library and the Fair Haven Gazette; elected to the 5th and 6th Congresses, 1797-1801; moved to Kentucky in 1801; member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1802; elected to the 8th-11th Congresses, 1803-11; served as U.S. factor to the Cherokee Nation in the Arkasas Territory; b. County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749; d. Spadra Bluff, Ark., Aug. 1, 1822) MWA/NAIP files, May 21, 2014 (access point: Lyon, Matthew, 1749-1822; usage: Matthew Lyon; Mathew Lyon; M. Lyon; Col. Lyon; Mr. Lyon) |
| Associated language | eng |
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