John L. Lyons, III

1804 - 1887  (82 years)

• Name	John L. Lyons
  Suffix	III
  Birth	5 Jul 1804	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Orange Co, Texas
  	1870 Orange Co, Texas John Lions (Lyons) 1810 Louisiana Amanda 57 1813 Louisiana Albert 21 1849 Elbana 20 1850 Mary 14 1856 Louisiana Lebytha 10 1860 Louisiana Augusta 8 1862 Texas 2 residences away John Jett 34 1836 Louisiana Sarah J. 24 1846 Texas Mary 11 1859 Texas (note: Mary Jett last entry on page 4 and last of the transcription in Ancestry. Did page 5 (not found) give the names of the two young children who were murdered in 1874?)
  Other-Begin	8 Apr 1874	Orange Co, Texas
  	newspaper article
  	mentioned in article An Outrage and Triple Murde from Galveston News 8 Apr 1874 Murder of John Jett's wife and 2 children John Lyons, a neighbor, was approached by John Jett's daughter for help. John Lyons and two other men apprehended murderer.
  		Outrage and Triple Murder Galveston News, 8 Apr 1874 Murder of John Jett's wife and 2 small children
  Death	31 Mar 1887
  Person ID	I33782	Roots
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	John Michael Lyons, Jr,   b. Abt 1783, Pensacola, Escambia Co, Florida (near - then Georgia) d. 27 May 1852, Robert's Cove, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Rachel Marie Forman,   b. 1787, North Carolina d. Aft 1860, Louisiana (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1804	Attakapas Post, St. Martinville, St.Martin Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  	a Marie Charlotte married Hoffpauir by Commandant of Opel Post in 1804 Married: 30 MAR 1804 1 in St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church at Attakapas Post - now, St. Martinville, St. Martin Par., LA 1 Divorced: 21 MAY 1824 in St. Landry Par., LA (SW Louisiana Records and St. Martinville Ch Records, V.5 #13) a Marie Charlotte married Hoffpauir by Commandant of Opel Post in 1804 Married: 30 MAR 1804 1 in St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church at Attakapas Post - now, St. Martinville, St. Martin Par., LA 1 Divorced: 21 MAY 1824 in St. Landry Par., LA (SW Louisiana Records and St. Martinville Ch Records, V.5 #13)
  Divorce	21 May 1824	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Notes	children and descendants at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=samlyons&id=I4637 children and descendants at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=samlyons&id=I4637
  Family ID	F3269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda F. Stanton,   b. 22 Feb 1812, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana d. 28 Jan 1904, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1827	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
  Children	1. Adelia Lyons,   b. 26 Aug 1829, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana d. 1 Feb 1910, Orange Co, Texas (Age 80 years)   2. Albert Lyons,   b. 1849, Louisiana d. Aft 1870, of, Orange Co, Texas (Age 22 years)   3. Elbana Lyons,   b. 1850, Louisiana d. Aft 1870, of, Orange Co, Texas (Age 21 years)   4. Mary Lyons,   b. 1856, Louisiana d. Aft 1870, of, Orange Co, Texas (Age 15 years)   5. Lebytha Lyons,   b. 1860, Louisiana d. Aft 1870, of, Orange Co, Texas (Age 11 years)   6. Augusta Lyons,   b. 1862, Orange Co, Texas d. Aft 1870, of, Orange Co, Texas (Age 9 years)
  Family ID	F11796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 6 Sep 1827 - St. Landry Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  Southwest Louisiana Records.