Francis Strother Lyon
Born: February 25, 1800
Birthplace: Stokes County, North Carolina
Father: James Lyon Jr. 1778 – 1858
(Buried: Lyon Cemetery, Danbury, North Carolina)
Mother: Behethland “Hetty” Gaines 1778 – 1865
(Buried: Lyon Cemetery, Danbury, North Carolina)
Wife: Sarah Serena Glover 1806 – 1890
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama)
Married: March 4, 1824 in Demopolis, Alabama
Children:
Mary Amanda Lyon Ross 1824 – 1917
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Sarah Lyon Prince 1827 – 1909
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama)
Helen Gaines Lyon Deas 1828 – 1927
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Son – in – law: Brigadier General Zachariah C. Deas 1819 – 1882
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Amelia R. Lyon 1830 – 1899
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama)
Ida Ashe Lyon Polk 1845 – 1912
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)
Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Bank Clerk in St. Stephens, Alabama
Court Clerk in St. Stephens, Alabama
1821 – 1835: Attorney in Demopolis, Alabama
1822 – 1830: Secretary of Alabama State Senate
1833 – 1834: Alabama State Senator
1835 – 1839: United States Congressman from Alabama
1835 – 1837: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1835 – 1837: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1837 – 1839: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1839 – 1861: Attorney and Planter in Demopolis, Alabama
1846: Commissioner and trustee to liquidate the State Bank.
1860: Chairman of Alabama State Democratic Party Convention
1860: Alabama Delegate to Charleston Democratic Convention
1860: Demanded immediate Secession after election of Lincoln.
Civil War Career:
1861: Alabama State Representative
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Alabama
Sponsor of moderate administration financial program.
1862 – 1865: Advocate for doubling all the taxes.
1862 – 1865: Advocate to repudiate all old treasury notes.
1862 – 1865: Advocate to raise the export duty on cotton five cents.
1862 – 1865: Supporter of impressing all railroad equipment.
Advocate for an immediate tax to raise $500,00,000.00
Advocate for placing men over 45 in production over the army.
1862 – 1864: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1863 – 1864: Member of House Currency Committee
1864 – 1865: House Chairman of Ways and Means Committee
Occupation after War:
Lost most of fortune due to heavy subscription to cotton loan.
1865 – 1882: Attorney in Demopolis, Alabama
1875: Member of Alabama State Constitutional Convention
1876: Alabama State Senator
Died: December 31, 1882
Place of Death: Demopolis, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Alabama
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