CS Con Lyon, Francis Strother - C.S. Congressman, AL

Francis Strother Lyon
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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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