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William Hilliard Dortch^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 19 Oct 1805.^4,5,6
• Married: Marina Turner Bryan on 21 Nov 1827.^7,8,9
• Died: on 12 Aug 1835 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee.^10,11

Citations

1. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows name as William Hilliard Dortch.
2. "Death of Mrs. Cobb," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 9 Dec 1890, shows name as Wm H. Dortch.
3. Titus, W. P., Picturesque Clarksville, pg 300, show name as William Dortch.
4. Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows date.
5. Wm. H. Dortch, Wm. H. obituary, National Banner and Nashville Whig, shows in 31st year at death 12 Aug 1835.
6. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year, as c. 1800.
7. "Death of Mrs. Cobb," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 9 Dec 1890, shows date.
8. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year.
9. "Queries and Answers," pg 632, shows married.
10. Wm. H. Dortch, Wm. H. obituary, National Banner and Nashville Whig, shows date and town.
11. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 3:570, shows year 1834.

Matthew Lyon^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Born: on 14 Jul 1749 in Dublin, County Wicklow, Ireland.^4,5,6
• Married First: Mary Hosford on 23 Jun 1773.⁷
• Married Second: Beulah Chittenden in Aug 1784 in Vermont.^8,9,10
• Died: on 1 Aug 1822 in Spadra Bluff, Arkansas.^11,12,13
• Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^14,15,16

Citations

1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822.)
2. Westerfield, Thomas W., Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, vol. IV, pg 155, shows name as Mathew Lyon.
3. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7127007, Matthew Lyon.
4. Matthew Lyon invalid pension file, S. 36,689, Revolutionary War Pension Files, affidavit of Mathew Lyon, 28 Jun 1820, shows age as 70 yrs, 11 mo., 16 days.
5. Austin, Aleine, Matthew Lyon: "New Man", pg 7, shows date, as "probably July 14, 1749," country, and states that Matthew S. Lyon, Lyon's grandson, recalls county from seeing his grandfather's handwritten biography before it was lost. States date is based on Lyon's 28 Jun 1820 statement in support of his pension application. Notes that most biographies accept the date of 14 Jul 1750 from J. F. McLaughlin's 1900 biography of Lyon, which was based on a handwritten family record (citing pp 29-33) which that author speculated was entered by Lyon's widow after his death.
6. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822), shows date, with year as 1749, city, county, and country.
7. Starr, Edward C., A History of Cornwall, Connecticut, pg 329, shows date.
8. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows month, year, and state.
9. Biographical Encyclopeadia of Vermont, pg 77, shows him as her second husband.
10. Talsott, Alvan, Chittenden Family, pg 35, shows married.
11. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822), shows date, town, and state.
12. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7127007, Matthew Lyon, shows date, and state.
13. Walker, Odell, Profiles of the Past, pg 32, shows date, and that he died shortly after his return to Sparda Bluff.
14. Walker, Odell, Profiles of the Past, pg 32, shows buried in Sparda Bluff, then removed in 1833 by his sons and Eddyville friends.
15. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, online, record for Lyon, Matthew, (1749 - 1822), shows buried in Spardra Bluff, then removed to Eddyville Cemetery, Eddyville.
16. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #7127007, Matthew Lyon, shows cemetery, town, county, as Lyon, and state.