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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Henry F. Lyon, 9 South 50 West



1880 Wapello County, Iowa, E. M. Lyon 59 Self (Head) Caroline Lyon 59 Wife Florence Lyon 21 Daughter Henry F. Lyon 19 Son Charlie Lyon 15 Son.

In 1885 Otoe County, Nebraska, H Fred Lyon 24 Mohrey (probably Charley) Lyon 20, born in New York, Archie Stewart 1.

Henry F. Lyon, 28, born in Caterangus, New York to Ezra M. and Caroline Lyon, married Laura E. Lyon on 5 Mar 1890 in Otoe County, Nebraska.

Henry claimed a quarter in section 6, 9S 50W in 1891.

In 1900 Otoe County, Henry F. Lyon born July 1860 in New York Laura E. Lyon, February 1871 in Iowa, Wife Frank L. Lyon 9 Son, Laurance Lyon 6 Son, and H Fred Lyon 3 Son, all three born in Nebraska.

In 1885 Otoe County, Caroline Lyon is 64, Ezra M. Lyon 64, and Florence Stewart 26.

Simeon Rumming wrote" I filed on land in a pre-emption in the fall of 1884. After quitting the cattle business, I settled down on our homestead, a short distance from the Crystal Springs property, built a dugout, and had plenty of water purposes. We organized a school district in Nov. 1887, and in order to hold the district we had to hold school at least three reservoir and for all months. Miss Lyon taught for five years and Mr. Barney Killian of Kiowa, Elbert co., was the Co. Supt. of Schools at this time. Addie and Mollie Doughty, daughters of Ben Doughty, were just small girls, when they came here. Their mother had died and they assumed the duties of caring for the younger children, but that didn't deter them from fitting themselves for teaching and enduring the hardships of pioneer schooling in this county. Among the early settlers who found homes .... Crystal Springs, named by Ezra M. Lyon, my father-in-law, one of the early settlers of the community, is located on Sec. 4-9-50. It is an ideal place for a stock ranch, as there is an abundance of water and good grazing. There were no towns, no railroad, and mail was brought from Hugo by anyone going that way. Supplies also came from Hugo. Our amusements were horseback riding and dancing. The first settler to file on a homestead was J.R. Miskelly, who filed on the land known as Crystal Springs. The place is now owned by a company who are converting it into a pleasure resort. The second settler was Wm. Matthias; the third, Dick Moore, and I, Simon Rumming, was the fourth. I was born in Hampshire, England. Came to Colo. in 1873. I, Simon H. Rumming started from Chicago early in 1873, with a group of people who were westward bound. When the covered wagon train reached Iowa, we began gathering a herd of cattle, buying up as we went along, so by the time we reached our destination we had quite a herd. Of course we could not move very fast so we did not reach Colo. Springs until the latter part of the summer of 1873. We came up the Platte River to Fort Morgan and then across the country to Colo. Springs. I saw my first buffalo on the Platte River in Neb., so we lived on buffalo meat while crossing the plains. We encountered a few Indians, but none that were not friendly. I hired out to the Stanley Bros. while in Chicago and helped them drive their cattle across the plains. Later on I went to work for the Pugsley Bros. called the KP outfit, and who had herds of cattle from the Republican River to the Arkansas River. They also had a large herd of horses. The outfit consisted of 20 cowboys, cooks, and chuck wagons. I worked for them from 1884 to 1887. I had charge of the horse herd, and it was my work to gather horses from the wild herds by Vangie Rueb Born branded and turned out on the range, and when needed were broken to ride.in the community were Jim Howell, B.F. Houtz, J.W. Hunt, Stephen Strode, F.H. and C.H. Lyon, and "Grandma" Eliza Doughty. We organized a Sunday school and church meetings in the school house. J.W. Hunt was our Sunday School Superintendent for some years and C.W. Smith, a "Holiness" missionary was our first preacher. Later he taught school in our district.

Ezra Morgan Lyon BIRTH 26 Jun 1820 Milford, Otsego County, New York, DEATH 14 Jul 1898 (aged 78) Nebraska, BURIAL Laurel Hill Cemetery Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska, MEMORIAL ID 200344453

Caroline H. Parr Lyon BIRTH 1820 Laurens, Otsego County, New York, DEATH 13 Dec 1893 (aged 72–73) Nebraska, BURIAL Laurel Hill Cemetery Neligh, Antelope County, Nebraska, MEMORIAL ID 200344479

Charlie H. Lyon claimed a quarter in section 8 in 1890, and another in 1899.
In 1900 Otoe County, Charles is a furniture dealer, born May 1864 in Ne York, married ten years to Lottie A. Febr 1866 in Illinois, with Edna Sept 1891 in Nebraska.
Charles Hamlen Lyon BIRTH 31 May 1865 DEATH 16 Feb 1932 (aged 66) BURIAL Greenwood Cemetery Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, PLOT S10 MEMORIAL ID 100208314.
Lottie A. Friend Lyon BIRTH 7 Feb 1867 DEATH 18 Dec 1952 (aged 85) BURIAL Greenwood Cemetery Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, PLOT S10 MEMORIAL ID 100208358


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