Windsor Palmer LYON
Windsor Palmer Lyon Biography (online)
Occupation: Physician, druggist, merchant Baptized into LDS Church, 1832, in New York. Re-baptized 18 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Lived at Willoughby, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1835-1836, where he owned a store. Owned land in Far West, Missouri, 1836. Moved to Hancock County, Illinois by Feb 1841. Lived in Nauvoo 4th Ward, 1842 in Nauvoo. Appointed aide-de-camp to major general in Nauvoo Legion, June 1842. Opened drug and variety store in Nauvoo. Ordained a high priest by 3 Feb 1846. Moved to Johnson County, Iowa Territory by Nov 1846. Resided at Iowa City, Johnson County 1848. Died at Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa Territory Jan 1849.
He married Sylvia Porter Sessions Mar 1838 at Orwell, Addison, Vermont . Sylvia Porter Sessions was born at Portland, Cumberland, Maine 31 Jul 1818 daughter of David Sessions and Patty Bartlett .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Marian Lyon
born 3 Jul 1839.
Philofreen Lyon
born 11 Jun 1841.
Asa Windsor Lyon
born 24 Dec 1842.
Josephine Rosetta Lyon
born 8 Feb 1844.
Byron Windsor Lyon
born 4 Sep 1847.
David Carlos Lyon
born 8 Aug 1848.
Windsor Palmer Lyon died Jan 1849 at Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa Territory .
Sylvia Porter Sessions died 12 Apr 1882 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah .