From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 537
 
ISAAC LYON, son of Thomas LYON and Benjamina VALENTINE, had older ancestors, 
Thomas1,2, Jonathan3, Capt. David4.  His father and grandfathers were soldiers 
of the Revolution.  He was born at Nine Partners, Dutchess county, April 4, 
1795; served in the war of 1812; married at Chatham, New York, April 2, 1814; 
Eunice, daughter of Capt. Uriel COFFIN.  She was born April 2, 1800; died 
October 3, 1848.  Isaac, with brothers David, Thomas and William Fletcher and 
their father, came in 1837 to Hudson (Lyons) and were among the founders of the 
village at the mill.  He died December 15, 1884, and was buried at Delavan, 
whither his father's and his wife's relics were removed from Lyons.  His son, 
William Penn, ex-chief-justice of the state supreme court, is living near 
Sacramento.  His daughter, Maria C., was wife of Amos PHELPS, of Delavan, son 
of Jeremiah and Margaret.  Volume VI, Wisconsin Historical Collections (1872), 
mentioned him as the depositor in the Historical Society's cabinet of his large 
and interesting collection of curiosities, the labor of years, and as "our 
venerable friend and benefactor"; and in Volume X it is noted (for 1884) that 
he "continues, voluntarily, and without recompense to supervise the cabinet 
department with the same intelligent zeal and interest as in former years."
 
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