Matthew Lyon (July 14, 1749 - August 1, 1822), (father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn), was a printer, farmer, soldier, and politician, serving as a United States Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky. Lyon was born near Dublin, in near by County Wicklow, Ireland, and attended school in Dublin. He began to learn the trade of printer in 1763 and immigrated to what would become the United States in 1765. Wikipedia
Matthew Lyon LYON, Matthew, politician, born in County Wick-low, Ireland, in 1746; died in Spadra Bluff, Arkansas, 1 August, 1822. famousamericans.net/matthewlyon/
...LYON, Matthew, (1749 - 1822) LYON, Matthew, (father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn), a Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky; born near ... bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000545
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