- Birth Date
- 22 March 1842
- Death Date
- 31 October 1916
- Gender
- Male
Mathew Thomson Lyon
His birth date is confirmed by the missionary register.
His name is spelled Mathew Thompson Lyon on his death certificate.
In 1865, he was the assistant wagon master.
The Lyon family sailed to America in 1853 on the ship International.
Jacob Gates Company (1853)
- Age at Departure: 11
Traveled with
Mr. Street's Freight Train (1865)
- Age at Departure: 22
Sources
- Find a Grave (Website)
- George Sims to President Wells, 26 June 1865, in "Correspondence," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 29 July 1865, 476-78.
- “Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 28)
- Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
- Utah Death Certificates.