Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-07-24
LEWIS LYON DEAD
!, Old Resident of the City Passes
Quietly AwayzWithout Sui
fering.
Was County Superintendent for over
Nine Years in This
County.
Among the First Of the Business
Men OF James
town.

Men OF James
town.
AZ Y O'Clock Friday mornings a1ter
abo,it three weeks illness, Lewis
Lyon. familiarly known as MAJOR Lyon
died at his rooms in this clty sur
rounded by members of his family.
His death has been expected lof sollle
time owing to the impossloillty o.
counteracting the fatal disease uliaO
was undermining his system, a plaa-
der trouble which developed lnIo
blood poisoning accompanied by acute
nausea in It's later stages. lie passeo
away without any pain or evidence OF
suffering Of any kind and was entlrely
conscious until the last few moments
He had rested easily during the night
occasionally doing off into gentle
sleep and it was not. expected that the
end was as near as it proved. some
three weeks ago he left his accustom-
ed work at the court house feeling un-
able to attend to the duties OF the
office Of county superintendent Oh
schools. He had recently taken a Trip
to consult with DR.. Kruger OF SCUM
Dakota, and on the return felt tenn
porarily better but the benefit was OF
short duration. Physicians have ad-
yised him that the only possible hope
of recovery would have been an opera
tion. but this he objected to believing
that his advanced age and strength
would not permit. He traced the pc
ginning of his disease to a peflod
about five years ago when he met with
an accident while riding in a buggy
that seemed to affect the spinal cora.
Otherwise he has been in good health
and always in cheerful lively spirits
The deceased was IL years OF age
and was bornein Essex county, New
York. January "a, 1881. When p
wears old he moved to Chicago where
for many years he was in business.
He removed to Jamestown in the fall
OF 1879 and has resided here since
and was among the first Of the mer.
chants of the city. For the past :
years he has been county superlntend-
ant OF schools having been elected for
four consecutive terms to that office.
3 He was married in 1856 to Mary ii.
Forbes, OF New York state, an early
acquaintance OF his youth, and leaves
family consistingof wife, and four
children-two sons and two daughters
Mrs. Thos. Wadsworth, of Los An
geles, Cal, Julia, also of that city,
walter, of Los Angeles, and Fred, OF
Minneapolis. The last named arrived
Friday and was present at the death
OF his father as was bis daughter Julia
The deceased was constant attend
ant Of that church and at one time
was trustee but was not a member
at time Of death. He was also mem
Der OF the Odd Fellows society and
was very fond of his lodge associations.
He has been member of the city
school board and has always taken an
active interest in all city and state al
fairs. His acquaintance among the
teachers Of the county and state was
large.
Major Lyon was a manof strict in
tegrity and Of keen sympathies and
his death will be generally regretted.
He loved his home and his home life
was simple, methodical and all he de-
sired. The death Of Major Lyon re-
moves a land mark in the citizenship
Of the city and county and is the pass
ing Of genial amiable and upright
citizen.
The members of the Stutsman coun-
ty summer school adopted the follow.
ing resolutions:
Whereas, 1t has pleased the supreme
ruler Of the universe to remind us
again Of the uncertainty Of human ex
istence by calling from our midst our
esteemed friend and worthy co-worker
Major Lyon, and
Whereas, He has ever been faithful
in the discharge of public duty and a
friend to the teaching fraternity in
every emergency. Therefore
Be it Resolven, That we, the teach
ers of Stutsman county, deeply regret
his untimely departure.
Resolved, That as members Of the
Stutsman county summer SCH .'ol we
have missed his presence and cordial
greeting.
1Resolved, That by his death va
cancy has been caused in the corps of