Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-14
MRS. CORDELIA LYON.


della Lyon whose decease was chron-
icled in these columns last week was
held at her late home on Clinton
street last Friday afternoon at two
o'clock conducted by Rev. C. N. Pond
D. D., of Oberlin, former pastor and
a long time friend of Mr.. and Mrs
Lyon.
The passing of Mrs. Lyon removes
from this community one of the old
est residents, one who was widely
known and very highly esteemed and
loved by those who knew her.
Mrs. Lyon was a member of tbs
Congregational church of Wauseon for
nearly fifty years and her life during
all these years has been an exemplif.
cation of the faith which she profess
ed.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the burial in Wauseon ceme-
terry was, at the request Of the family
private.
The following brief sketch of Mrs.
LYONS life was read by Doctor Pond
at the service Friday afternoon:
Mrs. Cordelia Lyon, the subject of
this sketch was born December %,
1925 in West Cunnington, Massachu-
sets, and died in her home in Wau-
seon January 5, 1916 aged eighty9six
years and thirteen days. The deceas-
ed was the daughter Of Ebenezer and
Nancy Torrey Shaw and one of a
family of five children.
She was born on the farm adjoin-
ing the birth place Of William Cullen
Bryant and her father was for many
years school mate and intimate
friend of the great poet.
| In 1929 her father and mother de-
cided to cast their lot with their
neighbors and friends who had decid-
ed to leave New England and seek
their fortune in the then new West
Among their friends was the Lyon
| family with which she was to become
identified in later years. The journey
west was by wagon to Albany, New
York, thence by canal to Buffalo
by lake boat to Cleveland from Cleve.
land to their future home at Chatham
Center, Ohio.
| The little colony at once began the
work of leveling the forests and build
ing their log cabins. For many year:
their life was the sturdy life of the
pioneer, full of hardships but bouht
together by ties of friendship thai
never were broken. In 1849 the de-
ceased was married to Marcus Igor
and they lived in Chatham until 1856
During this time two children were
born to them but both died in child
hood. In May 1855 they moved tt
Wauseon and made their home a
Lena, at that time the new home o!
many of their young Chatham friends
They remained in Lena three year!
and during hits time the deceased
taught school until the chills ant
fever, so prevalent in those days, un
1ermined the health of both hersel-
and her husband and they returned tx
the old home in Chatham where the.
lived until 1866, on the old Shaw home
stead. During the summer of 1866
they came again to Wauseon to maxi
their home and she lived here con
tinuously up to the time of her death
The deceased was the mother of 81.
children four of whom died in earl,
childhood Two children survive her
Arthur W. of Ligonier, Indiana an
: Mary Safer of Columbus.
Mother Lyon became Christian a
very early age but did not unit
5 with the church until she was owe
thirty years old. Since that tim
/ she has been a devoted christian an
most loyal adherent to her churc
n and its work. Since the death @
Father Lyon in 1902 She has live
|. alone in her home here and has neve
n lost interest in her neighbors an
friends, children and grand childrel
:. With sight and mental faculties III
: impaired by the ravage of time, nc
last days have been filled with jo
happiness and an abiding faith in he
Master.
y The influence of her life will be fe
for years to come, not only on tt
lives of neighbors and friends WI
had learned to love her, but upon tt
n community in which she lived and ws
for so many years part. The la
r prayer uttered by her lips was tt
PRAYER taught her at her mothers kn'
in childhood. "Now, I lay me down
Sleep"
To live such a life is not to ha'
lived in vain we rejoice that ere tn
. she has heard the "Well done good al