The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-08
JUDGE J. FULLER LYON
DIES IN COLUMBIA
Citizen of Abbeville, Confederate Veteran,
Leader in '76, State Officer, Churchman, Gen.
tleman, Friend, Beloved Man Passes To
His sReward.-Funeral in Abbeville-
Burial at Melrose- Crowd of
People Pay Tribute to His Noble
Worth-Beautiful Flowers

in this engagement, while trying to
save the life of a wounded comrade.
he was himself wounded in the left
arm. He was sent to Macon, Ca,
and placed in the academy of the
blind there, which at that, time was
being used as a hospital. Here on
September 18, 1864, his arm was
amputated. He was not able to leave
the hospital until November, 1864,
when he was furloughed and return
ed home. He afterward attempted
TO again see service when his state
was in such dire need of men, but
was prevented because Of physical
disability. He was on his way to re-
join the army of North Carolina
when he received word of Lees sur
render at Appomattox. At the battle
of Chickamauga he was promoted for
gallantry on the field.
Reconstruction Days.
After the war ended Judge Lyon
returned to his home county, where
he entered the conflict to wrest the
state from the rule of the carpet
Dagger" and negro with the same
enthusiasm and bravery which had
marked his action in the filed. He
participated as "Red Shirt" in the
famous gathering in Columbia which
resulted in the Inauguration Of Gen.
Wade Hampton as governor of the
state and restored South Carolina to
civilization after the dark days of
reconstruction. He had begun farm
ing after the war and continued in
this business until>lS76, when he was
elected Judge of the probate court
of Abbeville county. This position
he held for 18 years, after which
he continued the practice of law in
Abbeville. At the beginning of this
century he was offered and accepted
position in the Office of the state
treasurer, R. H. Jennings. This po-
sition he held through Mr.. Jennings
administration, continuing in the
same capacity under Samuel T. Car
ter, the present treasurer, until his
death.
Judge Lyon was prominent men,
Der of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, which he represented
in the general conference. For the
past quarter of century he has been
the treasurer Of the South Carolina
Methodist conference and the Upper
South Carolina conference, since the
division of the church in the state.
The Upper conference, now sitting
at Union, was the first that ne had
missed in 40 years. He was men,
ber of the board of trustees of the
Cokesbury conference school at
Cokesbury and also was trustee
of Columbia Female collefe for a
number of years. He was also an
active and infuent al Mason.
Active Confederate Veteran.
His notable record during the war
and his active service during the
period of reconstruction naturally
prompted his enthus astic participa-
ton in the work of the United Con-
federate veterans. He was an active
and consistent member of this or
ganization and at the time Of his
death was a brigadier general in
command of the First brigade of
the South Carolina division of the
veterans. He was also commander
of Camp Hampton, United Confed-
crate Veterans of Columbia.
Judge Lyon is survived by his third
wife, who was Miss Josephine Lang
ford; two sons by his first marriage,
William A. Lyon of Augusta, Ga. and
J. Fraser Lyon, of Columbia, former
attorney general of the state, and
two step-daughters, Mrs. ]. H. Nc
Dill of Abbeville and Miss Kate E..
DELPHI. His first wife was Miss
Louise Peletier, a widow of Joseph
DELPHI, of Hamberg. Mrs. Upchurch