Rutland

LYON, John Stanley

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 250-251 
(portrait p 250)

John Stanley LYON, of Fair Haven [Rutland County, Vermont], was born 28 
January 1861 in Winhall [Bennington County, Vermont], son of Seth S. and Jane 
(BARNARD) LYON. He received his education at Black River Academy; Colgate 
University, Hamilton [Madison County], New York; and the University of the 
City of New York. In college he developed marked taste in the fields of 
mental philosophy, political science, literature, and oratory, and was 
especially interested in Greek and Latin literature. He was class poet in 
both academy and college, and also editor of the college magazine. In his 
early youth he taught the district school. In 1885 he was called to the 
position of instructor in Greed and Latin in Friends' Seminary, Stuyvesant 
Square, New York City, which position he held for five years; and though not 
a Quaker, was appointed vice principal of the institution at the end of the 
third year. While thus employed he was actively engaged in church work, and 
feeling called to the gospel ministry, he resigned the chair of classics and 
was ordained in the Fair Haven Baptist Church on 26 February 1891.

Of rare natural ability and attainments, and withal an earnest and impressive 
speaker, Rev. Mr. LYON has placed the church at Fair Haven among the leading 
Baptist congregations of the state. Enthusiastic in his work and watchful 
for opportunities to advance the interests of his people, he has won many 
friends in his chosen field of labor, a fact which fully attests his 
Christian, manly character. He is deeply and actively interested in all 
public matters but especially in those that advance the welfare of his 
beloved Green Mountain State. On 29 December 1886 Mr. [John Stanley] LYON 
married Ella G., daughter of John E. and Almina WHITE, of Mount Holly 
[Rutland County, Vermont]. He has two children: Clifford S., and Raymond F. 
[Unknown to submitter if Mr. LYON was previously married; note the author 
states "he has" rather than the usual wording, "they have" two children.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly