IDFirstMiddleLastDOBDODCOD
134CharlesN/ALyonAbt. 18284/5/1869Paralysis

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
TRUEFALSEN/AAdams Street

lot
plot
N/AR7 G10. Two unmarked burials on north half of lot, possibly Minerva and Hannah Hulet?
relations
Fletcher Hulet (Father-in-law b. 6 April 1803 d. 5 November 1882) Frances Granger (Mother-in-law b. 15 June 1803 d. 2 January 1865) Margaret Lyon (Daughter b. c1854 d. July 28, 1855) Martha Hulet ( wife b c1830)

military branch
date served
war
Army7/23/1862, 10/11/1862-12/15/1862, 12/15/1862-12/15/1865Civil War

rank
medals
unit
Lieut.N/ACompany H, 6th Michigan Cavalry; Company F., 7th Michigan Calvary

military comments
TBE:"invalided in war" He was buried at Adams Street Cemetery Berea, Ohio.

military sources
Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery 1904, Berea Historical Society "Heres a List of Soldiars Dead", May 30, 1930, Berea Historical Society "City Cemetery" small ledger copy, Berea Historical Society "The Berea Enerprise" 6/24/1932 p.1 c.1-2, p.6 c.5-6 Cuyahoga County Recorders Office, Veterans Services, online

comments
Charles Lyon was born c. 1829. Berea lists his date of burial as 4 April 1869, his age at death as 40 years (“List of burials and names”). His cause of death was paralysis. Transcriptions of a headstone are recorded for Charles Lyon as follows: Lyon, Chas., Lieut. In Co. F, 7th Mich Cav’y (1904) and Lieut. Charles Lyon, Co F, 7 Mich Cav. (1934). There is no obvious lot purchaser recorded by the City. Charles Lyon appears as a student in the 1851-52 Catalogue for Baldwin Institute. He married Martha Hulet on 17 June 1852 and the couple produced one child, Margaret Lyon. However, the joy was not long lived because Margaret lived only one year. Charles Lyon purchased from Josiah Barber for $250 property in Brooklyn, Ohio, in 20 May 1841(Charles Lyon deed, 7 September 1841). Lyon also purchased from the widow of Lewis Curtis and executor of estate James V. Baker the land on lot 96 “as laid down in the town plat of the Berea Seminary”, in June 1855 (Charles Lyon deed, 30 September 1856). Lot #96 is located at the intersection of Pond and Wallace Street. The 1858 map shows no building on the property. The 1874 map shows a building on the property. Charles Lyon served his country during the Civil War. He enlisted on 23 July 1862 at Grand Rapids, MI as a Private. On 11 October 1862 he mustered into "H" Co. MI 6th Cavalry. He was transferred out on 15 December 1862. On 15 December 1862 he transferred into Unassigned MI 7th Cavalry; He was Mustered Out on 15, December 1865 at Fort Leavenworth, KS. He was promoted twice, once as 2nd Lieut on 15 October 1862 (As of Co. A . Supernumerary) and the other as 2nd Lieut on 24 May 1865 (As of Co. F). (Don Lebaj CD) A badly weathered military headstone stands in the cemetery near the Hulet lot, marking Lyon’s lot. "LIEUT. CHAS, LYON 7th MICH. CAV By Mr. Shaw:- He entered the service early, fought bravely, and rose step by step. He died in Berea. We honor him as a Union soldier.'"

sources
Catalogues of the Institute and Baldwin University, 1846-1867, bound copy, Baldwin Wallace Historian's House “List of Burials and Names 1856-1871”, City of Berea Records E.S. Loomis and D.T. Gould, “Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery,” 1904, Berea Historical Society “Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions,” Vol. I, complied by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 Charles Lyon tombstone photograph, Jeremy Feador 2008. Don Labaj, Berea Families CD, 2006 Charles Lyon deed, 7 September 1841 Cuyahoga County recorder’s office online Charles Lyon deed, 30 September 1856 Cuyahoga County recorder’s office online 1874 Atlas of Cuyahoga City Titus- Simon- Titus 1874 Cleveland Public Library 1858 map of Berea, Map of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, from actual Surveys & County Records under the Supervision of G. M. Hopkins Jr, CE. S. H. Matthews, Publisher, Philadelphia, PA, 1858. Charles Lyon tombstone photograph, Jeremy Feador, 2006. The Berea Advertiser, Charles Lyon, June 1874.