James M. Lyon
(1859-1881)
Alice Ella Smith
(1860-1927)
Nellie Lenna Lyon
(1881-1959)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Thomas Foster

Nellie Lenna Lyon 1 2 3

  • Born: 5 Mar 1881, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Charles Thomas Foster on 4 Mar 1908 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA 1
  • Died: 1 Jun 1959, Pendleton, Umatilla, OR, USA at age 78 2 3
  • Buried: 8 Aug 1959, Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, USA 2

   FamilySearch ID: 9KLV-1LF.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Her tombstone plaque has 1884 birth year but this appears in error because her father died in 1881, the year given as her birth year on her marriage certificates, and in her obituary., 1884 and Pendleton, Umatilla, OR, USA. 2

2. Arrival: 1919, in Pendleton, Umatilla, OR, USA. 3

3. Residence: on 24 Oct 1927 in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, USA. 4

4. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Mrs. Nellie Lyon Foster on 2 Jun 1959 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 3 Mrs. Nellie (Lyon) Foster, 77, a native of Lafayette, died Monday in the hospital at Pendleton, Ore. after an illness of two weeks. She was the widow of Charles Foster and had lived at Pendleton for 40 years. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Carl Eckhart, and a brother, Ross Stair, both of Lafayette.


Nellie married Charles Thomas Foster, son of Thomas Bower Foster and Mary Ellen Beeker, on 4 Mar 1908 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA.1 (Charles Thomas Foster was born on 24 Feb 1880 in , , IN,1 5 died on 30 Dec 1933 in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, USA 5 6 and was buried on 2 Jan 1934 in Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, USA 5.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJF-1BS Charles Thomas Foster and Nellie Lenna Lyons 1908.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47369220.

3 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 2 Jun 1959, page 7. Obituary of Mrs. Nellie Lyon Foster.

4 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 25 Oct 1927, page 8. Obituary of Mrs. Ella Smith Stair.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47369224.

6 Ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 (Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center. Oregon Death Indexes, 1903-1970. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library. Oregon Death Indexes, 1971-2008. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library.), Certificate 87 Charles Foster d. 30 Dec 1933 Hood River spouse Nellie.



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