Sarah Alice Woolf and George Lyon

GEORGE LYON was born in October, 1858, and died before 1956.

He married SARAH ALICE WOOLF in 1887, daughter of HARRIET WOOD and ABSALOM WOOLF. She was born in 1867 in Utah, and died June 3, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.³⁵²³ She is buried in Smithfield City Cemetery, Cache County, Utah.³⁵²³

• Descendant Reports
  • Jeremiah Cranmer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah A. Woolf)
  • Joshua Cole Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah A. Woolf)

Children of SARAH ALICE WOOLF and GEORGE LYON:

1. HAZEL ALICE LYON, b. August 1, 1887;^{56, 3971} m. JOHN ALFRED BAKE on October 8, 1906 in Cache County, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. November 13, 1982, Elko, Elko, Nevada.^{56, 3971}
2. HARRIETTE V. LYON, b. May 22, 1889, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah;⁹⁹⁹⁶ m. ARCH C. STODDARD on March 8, 1913 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. April 28, 1986, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming.⁹⁹⁹⁶
3. DORIS MAE LYON, b. September 12, 1891, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah;³⁵²³ m. LEWIS LAMONT PILKINGTON on December 18, 1912 in Cache County, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. November 27, 1918, Smithfield, Cache, Utah;³⁵²³ bur. Smithfield City Cemetery, Cache County, Utah.³⁵²³
4. GLADYS CHARLOTTE LYON, b. September 1, 1893, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah;⁴⁵⁶ m. JOHN ARVEL GRIFFITHS on May 27, 1914 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. March 21, 1982, Ogden, Weber, Utah;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Smithfield City Cemetery, Cache County, Utah.⁴⁵⁶
5. WILDA RAE LYON, b. March 2, 1896, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah;⁴⁵⁶ m. LEWIS WILLIAM CARLILE on July 24, 1922 in Box Elder County, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. June 20, 1970, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho.⁴⁵⁶
6. GEORGE BUDD LYON, b. October 28, 1897, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah;^{56, 4098} m. ANNIE ELLEN CLEVERLEY on August 20, 1925 in Salt Lake County, Utah³⁵³⁵; d. February 17, 1994, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.^{56, 4098}
7. ELDON DEVOE LYON, b. November 20, 1900, Idaho;⁵⁶ m. JANE WINTER on May 2, 1940 in Elko, Elko, Nevada⁴⁵⁰⁶; d. February 25, 1997.⁵⁶
8. FLORENCE LYON, b. 1903, Utah.
9. ORPHA RHODA LYON, b. March 7, 1905, Utah;⁵⁶ m. HENRY GORDON DROWN on June 10, 1926 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho⁴⁰⁷⁸; d. September 10, 1999.⁵⁶
10. DENICE LYON, b. 1907, Utah; m. JOHN KNUDSEN on November 27, 1929 in Salt Lake County, Utah³⁵³⁵.
11. RUTH LYON, b. 1910, Utah.

Newspaper Articles

Reno Evening Gazette, June 30, 1956⁴⁵⁰⁹

Family Re-union Held in Reno At Stephens Home

Held at the home of Mrs. Harry Stephens on Palisade Drive recently was a family reunion for the children and grandchildren of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Lyon, former residents of Wells. This was the first meeting of the family since 1932.

The only absent member of the family was Devoe Lyon of Twin Falls, Idaho. Present were Mrs. Hazel Lyon Bake of Wells, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stoddard of Arcadia, Calif, and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Orville Griffith of Ogden, Mrs. Len Carlyle of McCammon, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. John Knudsen of Grass Valley, and their daughter, Mrs. Jane Phillips and her son, Robert Phillips, all of Grass Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Canonic, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Drown, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stephens, and Miss Sharon Ann Stephens, all of Reno; and Mr. and MRs. George B. Lyon of Salt Lake City.

The Lyone family is well known in the Wells and Elko communities. The late Mr. and Mrs. Lyon lived on a ranch near Wells for many years.

Obituaries

Salt Lake Tribune, June 4, 1933³⁹⁷⁰

Alice Woolf Lyon

Mrs. Alice Woolf Lyon, 67, wife of George Lyon of Metropolis, Nev., died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Stoddard, 1268 East Sixth South street, Saturday at 3:45 a. m., of heart trouble.

Mrs. Lyon came to Salt Lake about two weeks ago becasue of her failing health. She was born in Hyde Park, Utah, a daughter of Abram and Harriet Wood Woolf. Mrs. Lyon had lived in Nevada for the last 17 years.

She is survived by her husband, ten sons and daughters, Mrs. John Bake, Mrs. John Knudsen, Budd, Devoe and Ruth Lyon, all of Metropolis; Mrs. Gordon Drown of Lee, Nev.; Mrs. Lew Carlile of McCammon, Idaho; Mrs. Orval Griffith of Smithfield; Mrs. Bert Canonic of California, and Mrs. Stoddard of Salt Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Reese of Cache valley and Mrs. Florence Reese of Smithfield; three brothers, Archie Lyon of Hyde Park, Fred Lyon of Burley, Idaho, and Frank Lyon of Canada, 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The body will be taken to Smithfield for funeral services and burial.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 30, 18703530	Hyde Park, Cache, Utah	Harriet Wood Martin Woolf Harriet Woolf Sarah Alice Woolf Frank Woolf
June 19, 18803524	Benson, Cache, Utah	Absalom Woolf Harriet Wood Martin Woolf Sarah Alice Woolf Frank Woolf Maria Eliza Woolf Florence Eltha Woolf Frederick Orson Woolf Rhoda Elizabeth Woolf Archie Woolf
June 8, 19003528	Hyde Park, Cache, Utah	Sarah Alice Woolf George Lyon Hazel Alice Lyon Harriette V. Lyon Gladys Charlotte Lyon Wilda Rae Lyon George Budd Lyon
January 9, 19203969	Metropolis, Elko, Nevada	George Lyon Sarah Alice Woolf Eldon DeVoe Lyon Florence Lyon Orpha Rhoda Lyon Denice Lyon Ruth Lyon
April 2, 19304094	Metropolis, Elko, Nevada	George Lyon Sarah Alice Woolf Eldon DeVoe Lyon