Birth of William Penn Lyon in Chatham, Columbia County, New York.

The evidence

• “William Penn Lyon, formerly justice and then chief justice of the Supreme court, the son of Isaac and Eunice (Coffin) Lyon, was born in Chatham, Columbia county, N. Y., on the 28th day of October, 1822. His parents were members of the religious society of Friends (Quakers) ; he was also brought up in that faith.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 221 / book p. 724

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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