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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

RISLEY N. LYON.
    One of the well known citizens of Hampton is Risley N. Lyon, who since 1918
has been engaged in the abstract business here. He was born near Hampton on the
1st of July, 1874, a son of Henry L. and Catherine Means Lyon. The maternal
ancestors came from Ireland to America at an early day, first locating in New
York. From there they removed to Fairhaven, Vermont, arriving there in the
latter part of 1700, and Matthew Lyon represented that state in congress during
Adams' administration. Another member of the Lyon family, James Lyon, served in
the Revolutionary war. Henry L. Lyon was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, and
came to Arkansas in 1872. For many years he engaged in farming here, achieving
substantial success. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted for service
in the Confederate army, becoming a private in Company G, Fourth Alabama
Cavalry. For many years previous to his death he was active in the local chapter
of the United Confederate Veterans at Pine Bluff. At Hampton in 1873 occurred
the marriage of Mr. Lyon to Miss Catherine Means. She was born in Huntsville.
Alabama, but came to this state with her parents, who located at Hampton in
1850. They were among the pioneer settlers of Hampton. The Means family is of
English-Irish extraction, one branch of the family, the Bradfords, having come
to this country on the Mayflower. Grandfather Means served in the Civil war.
Henry L. Lyon died at Pine Bluff in 1918, at the advanced age of seventy-four
years. Mrs. Lyon died at Hampton, in 1919, aged seventy-five years. To the union
of Mr. and Mrs. Lyon four children were born, all of whom are living; Risley N.
being the eldest.

    In the acquirement of an education, Risley N. Lyon attended the public
schools of Hampton and after graduating from the Warren high school he enrolled
in the Woodbury Institute at Woodbury, a town which is not now in existence. He
then took a course in the Central Busiuess College at Sedalia, Missouri, and in
six months completed his course there. In 1901 he became associated with the
Cotton Belt Lumber Company as bookkeeper, remaining active in this position
until 1902. From 1902 to 1904 he was employed in like capacity with the Hampton
Stave Company and from 1904 to 190S was with the Marsh & Reilly Wholesale Grain
& Commission Company at Pine Bluff. In the latter year he returned to Hampton
and kept books for the Furlow & Dunn Company until the 1st of December, 1910,
when he went with the Stout Lumber Company at Thornton, this state, as land
commissioner. In March, 1914, he severed his relations with that concern and
removed to Little Rock, where until May, 1915, he was engaged as abstractor for
the Guaranty Title & Trust Company. Subsequently returning to Hampton he served
as deputy circuit clerk under W. L. Furlow until the fall of 1918, when he
entered the abstract business on his own account. He has since been identified
with this business and is now located in the courthouse here.

    On the 6th of October, 1901, at Hampton, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Lyon to Miss Maude Means, a daughter of Thomas N. and Belle (Black) Means of
this community. To their union six children have been born: Katie Belle, who
died in infancy; Claude J., nineteen years of age; Clyde B., seventeen years of
age; Herbert L„ age twelve years; R. N., Jr., ten years of age; and Madge,
seven. All of the children are students in the Hampton public schools.

    Mr. and Mrs. Lyon are members of the Methodist church and fraternally Mr.
Lyon is identified with the Masons, having membership in Southern Star Lodge,
No. 53, A. F. & A. M. of Hampton, and he and his wife are members of Lodge No,
363, Order of Eastern Star of Hampton. During the World war he served on the
legal advisory board and on the local Red Cross committee and gave generously of
his money in support of his government's interests. He is one of the alert and
enterprising citizens of Hampton and recognizing the duties and obligations of
citizenship, is never too busy to aid in any movement for the development and
improvement of the general welfare.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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