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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

FRANK P. LYONS, M. D.

   The physician is indeed a benefactor to mankind, for to him, more than to any
other man, is entrusted the safety, the comforts and, in many instances, the
lives of those who are placed under his care. Dr. Frank P. Lyons is not only a
well-known physician and surgeon of Flora, Indiana, but he is a "live wire" in
the commercial development of Flora and vicinity. Having been one of the
promoters of the incorporation of the town of Flora and the president of the
first board of trustees, there is no man living in Carroll county who has
contributed more to the development of this section of the county than Doctor
Lyons. He is interested in most of the commercial and financial enterprises of
the community and is a genius, both for organization and execution. He is
president of the Flora Telephone Company, a stockholder in the First National
Bank and a member of the firm of Charles T. Minnix & Company, contractors.
Moreover, Dr. Frank P. Lyons is a farmer and owns three hundred and twenty acres
of land in this county, which he oversees in connection with the other business
interests and the demands of his profession.

   Dr. Frank P. Lyons, one of the leading citizens of Flora, and a popular
physician and surgeon, was born in Fayette county, Indiana, October 26, 1852.
His parents were George and Eunice (Maple) Lyons, the former of whom was born in
Fayette county, Indiana, September 1, 1825. He was the son of Abraham Lyons.
Abraham Lyons came to Fayette county, Indiana, when a lad. He married a Miss
Veach, near Elquina, and was one of the pioneers of Fayette county. The marriage
ceremony was performed by Squire Wilson in 1819. Abraham Lyons was a merchant at
Lyons Station. He and his wife were the parents of eight children.

   George Lyons was reared on a farm near Connersville, Indiana, and received a
good common-school education in the public schools of the county. Of the
children born to George and Eunice (Maple) Lyons, only three are living at the
present time, Dr. Frank P., the subject of this sketch; Emma, the widow of A. B.
Smith, of Iola, Kansas, and Alice, the wife of Lewis Ray, of Sims, Indiana.
There were four other children, two of whom died in infancy.

   Frank P. Lyons was reared on a farm in Fayette county, Indiana, and was
educated in the district schools of the neighborhood, but he had better
educational advantages than most boys of his day and generation, having-been
permitted to attend the high school at Converse. Afterward he became a teacher
and taught several years in the schools of Randolph and Howard counties,
Indiana. In the meantime, he attended the Northern Indiana Normal School at
Valparaiso, Indiana, and, after he had taken up the study of medicine, continued
teaching for some time. Having entered the medical college of Indiana
University, he was graduated with the class of 1881 and received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice of medicine, at Kokomo, Indiana, where
he remained for less than a year. Afterward he located at Wheeling, Carroll
county, where he practiced medicine for eleven years. In 1893 Doctor Lyons came
to Flora and has practiced here ever since. He is a member of the Carroll County
Medical Society, the Indiana State and American Medical Associations.

   In 1876 Frank P. Lyons was married to Julia Billings, a native of Decatur
county, Indiana, and the daughter of John T. Billings. Mrs. Lyons received a
liberal education in the public schools of Howard county. Doctor and Mrs. Lyons
have two living children, Millie, a graduate of the local high school, is the
wife of Daniel G. Cromer, of Flora, and Esther, who was graduated from the Flora
high school in 1915. Emma, who was a graduate of the high school, is deceased;
one child died in infancy and one at the age of fourteen years.

   Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Lyons are members of the Baptist church. Doctor Lyons
is not only one of the deacons of the church but also one of the trustees.
Fraternally, he is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons,
and is also one of the trustees of the lodge. In a strictly partisan sense, Dr.
Frank P. Lyons is not a politician, but, in a larger sense of the word—from the
standpoint of public service—not only is he a politician, but he is a most
capable and active one. Everybody in Flora and vicinity knows Dr. Frank P. Lyons
and everyone admires him for his worth as a man and a citizen.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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