Buncombe County NcArchives Biographies.....Lyman, A. Hunt 1847 - 1902
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Author: Leonard Wilson  (1916)

A. HUNT LYMAN

THE Lyman family has occupied an honorable station in various Commonwealths. The
first recorded settler of the family in America was Richard Lyman, son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Scott) Lyman.

    Richard Lyman was born in High Ongar, Essex County, England, and baptized
October 30, 1580. In 1631 he sailed from Bristol, England, in the ship "Lion,"
with his entire family, landing in Boston, November 4, of the same year. He
settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he became a Freeman, and in
1635 removed to Connecticut where he was one of the original proprietors of
Hartford. His death occurred in 1640.

    Richard Lyman married in England, Sarah Osborne, daughter of Roger Osborne
of Halstead, Kent County, England. Their children, born at High Ongar, were:
William, buried at High Ongar, August 28, 1615; Phyllis, baptised September 12,
1611, married William Hills; Richard, baptised July 18, 1613, died young;
William, baptised September 8, 1616, died young; Richard, baptised February 24,
1617, married Hepzibah Ford, of Windsor, Connecticut; Sarah, baptised February,
1620; Ann, baptised April 12, 1621; died young; John, baptised 1623, and Robert,
baptised September, 1629, married Hepzibah Bascom, November 15, 1662. The family
lived at Windsor, Connecticut, and before 1650 removed to Northampton,
Massachusetts, one branch subsequently settling in Vermont.

    It is from the Northampton branch that A. Hunt Lyman is descended. In 1824
his grandfather was one of the pioneers who took up large tracts of land on the
western frontier, and settled near what is now the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and
what was then a wilderness, with only here and there a few sparse settlements.

    A. Hunt Lyman was born in Chester, Ohio, January 16, 1847, the son of Newman
Bust Lyman, an extensive land owner in Ohio, and his wife, Juliana Hunt.

    Mr. Lyman was given the advantage of a liberal education at Geauga Seminary,
Chester, Ohio, and at Oberlin College. He had large business interests in and
about Cleveland and for more than ten years was connected with the National Bank
of Commerce in that city. In 1888 Mr. Lyman, accompanied by his brother, Mr.
Charles E. Lyman, removed to Asheville, North Carolina, for his health. Here he
purchased a home and became interested in land and other investments. During his
residence in Cleveland Mr. Lyman was an officer in the Euclid Avenue
Congregational Church, and after going South was associated with Grace Memorial
Church (Episcopal). Politically, he adhered to the principles of the Republican
party. Mr. Lyman married, January 20, 1898, Miss Susan Chester, who was born in
Englewood, New Jersey, a daughter of Charles T. and Lucretia (Roberts) Chester.

    Mr. Lyman died at Galen Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 10, 1902. An
affectionate husband and devoted friend, a conscientious, charitable and
Christian gentleman, his memory will long survive in the hearts of his
fellow-citizens.

    The Coat of Arms of the Lyman family is described as follows:

    Per chevron, gules and argent in base an annulet of the first.

    Crest: A demi-bull argent attired and hoofed or, langued gules.

    Motto: Quod verum tutum.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

MAKERS OF AMERICA
BIOGRAPHIES OF LEADING MEN OF THOUGHT AND ACTION

THE MEN WHO CONSTITUTE THE BONE AND SINEW OF AMERICAN PROSPERITY AND LIFE

VOLUME II

By
LEONARD WILSON,
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ASSISTED BY PROMINENT HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WRITERS
Illustrated with many full page engravings
B. F. JOHNSON, INC.
CITY OF WASHINGTON, U. S. A.
1916

Copyright, 1916
by
B. F. Johnson, Inc.

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