Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Lyon, Edward C., 1921 

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Edward Cyrus LYON, 
     ca. 17 Sep 1847 - 21 Mar 1921, 
     death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, No. 5921 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 
State Board of Health 
Form No. 12. 

Place Of Death: County of Isle of Wight; 
                Magisterial District of Windsor 
Registration District No. 462D 
Registered No. 7 

            Edward Cyrus Lyon [rewritten, in fairer hand] 
Full Name: Edward Cyrus (Lyon) [barely legible] 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: Male 
Color or Race: White 
Marital Status: Widowed 
Spouse of: [illegible] 
Date of Birth: Sept 17, 1921 [sic] 
Age: 73* years, 6 months, 5 days [ink blot; years difficult to ascertain] 

Occupation: - 

Birthplace: N.C. 

Father: 
-Name: John M. Lyon 
-Birthplace: N.C. 

Mother: 
-Maiden Name: Norma Chaistain [?? Christian?] 
-Birthplace: N.C. 

Informant: ["C.W. Bailey" struck] 
            A.C. Lyon 

Burial or Removal: Skipwith[?*], V-, 3/22, 1921 
Undertaker: C.W. [illegible; Bailey?] 
           Windsor, Va. 

Filed: Mar. 22, 1921 
Registrar: Mrs. L.S. Deans 
______________________________________________________________________________ 

Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: Mar. 21, 1921 

I Hereby Certify, 
That I attended deceased from 
No atten. to - , 1921 
I last him alive on 6 mos., 1921 
and that death occurred, on date stated above, at 10 P.M. 

The Cause of Death was as follows: 
   Paralysis. 
     (over) 
Duration: 1 yr., 6 mos. [check mark] ds. 


Contributory (Secondary): [check mark] 
Duration: 1 yr., 6 mos. mos.[?] 

Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? [check mark] 

Did an operation precede death? no  Date of [check mark] 

Was there an autopsy? no 

What test confirmed diagnosis? none 

(Signed)  Franklin Pierce, M.D. 
[not dated]  Windsor, Va. 

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[overleaf; cut-&-pasted to back of certificate] 

 Name  Edward Cyrus Lyon. He was 
taken in 1915_  I have never trea- 
ted him. Know nothing of case. 
           Franklin Pierce, M.D. 

[end] 


The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1921-5921 


Additional information: 

*There's a Skipwith in Mecklenburg Co., but I'm not certain that's what it 
   says, or meant to say. 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Nov 2013) [brackets mine] 

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