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Marcus Wardº Lyon |
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Born Newark, NJ.a Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1868, to June 14, 1872, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 13th Infantry,º June 14, 1872. Served: on frontier duty at Camp Douglas, Utah, Sep. 30, 1872, to July 23, 1874 (leave of absence, to Sep. 21, 1874); awaiting orders, to (First Lieut., Ordnance, Nov. 1, 1874) Dec. 5, 1874; as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Dec. 15, 1874, to Nov. 10, 1875, — at Allegheny Arsenal, Pa., Nov. 26, 1875, to July 1, 1879, — at Benicia Arsenal, Cal.,º July 18, 1879, to July 10, 1881, — at Frankford Arsenal, Pa., July 18, 1881, to Oct. 26, 1883, — and (Captain, Ordnance, May 9, 1885) p186 at Watertown Arsenal, Mas., to July 19, 1887; and as Chief Ordnance Officer, Department of the Platte, and in command of Cheyenne Ordnance Depot, Wy., Aug. 5, 1887, to –––––. Civil History. — Degree of A. M. conferred by Wesleyan University, Ct., 1881. Vol. IV Military History. — Served: In command Ordnance Depot, Cheyenne, Wyo. — Chief Ordnance Officer, Department Platte, and Assistant, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., to Feb., 1891; command Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., March, 1891 to March, 1892. (In charge excavations Water Power Pool, Rock Island, Ill.). — Inspector of Ordnance Builders' Iron Foundry, Providence, R. I., to March, 1894. Resigned, March, 1894. Civil History. — Director and Actuary of several Financial and Life Insurance Companies, Newark, N. J. — Secretary and General Manager Harbor and Suburban Building and Loan Association, 1894‑96. — President Mutual Industrial Company, 1896 to –––––; Director and Actuary Citizens' Building and Banking Society, 1899 to –––––; Managing Director Commercial Building and Life Insurance Associations. — Member of New Jersey Branch, Sons of American Revolution. Vol. V Civil History. — Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. — Honorary degree of A. M., conferred by Wesleyan University. — Residence, Newark, N. J. Vol. VI (Born Jan. 8, 1849.) Military History. — Captain, Ordnance Department, May 9, 1885. Resigned, March 8, 1894. Civil History. — Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; Honorary degree of A. M. conferred by Wesleyan University. Residence, Newark, N. J. Vol. VII Military History: — Captain, Ordnance Department, May 9, 1885. Resigned, Mar. 8, 1894. Died, Nov. 17, 1920, at Newark, N. J.: Aged 71. Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1922. |
a Capt. Lyon's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.
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