African American Civil War Veterans

Lost Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fayette Township, Juniata County

• Lyons, Edward, Sgt., 25th USCI, Company I.  Born 5 April 1840, Franklin County, Pennsylvania   Enlisted in 25th USCT Infantry, Company I.  Died 9 July 1903 at McAlisterville, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; buried in Lost Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Molson. Father of six. Occupation: Farmer.  (Source: Jeannette L. Molson)
  Notes:  Mustered in 2 February 1864; promoted from corporal 1 September 1864; mustered out with company 6 December 1865 (Bates).

Sources

• Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868.
• Jeannette L. Molson, Woodland, California, correspondence with Afrolumens Project, 15 January 2006; 28 April 2006,12 June 2006.
• Lost Creek Presbyterian Church, 1800-1887, Cemetery transcriptions available on Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pajuniat/loscrprs.htm

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