Biographical record; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties, Michigan .. . Our subjects religiousviews lead to the Presbyterian Church and politically he is a Republican. JOHN LYONS. John Lyons, a well known and substantial farmer of Covington, Michi-gan, and supervisor of Covington township, Baraga County, was born inByron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in 1851, and is a son of John Lyons,who was born in Ireland and became one of the very early settlers of the Bad-ger State, locating in Wisconsin in 1848. Both our subjects pa
Biographical record; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette Counties, Michigan .. . Our subjects religiousviews lead to the Presbyterian Church and politically he is a Republican. JOHN LYONS. John Lyons, a well known and substantial farmer of Covington, Michi-gan, and supervisor of Covington township, Baraga County, was born inByron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in 1851, and is a son of John Lyons,who was born in Ireland and became one of the very early settlers of the Bad-ger State, locating in Wisconsin in 1848. Both our subjects parents died thereaged about 73 years. The family comprised four children, the two survivorsbeing our subject and a sister, who is a resident of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mr. Lyons was reared and educated in Wisconsin, and remained with hisfather until about the age of 30. Then he located in Marquette County, Mich-igan, to engage in lumbering, and remained for three years in the vicinity ofMetropolitan. Dickinson County. Since locating at Covington. Mr. Lyons hasbeen variously engaged, continuing his lumbering and also following farming /. HENRY WALLACE CAKE. HOUGHTON, BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES 283 and contracting. He is one of the leading Democrats of his locality and hasheld a number of the town and county offices. During three terms he servedas deputy sheriff and is now serving his seventh term as a member of theboard of county supervisors, having been first elected in 1893. He is veryprominent in all important public business and is deeply interested in what-ever promises to benefit Baraga County. For several years he was a very use-ful member of the School Board. When Mr. Lyons located at Covingtonthere were but a half dozen settlers, and it is due more to his energy thanany other that the place is in its present thriving condition. He has servedas postmaster and has been identified with almost every progressive move-ment in the town. In the early days mail was brought fro
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