. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . e T-vinsburg Seminary andShaw Academy, the latter institution being lo-cated at East Cleveland, Ohio. When sixteen Dodge assisted in establishing the Dixon Pub-lic Library in 1895, and has been President ofthe Board of Directors since that time. In 1900he erected and donated to the city the librarybuilding now in use. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 25 GEORGE ALEXANDER LYMAN, Illinois: born in Winchester, N. H.,June 26th, 1S38; educated in the public schoolsof his native , and at Northfield Institute(now. Moody School), Northfield. Mass. In
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . e T-vinsburg Seminary andShaw Academy, the latter institution being lo-cated at East Cleveland, Ohio. When sixteen Dodge assisted in establishing the Dixon Pub-lic Library in 1895, and has been President ofthe Board of Directors since that time. In 1900he erected and donated to the city the librarybuilding now in use. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 25 GEORGE ALEXANDER LYMAN, Illinois: born in Winchester, N. H.,June 26th, 1S38; educated in the public schoolsof his native , and at Northfield Institute(now. Moody School), Northfield. Mass. In 1S5Che removed to Bradford Township. Lee County,111., with his fathers family, who settled onthe farm he now owns. In 18S8 he bought theAmboy Journal, of which he is now editorand proprietor; was appointed Postmaster ofAmboy, March 1, 1898, and is now (January),1904) serving his second term. He has been amember of the Congregational Church in LeeCenter and Amboy since ISfiO: is an influentialRepublican, serving for many years as a mem-. GEORGE ALEXANDER LYMAN. ber of the Republican County Commit tee. antfor four years as secretary of the CommitteeMr. Lyman has been actively identified, as ar?editor and otherwise, with the religious, edu-cational and political progress of his countyand this has been recognized by his election tomembership in The American InstituteCivics. organized in 1885 to inspire and perpetuate the spirit of Intelligence, and unselfishand incorruptible patriotism: is a member othe Order of Runnymede by virtue of direcdescent from Saier de Quincy. one of the twenty-five English Barons who compelledKing John to sign the Magna Charta in 1215;is also a member of the Society of ColonialWars, of the sons of the American Revolution,the Knights of the Globe, and of the MasonicFraternity. The Lyman family trace their descent in anunbroken line from Albert the Great, first Kingof England, and through his line of ancestorsback to Woden or Odin, King of North Europein th
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