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and Rebecca (Hobby) Lyon, was born
October 20, 1718, in Greenwich, Connec-
ticut, and was a farmer and blacksmith.
On January 2, 1782, he was one of the
signers of a petition against allowing
forces which had served in the British
army to return as citizens of either Stamford
or Greenwich. He married Eunice
Mead, daughter of Elnathan Mead, of
Greenwich, who died April 9, 1803. The
death of Caleb Lyon occurred at Green-
wich, August 30, 1809.
(V) Job Lyon, son of Caleb and Eunice
(Mead) Lyon, was born November 16,
1758, at Greenwich, Connecticut, and was
by occupation a tailor. Inheriting the
homestead, he made it his lifelong home.
During the Revolutionary War he served
in the Continental army. He married, in
1786, Elizabeth Mead, daughter of Deliverance
and Abigail (Howe) Mead.
Mrs. Lyon died May 31, 1823, and the
death of Mr. Lyon occurred September
23, 1841.
(VI) Isaac Lyon, son of Job and Eliz-
abeth (Mead) Lyon, was born May 12,
1795, and married (first), in 1828, Amelia
Mead, daughter of Zophar and Huldah
Mead, who died February 28, 1833. He
married (second), in 1840, Eliza W. Mead,
daughter of Job and Elsie Mead, who died
February 15, 1847. Isaac Lyon died July
3 or 30, 1873.
(VII) Edwin Lyon, son of Isaac and
Eliza W. (Mead) Lyon, was born Feb-
ruary 21, 1842, at Greenwich, Connecticut,
and married Mary A. Seaman, daughter of
Charles H. and Mary A. (Mead) Seaman.
Mr. Lyon died July 12, 1892.
(VIII) Ella H. Lyon, daughter of Edwin
and Mary A. (Seaman) Lyon, was
born June 21, 1874, and became the wife of
Joseph Brush, as stated above. Mrs.
Brush, like her husband, is a native of
Greenwich.
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FAIRTY FAMILY,
Ancestral History.
Ambition is a noble comrade ;
it walks
beside a man as a faithful friend, and yet
every man who would succeed must first
overcome many difficulties.
James Fairty, grandfather of the broth-
ers, Thomas J. and Charles H. Fairty,
believed that greater opportunities
awaited him in America, and when a
youth of eighteen years came to this
country. He had not found it easy to
leave his native land and friends, but the
realization of the benefits to be derived
encouraged him. Mr. Fairty settled in
New Canaan, becoming a resident of the
section known as Silver Mine. There he
married, January 19, 1830, Eliza Monroe,
daughter of Nathan and Sally (Jarvis)
Monroe, and she died November 6, 1894,
aged eighty-four years. James Fairty
went to New York City in 1862, during
the Civil War, and was run over and
killed by a mob in one of the streets there.
In his early days in New Canaan, he had
been a shoemaker, and it was this occupation
which the son followed for many
years.
Thomas Monroe Fairty, son of James
Fairty, was born in Silver Mine, August
28, 1832, and died in September, 1906.
As before stated, he followed his father's
occupation and had a small shop of his
own. He made fine work for local manufacturers,
and during the Civil War
worked on army shoes. After the war,
he established himself in the meat and
grocery business, which he continued in-
terested in until about five years before
his death. Pie was succeeded in his trade
by his son, a sketch of whom follows. In
politics Mr. Fairty was a Democrat, and
was active in public affairs. He served
as selectman for several vears. and was