P.O.Box 1026 Carmel, -alif. 24 March 1946. My daer Mr. Wharton: Here is the information regarding my grandfather, Dr. I. W. Lyon, according to my recollection and the few records I could lay my hands on at once. I may be able to get some addit onal data by Saturday night if you care to phone me then at my home, Carmel 18. His father was Lemuel Lyon, born in 1806, in a Needham, Massachusetts. The first Lyon ancestor came to New England in 1635• Lemuel followed his father's trade of making hats 1n Needham until 1850 when he went overland to California. He was a grocer in Stockton for some years, then went to Oregon where ran a general merchandise business. In 1869 he was appointed consul general at Kanagawa, Japan, and in 1661 consul at Singapore. Israel Whitney Lyon had one brother and four sisters. He was born in Needham in 1827. In 1851 he sailed from New York for San FRancisco on the first and record breaking voyage of the clipper ship, Flying Cloud. He settled in Stockton which was then the prihcipal distributing point for the gold mining country. For two years he ran a very successsful restaurant and bakery there, then decided to become a dentist. He made some connection with a dentist in San Francisco, acting as assistant and receiving instruction. He realized that there was agreat deal more to be learned than he could learn in that way and returned to New York where he enrolled in the newly opened New York College of Dentristry, graduating in 1855 or 56, I believe. I think it was the first graduating class to , OCR Text: P.O.Box 1026 Carmel, -alif. 24 March 1946. My daer Mr. Wharton: Here is the information regarding my grandfather, Dr. I. W. Lyon, according to my recollection and the few records I could lay my hands on at once. I may be able to get some addit onal data by Saturday night if you care to phone me then at my home, Carmel 18. His father was Lemuel Lyon, born in 1806, in a Needham, Massachusetts. The first Lyon ancestor came to New England in 1635• Lemuel followed his father's trade of making hats 1n Needham until 1850 when he went overland to California. He was a grocer in Stockton for some years, then went to Oregon where ran a general merchandise business. In 1869 he was appointed consul general at Kanagawa, Japan, and in 1661 consul at Singapore. Israel Whitney Lyon had one brother and four sisters. He was born in Needham in 1827. In 1851 he sailed from New York for San FRancisco on the first and record breaking voyage of the clipper ship, Flying Cloud. He settled in Stockton which was then the prihcipal distributing point for the gold mining country. For two years he ran a very successsful restaurant and bakery there, then decided to become a dentist. He made some connection with a dentist in San Francisco, acting as assistant and receiving instruction. He realized that there was agreat deal more to be learned than he could learn in that way and returned to New York where he enrolled in the newly opened New York College of Dentristry, graduating in 1855 or 56, I believe. I think it was the first graduating class to , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,L through M File Names,Lyon,LYON_001.pdf,LYON_001.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: LYON_001.PDF, LYON_001.pdf 1 Page 1