Joseph Henry Lyons

Background

Lyons, Joseph Henry was born on October 31, 1874 in Pollard, Alabama, United States. Son of Mark and Amelia (Horstler) Lyons.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1894. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1899.

Career

Admitted to Alabama bar, 1900, and began practice at Mobile. Member of law firms successively Stevens & Lyons, Lyons, Chamberlain & Courtney and Lyons, Thomas & Pipes, 1912-1952, later Lyons, Piper & Cook, United States collector of customs, District 19, 1918-1922 and from 1933. Administrator for Alabama of War Savings Staff.

Trustee Department of Archives and Histroy of State of Alabama.

Achievements

• Joseph Henry Lyons has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of law firms successively Stevens & Lyons, Lyons, Chamberlain & Courtney and Lyons, Thomas & Pipes, 1912-1952, later Lyons, Piper & Cook, United States collector of customs, District 19, 1918-1922 and from 1933.

Connections

Married Olive Houston, November 8, 1911. Children: Champ, Margaret Wiley.

Father:

Mark Lyons

Mother:

Amelia (Horstler) Lyons

Spouse:

Olive Houston

child:

Champ Lyons

child:

Margaret Wiley Lyons