Background
Lyon, William Penn was born on October 28, 1822 in Chatham, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Eunice (Coffin) Lyon.
Lyon, William Penn was born on October 28, 1822 in Chatham, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Eunice (Coffin) Lyon.
Educated in district schools of native town. Studied law at intervals. Admitted to bar, 1846.
(Doctor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1873).
Thomas, Ontario, November 18, 1847. District attorney Racine Company, Wisconsin, 1853-1859. Member and speaker Wisconsin Assembly, 1859-1860.
Captain Company K, 8th Wisconsin Volumes, 1861.
Colonel 13th Wisconsin Volumes, 1862-1865. Bvtd. brigadier general, 1865.
Judge 1st circuit, Wisconsin, 1866-1871. Justice Supreme Court, 1871-1894 (chief justice, 1892, 1893).
Member 1896-1903, president 1898-1903, State Board of Control of State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions.
Republican.
Member and speaker Wisconsin Assembly, 1859-1860. Member 1896-1903, president 1898-1903, State Board of Control of State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Republican.
Married Adelia Caroline Duncombe, of Saint