Biography of Horace G. Lyons
Horace G. Lyons, born August 2, 1832, in Pennsylvania, is a notable figure from Kansas’s pioneer era, currently residing in Highland Park, Topeka, at the age of eighty-four. He moved to Kansas in 1856, driven by a desire to support the free state movement. A farmer and blacksmith, Lyons faced the hardships of early settlement life, including food shortages and disease. He was a devoted member of the Congregational Church and a philosophical thinker, contributing written works on life’s complexities and laws. He married Sarah A. G. Bush, and they had four children.