GEORGE W. LYONS, Sec. 27; P. O. Bloomington; owns 80 acres land, valued at $40 per acre; born in this town in 1839; located on his present farm in 1870. Married Eliza A. Mickle, a native of Indiana; they have five children - Joseph, Minnie, Emma, Edward and Elsie.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.