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James Browning Lyon (Hopkins County, KY, soldier, 17th / 25th Ky Inf )

b. 1841-01-25 d. 1911-02-25

Hopkins County, Kentucky, soldier. Tennessee native. Son of William Lyon and Hannah Lyon. Married to Frances M. Lyon. Resident of Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Hopkins County in 1860. Served in 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from January 1, 186 to April 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from April 1862 to April 30, 1864. Reported as deserted from Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, on April 23, 1862. Returned to duty August 7, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Transferred to the Invalid Corps on April 30, 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 128B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 825.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0304, 0373.

"Pvt James Browning Lyon (1841-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial #29826213, accessed October 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29826213.

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Lyon, James Browning. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204602 (November 12, 2026).

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