Effie Lyon Howe's Genealogical Charts

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Sometime in the 1930s my mother, Irene Whitfield Chisholm, had a class in college where she was to make a chart of how her family went together. She started asking questions of her father and her grandmothers. She got back a number of letters with interesting answers and at some point, these charts.

I was always told that the bulk of the charts are handwritten by Effie Lyon Howe.

I have confirmed enough of the genealogical data in these charts to be reasonably sure of the accuracy of the facts. She would actually have met most of the people listed here.

PAGE ONE
Irene Packard (#5) & Horatio Lyon (#1) are the parents of Effie Adela Lyon. See "Page Two" below for
their children.

PAGE ONE

both of Plainfield Mass

Barnabas Packard -- Ruth Snow

Polly

Henry

Cynthia

Martha

Irene

Jane

Clifford

Chalmer

Edwin

Clark

PAGE ONE, Continued

both of Plainfield Mass

NOTES ON BARNABAS PACKARD FAMILY:

This Barnabus Packard was apparently the son of Barnabas Packard Jr. and grandson of Barnabas Packard. (Information from the family researchs of RPackardSr and AzPack for a possible lineage.) The (rather fragile) proofs of connection are (a) that his daughter is named Polly Nash Packard and his father(?) married Polly Nash, and (2) that there was a Barnebas Packard III in known downlines in about the right place and time.

Ruth Snow married Barnebus Packard 23 July 1818 in Berkshire, Winsor, Massachusetts. (Lorenzo Snow is a relative.) (From records in the files of the Mormon library: IGI A184633-6599)

Polly Nash Packard, daughter of Barnebus/Ruth, born 18 July 1819 in Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI C502581-1056, Mormon library.)

Cynthia Cordelia Packard, daughter of Barnebas Packard/Ruth, November 27, 1820, Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (C502581-1057, Mormon library.)

Irene Packard, daughter of Barnebas Packard & Ruth, born September 20, 1826, Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI C502581-1060, Mormon library.)

NOTES ON JOEL LYON FAMILY:

Letter to Effie from her cousin Ethel Steere(letter to be posted in full elsewhere on website): "Now I want to tell you a little about your relatives that possibly you have never known. You might some time want to claim for your children their right to relationship with those who fought in the Revolution. Their names are Cyrus Lyon and Ebeneazer Bisbee. Cyrus Lyons home was in Gorham Mass and his son, our grandfather, Joel Lyon went into Plainfield and married Mehetable Bisbee our grandma Lyon. Your father was born in Plainfield Mass and his birth is recorded there. I can give you the proof that they Cyrus Lyon and Ebeneazer Bisbee fought in the revolution if you should care for it."

From "Lyon Memorial" by Lyon(s) and Lyon. Shows Cyrus Lyon had son Joel Lyon (among other sons). This book shows many generations of ancestors as well. (Pages 68-69 in "Descendants of William Lyon, Fifth Generation" section.)

Joel Lyon born about 1788, Hampshire, Goshen, Massachusetts. (No parents listed.) (IGI, didn't write down the number, oops. Mormon library.)

Joel Lyon and Hitty Bisbee married 8 March 1821 in Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI M501753-0882, Mormon library.)

Martha Lyon, Joel Lyon/Kitty, 14 April 1824, Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI C502581-0944, Mormon library.)

1830 Census Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusets, HAM415. Joel Lyon. Males: one under 5, one 5-10, one 30-40. Females: one under 5, one 30-40.

Joel Lyon had son Horatio Lyon by wife Kitty, 1821, Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI C502581-0843, Mormon library)

Mehetible Bisbee, daughter of Ebenezer Bisbee & Mehitable Shaw. Born 25 May 1800, Hampshire, Plainfield, Massachusetts. (IGI 8131702-14, Mormon library.)

PAGE TWO
Horatio Lyon & Irene Packard are the parents of Effie Adella Lyon.
Samuel Howe & Jane Silvina Manley are the parents of J.E. Howe.

PAGE TWO

Horatio Lyon -- Irene Packard

Ellen Elvina

Herbert

Willie Edwin

Eugene

Herbert Ashley

(all died in Ohio)

Effie Adella

Samuel Howe -- Jane Silvina Manley

Syble

Aurelius

Martin

Millard

Leonard Dealba

Alice

Levi

John Elon

Nelson Scot

Augustus VIctor

(all born in New York)

NOTES:

I was told that Horatio & Irene Lyon lost five children at once to an epidemic of diptheria. This doesn't explain two of them being named Herbert. The first Herbert may have been an earlier death. Children died so easily and of so many things in those days. What was for sure, was that they had no other children living when Effie was born.

Effie Adella Lyon was born later, I think in another state. She grew up as an only child.

Page three of the chart

PAGE THREE

May 23, 1860 John Elon Howe -- Effie Adella Lyon Feb 26, 1864

Horatio Samuel born August 3, 1884, Little Valley, New York

Arthur Vincent born Mar 14, 1887, South Haven, Michigan

Elsie Caroline born Aug 25, 1889, Covert, Mich

Mabel May born May 6, 1893, Covert, Mich, died May 6, 1898

Augustus Millard born July 14, 1895, Covert, Michigan

Willard Lyon born Mar 28, 1899, Vaughn, Wash

Paul Raymond born Oct 28, 1905, Tacoma Wash

PAGE FOUR:
Horatio Samuel Howe, wives and children.

Page Four

Horatio Samuel born Aug 3 1884

married Oct 18 -- 1905

Ethel Stauffer died Apr 4 1910

no children

Horatio Samuel Howe married Dec 1914

Pearl Kingsbury born Dec 20 1889

Elsie Evelyn Aug 7 -- 1916

Alma Sept 9 1918

Marjorie Jan 9 1923

PAGE FIVE:
Art Howe, Bernie Stauffer and children.
I think the other couple are Bernie & Ethel Stauffer's parents.
(Ethel Stauffer was the first wife of Horatio Howe.)

Page Five

Arthur Vincent Howe .... Bernice Stauffer

Married Mar 24 -- 1908 Tacoma Wash

Alice Carol -- March 26 --1909 at Solan N.M.

Florence Ethel -- Nov 1st 1910 at Fall City

Fordon Elbert -- Oct 13 -- 1913 at Fall City

Effie Elizabeth -- Oct 9 -- 1915 at Fall City Wash

Samuel Stauffer -- May 13 -- 1862, died Jun 1917

married 1883

Elizabeth Wood -- Sept 6 -- 1863, died Aug 1899

Baby Boy born and died Jan 22, 1922

PAGE SIX
Elsie Caroline Howe, her husband and children.

PAGE SIX

Charles M. Whitfield -- Elsie Caroline Howe

Married at Tolt, Wash, June 24, 1908

Irene Margery born June 27, 1909, Fall City, Wash.

Lewis Edward born Aug 30, 1910, Fall City, Wash

John Charles born Oct 15, 1911, Fall City, Wash

Elsie Caroline died April 19, 1914, buried at Fall City, Wash

Lewis Edward died June 27, 1923, buried at Fall City, Wash

Typewritten page on the back of one of the hand written pages.
I don't know who typed this. The name "Helen Rae" written in is in Jack Chisholm's handwriting.
I haven't identified the other handwriting.
The word "parsonage" may mean where they were married, or it may mean that they lived in the parsonage
in Fall City for a time (as they did).

PAGE SIX

Horatio Samuel Howe .... Pearl Kingsberry

married Dec 1914

Elsie Evelyn August 7, 1916

Alma September 19, 1918

Marjorie January 9, 1923

Baby Girl July 1932 died

2. Arthur Vincint Howe .... Bernice Stauffer

married March 24, 1908, Tacoma, Washington

Alice Carol, March 26, 1909, Solan, New Mexico

Florence Ethel November 1st, 1910, Fall City

Gordon Elbert, Octo er 13, 1913, Fall City

Effie Elizabeth, October 9, 1915, Fall City, Wash.

Baby Boy, January 22, 1922, died

3. Charles M. Whitfield .... Elsie Caroline Howe

married at Tolt Wash., June 24, 1908.

Irene Margery, June 27, 1909, Fall City, Wash.

Lewis Edward, Aug 30, 1910--June 27, 1923

John Charles October 15, 1911

7. Paul Raymond Howe .... Hazel Moore

married August 15, 1931

Benjamin Dale

Helen Rae Howe

NOTES:

You'll notice the chart skips from child number three to child number seven.
Child number four, Mabel May Howe, died at age five.
Child number five, Millard Howe, never married.
Child number six, Willard Lyon "Bill" never had children. Bill Howe married Ada Adams who lived in Fall City for a long, long time and who was married and widowed a second time.

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Jane Manley, Samuel Howe
farmer, dairy mostly, New York State

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