James Lyons (politician)

James Lyons

James Lyons (born October 12, 1801 in Hanover County , Virginia , † December 18, 1882 in Richmond , Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician for both the United States and the Confederate States .

Career

James Lyons, son of Sarah Spotswood Waugh (1775-1835) and James Lyons (1762-1830), was born in Hanover County. Nothing is known about his youth. He studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg ( James City County ) Jura and started after receiving practicing in Richmond qualifying as a lawyer 1818th The British-American War had ended three years earlier . During the visit of the Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834) in Virginia in 1824 he was responsible for the modalities. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented Charles City Counties , James City Counties, New Kent Counties, and Henrico Counties, and the city of Richmond in the Virginia Senate . He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1845 to 1846 . His time in the General Assembly was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the Mexican-American War in the following years . He was a delegate to the Virginia Constituent Assembly between 1850 and 1851 . On November 6, 1861, he was elected to the First Confederate Congress for the third constituency of Virginia , where he served from February 18, 1862 to February 17, 1864. He was appointed first instance judge ( trial judge ) for political prisoners in 1864. After the end of the Civil War , he resumed his practice as a lawyer in his office and helped defend Confederate President Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). He died in Richmond in 1882 and was buried there in Hollywood Cemetery .

family

Lyons was married twice. He married first Heningham H. Watkins (1799-1851), daughter of Joseph and Mary Carrington Watkins. The couple had eight children: Josephine (* 1822), James junior (1824–1840), Heningham Watkins (* 1827), Sallie Nivision (* 1828), William Henry (* around 1831), Edward C. (1836–1853) , Peter (1838–1881) and Mary P. (* around 1839). After the death of his first wife, he married Imogen Byrd Penn (1834-1901).

Trivia

His estate west of Richmond, Virginia was called Laburnum.

Letters

Johnson, Andrew: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866 , University of Tennessee Press, 1991, ISBN 9780870496899 , pp. 97f.
Library of Congress - Letter to HA Wise from James Lyons, October 20, 1852

Web links

James Lyons on the latrobefamily.com website

James Lyons on the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website

Individual evidence

↑ The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863 , Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 9781432804930 , p. 33
↑ James Lyons Junior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Edward C. Lyons in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
↑ Heningham H. Watkins Lyons in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
↑ Imogen Byrd Penn Lyons in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller: Two Novels , University of Virginia Press, 2002, ISBN 9780813920580 , p. 62

personal data
SURNAME	Lyons, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1882
Place of death	Richmond , Virginia

[1] The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863 , Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 9781432804930 , p. 33

[2] James Lyons Junior in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[3] Edward C. Lyons in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[4] Heningham H. Watkins Lyons in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[5] Imogen Byrd Penn Lyons in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[6] Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller: Two Novels , University of Virginia Press, 2002, ISBN 9780813920580 , p. 62