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Sources consulted for the biography of:Isaiah Leonard Lyons (1843–1871)
Primary Sources
- Birth date of August 23, 1843, calculated from age at death of 27 years, 5 months, 29 days on coffin plaque as reported in New York Herald, March 13, 1871.
- United States Census Schedules, Kings County, NY, 1850 (age eight on September 11), 1860 (nineteen on July 9), and Elizabeth City County, Va., 1870 (age twenty-seven on June 18 and full name of Isaiah Leonard Lyons), all in Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Physical description and age twenty-three in September 1863, Compiled Service Military Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the U.S. Colored Troops, 2nd through 7th Colored Infantry, 1861–1865, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, Record Group 94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Marriage date in pension applications of remarried widow, Sarah Jane Williams Robinson Lyons Parker, Federal Pension Application Files, application numbers 663,716 and 24,672 in Records of the Veterans Administration, Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Secondary Sources
- Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), p. 26.
Political Career
- General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District, 1869 (1870), "Summary of the result of the election for members of the State Senate of Virginia, held July 6, 1869," 11.
- Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1869–1870 sess., 27–28, 485, 507 and 1870–1871 sess., 207.
- New York Herald, October 9, 1869
- Richmond Whig and Advertiser, October 12, 1869; June 10, 1870 (second quotation)
- George Teamoh, God Made Man, Man Made the Slave: The Autobiography of George Teamoh, ed. F. N. Boney, Richard L Hume, and Rafia Zafar (1990), first quotation on 127–128.
Obituaries
- Richmond Daily State Journal, February 22, 1871; February 25, 1871; March 3, 1871 (account of funeral)
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, February 23, 1871
- Richmond Whig and Advertiser, February 23, 1871
- New York Sun, February 28, 1871; March 13, 1871 (account of funeral)
- New York Herald, March 11, 1871; March 13, 1871 (account of funeral)
- Washington, D.C. New National Era, March 16, 1871 (account of funeral)
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