Bessie Alice Lyons (1899-1982)

• Birth:  July 24, 1899, North Crandon (Argonne), Wisconsin
• Death:  December 2, 1982, Chicago, Illinois
• Parents:  James Lyons and Alice Mae Taylor
• Siblings:  Blanch Belle (Palmer)
• Marriage:   June 2, 1933
• Spouse:  Arthur Norton
• Children:
  1. Richard Arthur
  2. Ronnie Dale

Bessie attended County Normal School in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.  She went on to teach grade school in Rhinelander.  Later she worked at the Merchant State Bank in Rhinelander.  After their marriage Besie and Arthur continued living in Rhinelander, Wisconsin where Arthur worked as a lumber jack. Around 1950, they moved to Eli, Minnesotta.  In 1961, their son Richard moved them to Ottawa, Illinois.  Arthur died in 1972. After her husband's death, Bessie moved to Chicago with her youngest son, Ronnie.  Bessie is buried in the Evergreen Park Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Blanch (Lyons) Palmer, Bessie (Lyons) Norton
with their mother, Alice (Taylor) Lyons

James Lyons Jr. (1873-1960)

• Birth:  January 24, 1873, Howe, Oconto Co., Wisconsin
• Death:  October 20, 1960, Rinelander, Wisconsin
• Parents:  James Lyons and Pauline Mellotte
• Siblings:  Mary (Lamont), Elizabeth (Peters), John, Pauline (Wilbur), Margaret (Grimme)
• Marriage:  January 07, 1897
• Spouse:  Alice Mae Taylor
• Children:
  1. Bessie
  2. Blanch Belle

James Lyons (1827-?)

• Birth: About 1827, New York
• Spouse:  Polly Davis
• Children:
  1. James

James moved to Montreal, Canada where he married Polly Davis.  James and Polly then moved to Wisconsin and settled in a little town called Howe (No longer exists - part of the Menominee Indian Reservation).  They continued living in Wisconsin the remainder of their lives.

James Lyons (1848-?)

• Birth:  Howe, Oconto Co., Wisconsin
• Parents:  James Lyons and Polly Davis
• Marriage:  1866
• Spouse:  Pauline Melotte
• Children
  1. Mary (Lamont)
  2. Elizabeth (Peters)
  3. John
  4. Pauline (Wilbur)
  5. Margaret (Grimmer)
  6. James