LYONS, (no first name) – (d. 1871)
A man named LYONS was killed by a negro man in Wilson county one night last week. He with twelve or fifteen others went to the negroe’s [sic] disguised, and demanded admittance. The negro fired, killing LYONS.
Source: Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.), 02 Sept. 1871. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033435/1871-09-02/ed-1/seq-2/>