McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Letter, 10 May 1869
Item
Stephen Jones Lyman was born on November 15, 1819, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
He was a businessman. In 1834, he started an apprenticeship of six years at the drug firm Musson & Savage in Quebec. Then he moved to Montreal and about 1844 he founded the pharmaceutical firm S. J. Lyman & Co. where he worked until his death in 1879. He was a cousin of the Montreal Lyman brothers owning the pharmaceutical firm Lyman, Sons & Co. He became a member of the Montreal Garrison Artillery in 1846, working his way up until he was elected Colonel, a position he resigned in 1861. He also worked as an insurance agent for the Mutual Life Assurance Co. based in New York State (1863-1868).
He died on April 1, 1879, in Montreal, Quebec.
Letter from S.J. Lyman to John William Dawson, written from Montreal.