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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lyman, S. J. (Stephen Jones), 1819-1879
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Description area
Dates of existence
1819-1879
History
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.