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Person
Lyon, Victor W. (Victor Wathen), 1853-1919
1853-1919
Victor Wathen Lyon was born on June 29, 1853, in Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana.
He was a geologist and civil engineer. He attended Union College, Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1880, he was elected County Surveyor and served fourteen years. He also served several terms as a city civil engineer.
In 1886, he married Gertrude Pettit (1861–1940). He died on August 17, 1919, in Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana.