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LYON, Asa, clergyman, born in Pomfret, Connecticut, 31 December, 1763; died in South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, 4 April, 1841. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1790, studied divinity with Reverend Charles Backus, and was ordained pastor at Sutherland, Massachusetts, 24 October, 1792. He remained there till the following year, and from 1802 till 1840 was pastor at South Hero. He was chief judge of Grand Isle county in 1805-'14, and was a representative in the legislature in 1800, 1802, 1805-'6, 1808, and 1810-'14, and a member of the executive council in 1808. He was elected to congress as a Federalist, and served from 4 December, 1815, till 3 March, 1817. Mr. Lyon is said to have been a cousin of Robert Burns. He was an impressive preacher, distinguished for his knowledge of literature. I le published sermons and patriotic addresses.
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