Captain Henry C. Lyon

Historical marker location:

CR 203, Roby, Texas

( Roby Cemetery, northeast section)

Marker installed: 1936

Served in army of the Republic of Texas * Commanded a company in the army of the Confederate States of America * Born in Tennessee, April 15, 1815 * * Died March 31, 1889 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 [supplemental stone inscription: For Public Record Capt. H. C. Lyon's body is not buried in Roby Cemetery. His body lies in Woods Chapel where he was buried March 31, 1889. Fisher Co. Historical Soc.].

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