R.R. Lyons

LYONS, LUSK, GEBHARDT

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 11/1/2002 at 12:32:01

R. R. LYONS, County Clerk and County Attorney, first located in Ellsworth, June 8, 1878, where he engaged in the practice of law. Was elected to the present office in the fall of 1880. He was born in West Elizabeth, Washington County, Pa., in 1852, and was educated at the Iowa Wesleyan University of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1872. Was admitted to the bar of practice at Keosauqua, Iowa, in 1875. He began the study of law in 1873; began practice at Ellsworth, being admitted by motion in 1878. He was married in 1876 to Mrs. Mary E. Lusk, formerly Gebhardt, of Keosauqua, Iowa. They have two children-- Esther B. and Florence W. He is a member of Ellsworth Lodge, No. 146, and High Priest of Chapter R. A. U. D., A.,F. & A. M.

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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
ELLSWORTH COUNTY, Part 5