Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 473
THOMAS A. E. LYMAN

Thomas A. E. LYMAN, of the firm of Lyman & Smith, dealers in general merchandise, doing business at Dunlap, will form the subject of this notice. Mr. LYMAN is a native of Cattaraugus County, N.Y., and was born May 7, 1861. He is a son of Thomas Addis Emmett Lyman and Mary (Patterson) Lyman. The father was a native of Connecticut and the mother of New York, both of whom are now deceased. They had a family of seven, two of whom are now living, our subject and Clarence, who is located in Grand Island, Neb. When our subject was but nine years of age he accompanied his mother and three brothers to Dunlap, since which time his mother and two brothers have died. He was reared and educated from his ninth year in Dunlap, and when thirteen years old commenced clerking in a store, which he followed until he formed a partnership with S. T. SMITH in 1890. He was a salesman for R. B. HILLAS for ten years, but now is the senior member of the firm to which he belongs. It should be said of this gentleman, that he is a purely self-made man, having started from the lowest round of the ladder and by business tact, with a large amount of energy, has kept gradually advancing.

Politically, Mr. LYMAN is a supporter of the Republican party. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias order, being a member of Harrison Lodge, No. 284.

He was united in marriage October 20, 1886 to Miss Lucy Barber, daughter of George and Ann Barber, who was born in Toronto, Canada, July 21, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman are the parents of two children -- Addis Emmett and Clarice. Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. LYMAN partner's name is S. T. SMITH, both of whom are young men, just in the prime of their life. They succeeded R. B. HILLAS, now of Chattanooga, Tenn., and took possession September 15, 1890. The stock was valued at $10,000 which is kept in two rooms, 25 x 90 feet. The east room is devoted to clothing and gents' furnishing goods, together with a full line of carpets, while the west room is devoted to dry-goods and groceries. They now carry a $16,000 stock, which is nicely arranged and presents an inviting appearance to their large circle of customers. There are but few, if any, stocks of goods between Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs superior to this. Their trade extends throughout a portion of Harrison, Crawford, Shelby and Monona Counties.

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