2. “old experienced soldier”
“one who has seen long service in any office or
position”
Generally people think of veterans as soldiers who
have seen combat
3. When I was growing
up, Gramps was in the
Army. He wore a
uniform every day to
work. But happily, he
never was called to
war.
7. Samuel Smith, a captain of the militia in
Massachusetts, great-grandfather of Joseph and
Hyrum Smith and fifth great-grandfather of Grandpa
Fife.
Micah Eldredge, Mansfield, Connecticut, is Gramps
Lyon’s fourth great-grandfather. Micah was the father
of Alanson Eldredge who joined the Church in Indiana
in 1836, lived in Missouri and Nauvoo and crossed the
plains to Utah
8.
9. William Johnson
Snyder, Grammy
Lyon’s greatgrandfather, and
his brother-in-law
David Maynard
served in the
Minnesota cavalry.
David died while
serving.
10.
11. David Cairns Lyon,
Gramps Lyon’s
grandfather, served in
Europe during the
“Great War”
16. Alois Windisch,
Grandma Fife’s
father, called to
active duty,
served on a
German
submarine. He
was captured by
Russian forces
and sent to a
prison camp.
17. David Reed
Lyon, Gramps
Lyon’s father,
trained as an
officer towards
the close of
World War II,
and then was
sent to occupy
Japan at the end
of the war
18.
19. David Reed
Lyon, Gramps
Lyon’s father,
was sent from
Japan to the
front lines in
Korea
20. Cherie Lyon,
Gramps Lyon’s
mother, stayed
behind in Japan
and helped treat
the wounded
that were sent
back to Japan
from Korea
21.
22. David Ray Lyon,
Gramps Lyon’s
older brother,
served as a
helicopter pilot
in Vietnam.
When Gramps
served his
mission in
Thailand they
were able to
visit.
23.
24. Phillip Sheridan
Lyon, Gramps
Lyon’s brother,
was called up in
the Utah
National Guard
to serve in Iraq
