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DEATH NOTICES
CHOUTEAU, Lewis P.
CULVERT, Col. George
LYON, Col. Matthew
DEATH OF COL. GEORGE CULVERT
Contributed by Candi Horton
Col. Geo. Culvert head of the Choctaw
Nation died at Fort Lawson, Ark., on the 7th of Nov. He
served in Rev. War and received a commission of Major of Militia
from Washington. He served under General Wayne and
Jackson. Received a Colonial's Commission from the later
for his services in the Seminole Campaign.
(Source: Rock Island Banner & Stephenson
Gazette,Thursday, Feb. 27, 1840.)
DEATH OF COL.
MATTHEW LYON
Contributed by Nancy Piper
The Arkansas Gazette announces the death,
after a short illness, at Spadre Bluff, Arkansas
Territory of Col. Matthew Lyon, United States factor for
the Cherokee nation of Indians, aged about 76 years.
Col. Lyon has been so much in public life, and at one
time was so conspicuous as a partisan politician, that a
brief account of the principal incidents of his life,
drawn from an obituary notice of him in the Arkansas
paper, may be interesting. He was a native of
Ireland, but emigrated early in life to this country, and
was one of the first settlers in Vermont. In the
war of the revolution, he was the friend of his adopted
country, and was active in his exertions to serve its
liberties and independence. He had filled several
important offices in Vermont, previous to his election as
a member of the Convention, which formed the constitution
of that state. He was several times elected to the
state legislature, and about the year 1796, was elected a
representative to the congress of the United
States. It was here that he rendered himself
obnoxious to the then ruling party during the presidency
of Mr. Adams, by the firm and resolute manner in which he
opposed the odious sedition law, and after his efforts to
prevent its passage proved unsuccessful, by exerting his
utmost influence to render it unpopular. This was
done by the free expression of his sentiments at all
times, and by causing the publication of a letter
addressed to him by an American citizen in France, which
contained severe ?animadversions on the conduct of the
Federal administration.
For the free use of speech and the press, he was arrested
for a violation of that odious law, though at the time a
representative of the people, in the national councils,
tried and sentenced to an imprisonment of three months,
and the payment of a fine of one thousand dollars.
When on the eve of departure to take his seat in
congress, the sentence was carried into effect and Col.
Lyon was thrown into prison, in an inclement season of
the year, and treated with no great delicacy, while he
remained incarcerated.
These violent and arbitrary measures, produced throughout
the union a general and loud burst of indignation and had
great effect in bringing about the change in the
administration, which soon followed. The
constituents of Col. Lyon, approved his conduct, remained
his fast friends, and re-elected him to Congress, while
he was in prison.
Having been unsuccessful in the manufacturing business,
in which he was engaged in Vermont, he removed about the
year 1802, with his family, to Eddyville, Kentucky, and
was there for some time engaged in business. In
1808 he was elected a member of Congress from that state,
and was re-elected during twelve succeeding years.
He was also several times chosen a member of the
legislature of Kentucky. He was a member of
Congress during fourteen sessions.
In Kentucky he was again unfortunate in his business, and
found himself at an advanced age reduced in his
circumstances. He then applied, through his
friends, to the executive for an appointment, and
obtained the situation, which he filled at the time of
his death. At the last election for a delegate to
congress from the territory of Arkansas, Col. Lyon
offered himself as a candidate, and received nearly as
many votes as his successful rival.
(Source: Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania),
October 23, 1822, Page 2, from the New York
Statesman.)
DEATH OF LEWIS P. CHOUTEAU
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