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'''Born:''' June 4, 1855

'''Died:''' April 23, 1920

'''Married:''' [[Carolyn%20Hamilton|Carolyn Hamilton]] (Talcott)

'''Children:''' Elizabeth Hamilton Lyon Kidd (b. 1898), and twins [[Carolyn%20Lyon%20Remington|Carolyn Sybil Lyon Remington]] ("May") and [[Linda%20Gale%20Lyon|Linda Gale Lyon]] Van Voorhis ("June") (b. 1902)

'''Edmund Lyon''' was a noted Rochester inventor, humanitarian, philanthropist, and manufacturer. Among his inventions was the electric starting motor for automobile engines. He became involved in education for the deaf, and founded the Rochester School for the Deaf and Dumb.

He bought the [[Alfred%20White|Alfred White]] camp, [[Camp%20Restawhile|Camp Restawhile]], on [[Deer%20Island|Deer Island]], [[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]] in 1917.  He renamed it Bircholm.  His descendants still own part of the property.

He was acquainted with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell|Alexander Graham Bell]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller|Helen Keller]].
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''New York Sun'', July 6, 1919

The A. L. White camp on the Upper Saranac, recently purchased by Edmund Lyon of Rochester, has been opened by its new owner, who has arrived with his family for the season.

'''Sources'''
* [[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=970|Edmund Lyon Family Papers at the University of Rochester]]
* [[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:7ojdaz0dRHgJ:https://urresearch.rochester.edu/fileDownloadForInstitutionalItem.action%3FitemId%3D4634%26itemFileId%3D6990+Carolyn+Lyon+Remington&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgzy2949tSaV39z6r7ckW6JBezOaP5Y80HvGKNzoN20g80dIwp-hlLp1rwrDbEy6i0JrNSi5O3xp6M1fkT6MgQ_d_xypTryB09JfaJwNeA5HCWqcctrgQaoxEQjG1SbVnxJBHeX&sig=AHIEtbRBJv9nzEnVgQtELm1EOvsJ1o4NiQ|Zach Mazur, The Life & Family Edmund Lyon]]

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