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Matthew Lyon

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Matthew Lyon (1750-1822) was a soldier, politician, and pioneer who protested the Sedition Acts. He moved to Eddyville in 1801, became a Kentucky Representative in 1802, and served as a Congressman from 1803 to 1811. He died at Spadra Buff, Ark., and was reinterred in Eddyville Cemetery in 1833.
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