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David Lester Lyons
Mahaska County
DAVID LESTER LYONS was born near Detroit, Michigan, January 10, 1851, and died in Clarion, Iowa, November 20, 1928. When he was four years old his parents with their family removed to Mahaska County, Iowa, and located on land in the northeast part of the county. David L. attended common school and on maturity engaged in farming. In 1885 he was elected representative and served in the Twenty-first General Assembly. In 1892 he removed to Clarion and entered the grain business, but in 1894 took up farming near there. Later he returned to Clarion and operated a dray line, but for the last few years of his life, was retired from active business.