Rufus D., eldest son of Capt. David Lyons and Jane B. Dixon Lyons, was also a shipmaster and excelled in his profession. He married Miss Emily Miles, of London, England, in 1855. They had one daughter named Emily. Mrs. Lyons died in 1865, aged 32 years. Capt. R. D. Lyons married for a second wife Miss Janet Thomson, of Liverpool, in 1870. They had two children named Rufus and Henry. Capt. Lyons died at Iquique in the year 1873. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Lyons removed with her family to Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, where she died in September, 1885. Her son Rufus died in childhood.
Rufus married Janet THOMSON in 1870. Janet (daughter of William THOMSON and Jane RAE) was born in Liverpool, England; died in Sep 1885 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]