Dr. James Chalmers LYONS
1881 - 1948 (67 years)-
Name James Chalmers LYONS Prefix Dr. Birth 13 Apr 1881 Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Gender Male Death 15 Jun 1948 Linwood, Delaware, Pennsylvania [1] 
Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Person ID I20226 bmds Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father William Pineo LYONS, b. 1845, Nova Scotia d. 12 Aug 1920, Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia (Age 75 years) Mother Cornelia SKINNER, b. 1858, Nova Scotia d. 1917, Nova Scotia (Age 59 years) Family ID F6357 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Clara Baumgarten HOSKINS, b. 1877, Pennsylvania d. 18 Aug 1915, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Age 38 years) Marriage 22 Jun 1910 Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania Age at Marriage James : 29 years old | Clara : ~ 33 years old. Children 1 
. Louise C. LYONSFamily ID F8012 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Theresa C. CAMPBELL, b. 1885 d. 25 Sep 1964, Boothwyn, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) Children 2 sons and 1 daughter 1 . Dr. James Chalmers LYONS, Jr, b. 12 Apr 1918 d. 11 Oct 1992, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 74 years)2 . Theresa Irene LYONS, b. 26 Sep 1920 d. 20 Apr 1985 (Age 64 years)3 . Howard H. LYONSFamily ID F8013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Event Map 
Birth - 13 Apr 1881 - Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia 
Marriage - 22 Jun 1910 - Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania 
Death - 15 Jun 1948 - Linwood, Delaware, Pennsylvania Pin Legend 
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
-
Notes - Dr. James Chalmers Lyons, physician, resides in Linwood.
Born in Nova Scotia, at Waterville, in 1881, on April 13th, the son of William P. and Cornelia Skinner Lyons. On both sides of his family can be traced direct descent from French Acadians. A graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, 1909, he now is medical director-in-chief for the following huge plants: Viscose, Sinclair Oil, Congelum, Pure Oil, Worth Steel, Rust Engineering and Lindsay. Dr. Lyons is a member of Concord Lodge, F. & A. M.; a member of Lu Lu, and the Philadelphia Consistory. A member of the Keystone Masonic and the Craftsman’s Club. A member of the American Medical Association and the Delaware County Medical Association. He is President of the Claymont Development Company. His wife is Teresa Campbell Lyons, and they have seven children. In politics, a Republican. His hobby is his profession, and his principal sport gunning. (source: Who’s Who, 1926)
-
Sources - [S4] Obituary.
Dr. James C. Lyons Dies: Well-Known Linwood Doctor
Dr. James C. Lyons, one of the Chester area’s most widely-known and well-liked physicians, died this morning at his home, 156 Ridge road, Linwood.
Dr. Lyons, who was 68, had been ill about a year and had not practiced during that time. But for nearly 40 years prior to that, he had been a general practitioner in the lower county area in addition to being an industrial physician.
From his start in the horse and buggy days through the machine age, Dr. Lyons had built up an intensive practice. A friendly person, he was never too busy to help others.
Dr. Lyons was born in Nova Scotia and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1909. He opened his first office in Rockdale, later moved to Marcus Hook, and then to Linwood where he practiced until about a year ago.
He served as industrial physician for Sinclair Refining Company, Sun Oil Company, Worth Steel in Claymont, and years ago for the American Viscose Corporation.
In the days when Dr. Lyons began his medical work here, horse and buggy was the mode of transportation for physicians. Bur Dr. Lyons kept abreast of the time and owned one of the first Fords in the area. Dr. Lyons was a Baptist. He was a member of the American Medical Association and of the Delaware County Medical Society, and an honorary member of a medical society at Jefferson Medical College. He also was a Mason.
A very popular person, Dr. Lyons had a wide circle of friends in Chester and throughout the county. He always found time to help others and gave many young doctors a push up the ladder in their careers.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Theresa C. Lyons, and seven children, Mrs. Vera Phillippe, Morton; Mrs. William E. Lyons (sic), Claymont, Del.; Mrs. Louise C. Hodgkins, Lee, Mass.; Edward T. Lyons, Springfield; Dr. James C. Lyons, Jr., Holly Oak, Del.; Theresa I. Lyons, R.N., Linwood, and Dr. Howard H. Lyons, U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C. Nine grandchildren also survive.
Friends may call Thursday evening at his late residence, 156 Ridge road, Linwood. The funeral will be held from the home, Friday, for the family and a few personal friends. Burial will be in Chester Rural Cemetery.
— Chester Times (Chester, PA), 15 June 1948, pg. 1
- [S4] Obituary.