Sanford G. Lyon

Sanford G. Lyon (March 20, 1866 – January 18, 1936) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life Lyon was born on March 20, 1866, in Ledyard, New York, the son of Hiram Lyon and Abby Gifford. He attended Sherwood Select School in Sherwood. By time he died, he was president of the bank. He was also elected a director of the Auburn Trust Company at its first meeting in 1906. During World War One, he was a member of the Cayuga County Home Defense Committee and district chairman for the Liberty Loan. 1925, 1926, and 1927. His paternal grandfather Alfred Lyon, maternal grandfather Sanford Gifford, and uncle Coral C. White all previously served in the Assembly.

In 1896, Lyon married Eliza M. Mekell. After she died in 1906, he married Josephine Head of Ithaca. His children were Mrs. Elbert H. Brock, Mrs. Charles L. Cecil, Esther, Sanford Jr., and Malcolm G. He was a Freemason.

Lyon died at home on January 18, 1936. He was buried in Aurora Cemetery.