William Lyall

William Lyall (October 20, 1840 – January 13, 1916) His elder brother James Lyall was born an Auchterarder, Scotland in 1836.

Career After "youthful studies in the New York schools," Lyall became a member of various mercantile firms, including the Planet Mills, the United States Corset Company, and the Chelsea Jute Mills Company. Along with his brother, inventor James Lyall, he established the J. & W. Lyall Loom and Machine Works, which manufactured textile machinery. Their loom was awarded the first Great Gold Medal of Honor and several awards from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

William Lord Lyall (1863–1937), a mechanical engineer. He married Cecelia Lambert and was later chairman of Brighton Mills. Charles Emile Lyall (1865–1940), Kitty Earl Lyall (1871–1950)

After his first wife's death, Lyall remarried to Pamelia Washborn (née Warren) Oxnard (1844–1929) on April 25, 1882, in New York City. Pamelia, the widow of Clarence Oxnard, was the daughter of George H. Warren and Jane (née Hammond) Warren. Together, they were the parents of:

Lyall died suddenly on January 13, 1916, at the Hudson tunnel platform at 18th Street and Sixth Avenue. After a funeral held at his home, 41 Prospect Street in Summit, he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.