Lyon, T. Edgar

Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. (1903-1978) served a mission to the Netherlands and later became president of that mission. He also served as a teacher in the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for three decades.

Thomas Edgar Lyon, Sr. was born August 9, 1903 to David Ross Lyon and Mary Cairns in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served a mission to the Netherlands and later became president of that mission from 1933-1937. He served as a teacher in the Salt Lake Institute of Religion for three decades. He later became the historian for the Nauvoo Restoration during the early 1970s until his death on September 20, 1978.

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