A guide to the Abraham Judah Lyons collection, 1850-1933

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A guide to the Abraham Judah Lyons collection, 1850-1933

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The collection includes a prayer book, prayer shawl, and yarmulka which belonged to Abraham Judah Lyons.

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Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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Lyons, Abraham Judah, 1850-1933

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Abraham Lyons was born in 1850 in Buttik, Kovno Guberna, Lithuania. In 1910 he emigrated to the United States where he lived in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife, Brina. While residing in Baltimore, Lyons worked as a tailor in a men's clothing factory. After the death of his wife, Lyons moved to Roanoke, Virginia to live with his children until his death in 1933. His grandson is Dr. Harry Lyons, former Dean of the School of Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia. From the descr...

Lyons, Harry, 1900-

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Dr. Harry Lyons was born in Washington DC on March 18, 1900. His father moved the family to Lexington, Virginia when Lyons was a year old. It was in Lexington that he was raised and went to school. After a year at Washington and Lee University in the Student Army Training Corps, he followed his sister's advice and transferred to the Medical College of Virginia where he graduated with a degree in dentistry in 1923. Impressed with his strong knowledge, Dr. Cameron Hoogan, Dean of the School of Den...