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Prologue                                                       

Acknowledgements                                        

Chapter 1 Going Away to School                                     

Chapter 2 The Beginning                                            

Chapter 3 First Several Years Together              

Chapter 4  Great Depression                              

Chapter 5  The Middle Years Together                         

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Chapter 6  World War II                            

Chapter 7  Domestic Side of Life                         

Chapter 8  Community Life

Chapter 9  The Farm                                                      

Chapter 10 Family Social Life                            

Chapter 11 Catholicism                                                  

Chapter 12 Education                                             

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Chapter 13 Patrick Joseph                                         

Chapter 14 Francis William                                           

Chapter 15 Eugene Thomas                                 

Chapter 16 John Albert             

Chapter 17    Thomas Anthony                         

Chapter 18    The Twins                                        

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Chapter 19 Later Years Together                        

Chapter 20 Later Years Without Bill   

Ogham Alphabet and Celtic Symbols     

Epilogue   

Appendix A   The Legend of O’Donoghue            (1986 Donohoe Reunion)                 

Appendix B   Family Reunion Stories

• An Early Lyons Arrival in America - by Bob Lyons  (1986 Lyons Reunion)
  

• Prayers by Peggy (Lyons) Harrington Thornhill   (1991 Lyons Reunion)                  

Appendix C  

Conditions in Ireland and American in 1845

---Excerpt from The Nunda Irish by Bill McDonald                  

Sources                                                        

Other eBOOKS

by or about

LYONS family members

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  V I D E O   GALLERY 

• The Lyons Family: A Living History   
  

• John E. Lyons interviews  his father & 5 uncles: Pat, Frank, Gene, Jack, Tom, Bob, sons of William & Mary Lyons, Yankton, South Dakota, about growing up on family farm. CLICK >> 6 INTERVIEWS

• Lyons Family Reunion     July 14, 1986  * Yankton, South Dakota >Click

• Lyons Family Reunion      August 10, 1991 * Yankton, South Dakota >Click

• Lyons Farm Family Auction Pat & Pearl Lyons, Yankton, SD  Feb. 1, 1997 (VIDEO of Auction, History of Farm, growing up on farm, Lyons brothers & wives, next generation) >Click