Lorenzo B. Lyman autobiography, 1899
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lyman, Lorenzo B. (Lorenzo Branch), 1828-1914
- Title
- Lorenzo B. Lyman autobiography
- Dates
- 189918991899
- Quantity
- 1 item
- Collection Number
- 0498
- Summary
- Lorenzo Branch Lyman was a lawyer who moved to Montana Territory in 1864, living first in the Gallatin Valley before being appointed as register of the U. S. General Land Office in Helena, Montana. Lorenzo Branch Lyman's 1899 autobiography documents settlement in Gallatin County, Montana Territory, a water rights claim on Lyman Creek, interactions with Indians, hunting, and Lyman's appointment as the register of the land office.
- Repository
- Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851 - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English
Biographical Note
Lorenzo Branch Lyman was born in 1828 in New York State. He moved to Wisconsin and studied law. Lyman lived in California from 1849 to 1858, before returning to Wisconsin. In 1864, he moved to the newly established Montana Territory, settling in the Gallatin Valley. He later practiced law in Helena, Montana Territory, and served as register of the United States General Land Office there from 1869 to 1875. Lyman married Mary E. Hawkins in Wisconsin in 1858. Their daughter, Sylvia Rozeffie, was born in 1865, and a son, Hershel Branch, was born in 1867. After Mary's death in 1870, Lorenzo Lyman married Fannie A. (Amy Frances) Patterson in 1871, and the couple had two sons: Rollin Arch in 1873, and Ocean Atlantis in 1875. Fannie died and was buried in California in 1912. Lorenzo passed away in Helena, Montana, in 1914 and was buried alonside first wife Mary in Helena's Benton Avenue Cemetery.
Content Description
Lorenzo Branch Lyman's 1899 autobiography documents the Lyman family's intital settlement in Gallatin County, Montana Territory and early development of Lyman's land and water rights claim on Lyman Creek, which is located in the Bridger Mountain Range northeast of Bozeman, Montana. There are also details about interactions with Indians, hunting, and Lyman's appointment as the register of the land office in Helena, Montana. The document is a transcription of Lyman's autobiography and is told in the third person.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
A typed transcription of an original document written by Lorenzo Branch Lyman was prepared by Merrill G. Burlingame sometime prior to 1967 and subsequently donated to the Montana State University Library. The location of the original is unknown.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2012 March 15
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Colonists--Montana--Gallatin County--Relations with Indians
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Gallatin County
- Hunting--Montana--Gallatin County
- Land settlement
- Land tenure--Montana--Gallatin County (Mont.)
- Pioneers--Montana--Gallatin County (Mont.)--Biographies
- Water rights
- Water rights--Montana--Gallatin County (Mont.)
Personal Names
- Burlingame, Merrill G. (Merrill Gildea), 1901-1994
- Lyman, Lorenzo B. (Lorenzo Branch), 1828-1914
Corporate Names
- United States. General Land Office--Officials and employees--Biography
Geographical Names
- Gallatin County (Mont.)--History--19th century
- Lyman Creek (Gallatin County, Mont.)
- Montana
Form or Genre Terms
- Autobiographies
