E. Lyons
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"E. Lyons," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/63.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1797
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Unclear from Context
- Race/Ethnicity
- Unclear from Context
- Presidency
- George Washington
- Biography
- Information about E. Lyon’s life outside of the President’s House remains unknown. They only appear in records for George Washington’s household in Philadelphia once in January 1797, earning $6.00 for a month of work. 1 It is unknown what work they performed or even whether they were a man or woman.
- “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued)," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1907, Vol. 31, No. 3, 338, https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20085390.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:97d1606ae6dc5356bc621d4039790628&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Unclear from Context