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Lyon was also a major financial backer of [[Hiram Moore]], an inventor and a founder of the village of [[Climax, Michigan]]. Moore reportedly invented a working farm machine in the 1830s and 1840s that "combined" the functions of a [[threshing machine]] and a [[reaper]], decades before [[combine harvester|combines]] were commonly available. Moore's designs were allegedly copied by [[Cyrus McCormick]] and despite many years of legal wrangling, Moore was unsuccessful in pursuing his [[patent]] claims.
He also owned a large tract of land in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] and engaged in a feud over platting the area with the other major land owner, [[Louis Campau]]. Lyon wanted to call it the village of Kent rather than Grand Rapids. Lyon is also remembered in Grand Rapids for attempting to commercialize salt deposits in the city by boring a hole and extracting salt from the brine water below.
In politics he was [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], in religion a [[Swedenborgian]]. He was also a [[Temperance movement|temperance]] advocate associated with the [[Washingtonian movement]].
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[[South Lyon, Michigan]], [[Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan]], [[Lyon Township, Roscommon County, Michigan]], [[Lyon Lake, Fredonia, Michigan]] and [[Lyons Township, Michigan]] are all named after Lucius Lyon. Notably, in 1836, Lucius Lyon purchased much of the property in a small village in [[Ionia County, Michigan]] and renamed it [[Lyons, Michigan]]. He platted the village, established the first post office and installed his brother, Truman, as the first postmaster, although he never lived in the village.
Along with Louis Campau, Lucius Lyon is remembered as one of the founding fathers of [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], the state's second-largest city.<ref>https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2012/12/feud_between_grand_rapids_foun.html</ref> Lyon Street and Lyon Square, both located in downtown Grand Rapids, are named after him. In 2008, city leaders erected a bronze statue of Lyon's likeness downtown, part of a "Community Legends" initiative intended to pay tribute to pivotal figures in Grand Rapids history.<ref>https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2016/05/where_have_you_gone_lucius_lyo.html</ref> <ref>https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2008/12/historic_figures_who_sculpted.html</ref>
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