Lyman Truman (March 2, 1806 – March 24, 1881) was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Aaron Truman (1785–1823) and Experience (Park) Truman (1782–1844).''The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America''
by Ebenezer Mack Treman & Murray E. Poole (Ithaca NY, 1901; pg. 92 and 178ff) He was born in that part of the Town of Spencer which in 1811 was separated as the Town of Candor, in Tioga County. In 1830, he removed to the county seat Owego, and became a clerk in the store of his uncle Asa H. Truman. In 1833, Lyman opened his own store and, in partnership with his brothers, conducted an extensive mercantile and lumber business until 1865. On January 10, 1838, he married Emily M. Goodrich (1817–1896), and they had four children. He entered politics as a

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, became a Whig in 1833, joined the

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in 1848, and the

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upon its foundation in 1855. He was Supervisor of the Town of Owego in 1849 and 1857. He was President of the Bank of Owego, later the First National Bank of Owego, from 1856 until his death. He was a member of the

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(24th D.) from 1858 to 1863, sitting in the 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th and

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s. He was a member of the

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(Tioga Co.) in

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. He died on March 24, 1881, in Owego.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 442f)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1859''
by William D. Murray (pg. 103ff)
''OBITUARY NOTES; The Hon. Lyman Truman died...''
in NYT on March 26, 1881 {{DEFAULTSORT:Truman, Lyman 1806 births 1881 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Candor, New York American bankers Town supervisors in New York (state) Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople