CHARLES HARVEY PICKETT LYMAN
Past High Priest 1857
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Charles Harvey Pickett Lyman was born June 16, 1819 in Granville, Licking County, Ohio the son of Sylvester Lyman and Nancy Clapp. He moved with his family to Pittsfield, Massachusetts where he received his early education. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Green June 27, 1844 in New York City. He and his wife and son William Henry moved to Chicago in 1846. Charles and Mary had nine children, William Henry, George Sylvester, Caroline Louisa, John Townsend, Griffin Green, Charles Edward, James Harvey, Sylvester Lyman and Thomas Tilston. He was a dry goods merchant and operated the DuPage County Cash Store, at which location the Lodge met in its earliest years. He served as Commissioner of Highways in DuPage County in 1856. He sold the building and business to his brother in law, John Green when he joined the Marshall Fields and Co. store as manager about 1852. He moved to New York City about 1858 and became the manager of the A. T. Stewart Co. store. He was raised a Master Mason March 18, 1851 in Euclid Lodge and served as Senior Warden in 1856. He was also a member of Euclid Chapter No. 13 Royal Arch Masons and served as High Priest in 1857. He died May 13, 1898 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut and was buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York.