Levi Sheftall D'Lyon: A Preliminary Biography

Authors

Lorraine N. Abraham, Armstrong State University

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Levi Sheftall D'Lyon born October 23...Savannah, died August 28, 1862 Savannah. A descendant of some of the original Jewish families that settled in Savannah in 1733. A prominent attorney in Savannah from 1809 until his death, a member of the Georgia Legislature from 1820-21, and a city alderman: 1815-17, 1819-22 and 1827-29. He was a judge of the Court of Common...from 1838-45 and a city court judge from 1861-63. In the Georgia Hussars he attained the rank of cornet. D'Lyon was a lifelong Democratic Party activist. He married Leonora Delamota in 1818 and then after her death in childbirth, her sister Rebecca in 1820. He was the father of five children, including Leonorean D'Lyon, a professor of languages, James W. D'Lyon, a Westpoint graduate and Leonora H. Randall, a Hebrew scholar.

Publication Date

5-1992

Recommended Citation

Abraham, Lorraine N., "Levi Sheftall D'Lyon: A Preliminary Biography" (1992). Savannah Biographies. 52.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/52