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April 5, 2007
In 1833, Aaron Lyon and his wife moved to the Independence County town of Batesville. Not long after arriving, he established the Batesville Academy, the first institution of its kind to be chartered by the Arkansas legislature. A leader in the Presbyterian Church, he served as one of the original board trustees for Arkansas College (now Lyon College). He served as the board’s vice president for approximately sixteen years.