Letters: Historian clarifies John W. Lyndon's story; Nestldown story brings up old memories | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California

Letters: Historian clarifies John W. Lyndon's story; Nestldown story brings up old memories | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California

I am writing concerning your article about town father John W. Lyndon, which appeared in the April 2-8 Los Gatan. John Lyndon was not born in Vermont, even though he often said that was the case. He was actually born circa 1836 in St. Georges de Clarenceville, Quebec, Canada. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1881. His father, Samuel Lyndon, was an Irish immigrant and shoemaker, and his mother, Polly Caroline was born in the Unite…