Albro Lyons Sr.
Albro Lyons Sr. was a New Yorker of mixed heritage who advocated for educational opportunities and worked to free slaves. There is a double ambrotype of he and his wife, Mary. His daughter Maritcha [Remond Lyons] wrote a memoir about the family.
His boarding house for seamen was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. He was a member of the New York [African Society for Mutual Relief].
His son Albro Lyons Jr. lived from 1854 until 1906.