Job Lyman (December 9, 1781 – September 10, 1870) was a Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as Vermont's State Auditor.
Biography Job Lyman was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on December 9, 1781. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Woodstock, Vermont.Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, by Hiram Carleton, 1903, page 664Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College, by George T. Chapman, 1867, page 119
In addition to practicing law, Lyman was involved in banking, serving as Cashier of the Woodstock branch of the Vermont State Bank and President of the Woodstock Bank.Genealogy of the Lyman family in Great Britain & America, by Lyman Coleman, 1872, page 267Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, published by E.P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 5, 1877, page 446The Laws of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont State Legislature, printed by Sereno Wright, Randolph, Vermont, Volume 2, 1808, page 81Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84, by Hamilton Child, 1884, page 269
Lyman was active in local government, including serving as a Justice of the Peace and Auditor for Windsor County.Journal of the Vermont House of Representatives, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1828, page 35Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1839, page 277Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1841, page 13
Active in the Congregational church, Lyman served as Treasurer of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society from 1821 to 1827.The Congregational Churches of Vermont and Their Ministry, 1762-1914, by John M. Comstock, 1915, page 16
From 1813 to 1815 Lyman served as Vermont's Auditor of Accounts.Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 381
From 1829 to 1830 Lyman served as a member of Vermont's Governor's Council.Early History of Vermont, by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 4, 1903, page 413Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, published by E.P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 7, 1879, page 345
In 1850 Lyman moved to Burlington, where he died on September 10, 1870.History of Woodstock, Vermont, by Henry Swan Dana, page 475Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, by Solomon Clark, 1882, page 325The Dartmouth, published by Dartmouth College, Volume 4, Number 8 (September, 1870) page 319 He was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington.
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