J. H. (Harvey) Lyman was born at Madison Lake, Minnesota, on March 4, 1894, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lyman. He came to McHenry with his family from Plover, Iowa in 1901. He married Lazetta Klemstein at McHenry in 1921 and they farmed there for three years before buying a farm in the Grace City area.
Mr. Lyman served on the Foster County Fair Board, was a director of Dakota Central Telephone, and was a supervisor of the Foster County Soil Conservation District. He was the first 4-H leader in Foster County and served as a leader for twenty-cfive years.
Children born to them were: Jeanette, Marilyn, Donna and Roger.
Mr. Lyman died July 4, 1974 and Lazetta April 2, 1978. Both are buried in Grace City Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 62B