"Fred" Lyman was likely Frederick D. Lyman, a native of Herkimer County, New York. Born June 5, 1839, Frederick Dillon Lyman was the son of Dillon T. and Margaret Weber Lyman. The 1850 federal census lists the younger Lyman as a resident in the Warren (Herkimer County) home of his parents. By 1860, the Lymans were living in Frankfort (Herkimer County), with Frederick D. Lyman described as a 21-year-old farm laborer. Lyman enlisted for two years' service in Company E, 14th New York Infantry at Frankfort, on May 1, 1861, and mustered in as a private with the company on May 17. He was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1863, and mustered out with the regiment at Utica, New York, on May 24, 1863. Lyman married Clara Tillinghast (1843-1920) on February 22, 1865; the couple would have five children. The Lymans lived in Friendship, New York, for a brief time but by June were living with Lyman's parents in Cuba (Allegany County), New York. Within five years, according to the federal census, the young couple had moved into a house next to the younger Lyman's parents. They continued to live and farm in Cuba through 1910. Frederick D. Lyman died in Alleghany County, New York, on October 20, 1915, and was buried in Cuba Cemetery, Alleghany County.