Walter Clemow Lanyon

Summary

Carthage, Missouri-area singer, actor, and later mystical author; associate of Neville Goddard. Directed community theatricals in the early 1920s before his later writing career.

Events involving this person

22 September 1884

certain

Edith May Lanyon is born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Mineral Point, Wisconsin

with Walter Clemow Lanyon, Edith May Lanyon

1 source

1907

certain

Walter Lanyon competes in Carthage Collegiate Institute essay contest

Carthage Collegiate Institute, Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

1 source

c. May 1907

unresolved

Lanyon graduates Carthage Collegiate Institute (Harlow Shapley valedictorian class)

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon, Harlow Shapley

4 sources

c. 1911

unresolved

Walter Lanyon takes a post as stenographer in the American Express office in Paris

Paris

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

1911

unresolved

Walter Lanyon sails for England aboard the Lusitania, to witness the coronation

from Montreal possible

to England

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

5 sources

before 1911

unresolved

Walter Lanyon works in a railroad office in Chicago

Chicago

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

6 June 1912

probable

Walter Lanyon returns home from Europe aboard the Celtic

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

1915

unresolved

Walter Lanyon visits after studying voice in Paris

Santa Barbara possible

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

1 source

c. 1916

unresolved

Edith May Lanyon dies at her parents' home in Carthage after an abscess operation

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon, Edith May Lanyon

2 sources

16 March 1917

probable

Lanyon introduces Christian Science lecturer George Shaw Cook at Carthage High School

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon, George Shaw Cook

4 sources

October 1917

probable

Lanyon publishes "And It Was Told of a Certain Potter"

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

6 sources

1918

unresolved

Walter Lanyon serves at Camp Funston during the First World War

Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

1 source

1918

unresolved

Walter Lanyon sends home a collection of German war trophies from France

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

3 sources

September 1918

unresolved

Lanyon's newspaper account of the St. Mihiel ('First All-American') offensive published

France possible

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

21 October 1918

probable

Walter Lanyon sends his brother a German propaganda leaflet picked up in France

France

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

1919

unresolved

Walter Lanyon returns from France after the First World War

from France

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

1 source

c. 1919

unresolved

Walter Lanyon returns after thirteen months overseas with the 89th Division

Newport News

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

1 source

10 January 1919

probable

Walter Lanyon witnesses the Luxembourg revolution and calls it a comic opera revolution

Luxembourg

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

5 March 1919

probable

Lanyon Arrives at Montpellier for AEF Post-Armistice University Program

Montpellier, France

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

5 March 1919

probable

Walter Lanyon writes home to his mother on his first morning at Montpellier

Montpellier, France

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

1920

unresolved

Lanyon installed as musician of the Carthage Masonic lodge

Carthage, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

c. 1920

unresolved

Walter Lanyon sings 'Madelon' in French in the American Legion's 'Passing Show'

Carthage, Missouri possible

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

between 21 April 1920 and 22 April 1923

unresolved

Webb City American Legion post considers staging Walter Lanyon's war play

Webb City, Missouri

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

1921

unresolved

Walter Lanyon performs as Tony opposite Mrs. Sidney Knight in an Italian comic sketch

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

2 sources

after 17 December 1921

unresolved

Walter Lanyon writes and directs 'Oh, Milly, Wait a Minute' for the Good Fellows Christmas fund

Pittsburg, Kansas

with Walter Clemow Lanyon

9 sources