He married Desire Barrell, daughter of Colburn and Lois (Mattison) Barrell; she was born 10 September 1816 in Gouverneur, New York, and died 8 March 1888, in Angola.
Lyman was a member of the State legislature from Erie County, New York, in 1870, and was listed as a "prominent citizen" of Evans, New York. "The place was at first called Evans Station, and a village was laid out under that name, but in 1854 or '55 a postoffice was established there by the name of Angola... Since then the village has borne that appellation." (History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, Vol. I, p. 580)
In 1863, and again in 1865, Lyman was a supervisor of the town of Evans. A general store, built on the site of the Farmer's Hotel in Evans, was purchased by Lyman Oatman, whose son, David, succeeded him in the business.
The Michigan DAR Bible and Pioneer Records list him as the "Hon." Lyman Oatman; he may have been a Justice of the Peace.
Children of Lyman and Desire (Barrell) Oatman:
990 David Colburn, b. 11 Sep 1840, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. 10 July _____, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY; m. Alletta _____, who was b. ca 1846 in Norway
991 Leroy S.., b. 6 Jul 1844, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. Buffalo, Erie Co., NY; m. 31 Jul 1867, Lucinda E. "Lucy" Stray.
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Erie Co. New York from actual surveys and records [Publ. by F. W. Beers & Co., 1880]Back to Oatman Home Page
Family records
Michigan DAR Bible & Pioneer Records, Vol. 10, p. 24, 25
1850, 1860, 1870 census, Evans, Erie Co., NY
1880 soundex, Angola, Erie Co., NY
History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, H. Perry Smith, Ed., 1884