Lorenzo Lyons or "Makua Laiana" (April 18, 1807 – October 6, 1886) was an early missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Part of the fifth company from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, they arrived in the South Kohala district of the island of Hawaiʻi on May 17, 1832.
[2] His Waimea parish eventually included the districts of Kohala and Hāmākua, making it the largest mission station in Hawaiʻi.
Son Curtis Jere Lyons was born June 27, 1833, attended Punahou School and graduated from Williams College in 1858.
[6] Samoan writer John Kneubuhl wrote a play based on his life titled "The Harp in the Willows" in 1946.