Lydia Orrick

Lydia was born in 1843 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Lydia's father was James Madison Orrick and her mother was Catherine Brock.  Her paternal grandfather was Benjamin Orrick. She had seven brothers and six sisters, named Benjamin, Robinson B., John, Henry, William, Madison, Samuel, Sarah, Virginia, Emilia, Matilda, Mary and Amanda.  She was the fourth oldest of the fourteen children.