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Female Lydia Jane EPPERSON Click to view Lydia Jane EPPERSON in the family tree

Lydia Jane was born on December 16th, 1825 in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky.  Lydia Jane's father was Pedro Willis Epperson and her mother was Elizabeth Hart Dalton.  Her paternal grandparents were Charles EPPERSON and Sarah Love LAMB; her maternal grandparents were Naham ISHAM Dalton and Elizabeth Thomson WALTON. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named William Dalton, James Washington, John Hiram, Charles Isom, Thomas Pedro, Francis Marion, Henry F., Sarah Ann, Christine and Mary Elizabeth.  She was the second oldest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 74 on June 5th, 1900 in Rio, Knox, Illinois.


Lydia Jane's family with George Washington Weir

‌Lydia Jane and George Washington were married in a religious ceremony on January 7th, 1844 in Of, Rio, Knox, Illinois.  They had four sons and a daughter, and also three children of unknown gender, named William Jasper, Morey Anson, James Bruce, John Findley, Hattie Elizabeth, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN.

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Ancestral File (R), International Genealogical Index (R) @ Film #: 456706


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