Lydia is listed on the 1850 Madison County, Arkansas Census with her father and siblings.
She is also listed on the 1860 Lamar County, Texas Census with her father, step-mother, and siblings, Ellen, Hiram Harvey, and William.
Lydia is listed on the 1880 Lamar Co. TX Census with her husband and children.
She is listed as a widow on the 1900 Lamar Co. TX Census. She has three children living with her: Sadie, Louis, and Maggie.
She is listed on the 1910 Lamar Co. TX Census as 66 years old. Living with her are three children: Charles 27, Louis 21, and Maggie D. 19.The census record also shows that she is the mother of 10 children, all of them living.