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Lydia Jane Watson 1854 – 1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1854

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 1900

Death Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Beverly Watson

Mother: Nancy Page

Spouse(s): Joseph Griffin

Children(s): Cordelia Idle, Laura Griffin, Zodie Griffin, Beverly Griffin, Dora Griffin, Lillie Griffin, Joseph Griffin, Rebecca Griffin

It was in 1854 that Lydia Jane Watson was born in Tennessee, a child of Beverly Buck Watson and Nancy Ellen Page. Lydia Jane Watson went on to marry Joseph Redding Griffin and had children such as Cordelia Jane Griffin Idle, Laura Sealy Griffin, Zodie Griffin, Beverly Buck "Asa" Griffin, Dora Belle Griffin, Lillie Ann "Annie" Griffin, Joseph Asa Griffin and Rebecca Griffin. Lydia Jane Watson was deceased by 1900 in Dyer County, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Beverly Watson
1798 – 1873
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
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Nancy Page
1821 – 1859
Birth Location: Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
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Spouses(s)

Joseph Griffin
1849 – 1930
Birth Location: Dyer, Tennessee, United States
JG

Children(s)

Cordelia Idle
1875 – 1934
Birth Location: –
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Laura Griffin
1876 – 1964
Birth Location: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
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Zodie Griffin
1879 – 1955
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
ZG
Beverly Griffin
1876 – 1954
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
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Dora Griffin
1887 – 1918
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
DG
Lillie Griffin
1888 – 1973
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
LG
Joseph Griffin
1891 – 1973
Birth Location: Friendship, Crockett, Tennessee, USA
JG
Rebecca Griffin
1893 – 1979
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
RG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1855
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 2, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 1253; Family History Film: 1255253; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 005

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1852
    Event Place: Tennessee

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1854
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 20, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1250; Page: 395; Image: 407; Family History Library Film: 805250

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 20, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 20, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1250; Page: 395; Image: 407; Family History Library Film: 805250

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: District 7, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 7, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1528; Page: 331A

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: District 2, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 2, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 1253; Family History Film: 1255253; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 005

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
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