Lucinda Nevitt
Lucinda Nevitt (maiden name: Thompson) was born around 1838 in Ohio to John and Sarah Thompson. Her father was a farmer. They moved to Grandview, Iowa, around 1840, and she attended school there. She married Joseph H. Nevitt on October 6, 1858, and they had at least three children: Sarah, born around 1859; Florence, born around 1861; and Julia, born around 1870. By 1860, they owned $250 of personal property. A decade later, their wealth had grown to $1,680 of real estate and $1,458 of personal property. Her husband died on April 24, 1871, and she married Eugene Lymon sometime in the 1870s. She died in Iowa in 1914.
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| (1086) | Nevitt, Lucinda ~ Lymon, Lucinda ~ Thompson, Lucinda | 1838 | 1914 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (1940) [recipient] ~ Joseph H. Nevitt to Lucinda Nevitt, 8 March 1864
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998, available from Ancestry.com.
