Lydia Emily Persons
Lydia Emily Persons was born on November 15, 1834, in Jefferson County, New York, to Ira and Eliza Persons. Her father was a blacksmith who owned $300 of real estate by 1860. She grew up in Henderson, New York, and by 1860, she was working as a schoolteacher. She eventually moved to Salem, Kansas, and she lived with her brother Leonard there. She died in Salem on March 6, 1913.
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(2620)Persons, Lydia Emily1834-11-151913-03-06
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3655) [recipient] ~ Chauncy Persons to Lydia E. Persons, 17 March 1862

People - Records: 1

  • (2620) Persons, Lydia Emily is the [sibling of] (2619) Persons, Chauncy

Places - Records: 2

  • (1436) [birth] ~ Jefferson County, New York
  • (1998) [death] ~ Salem, Allen County, Kansas

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; The Humboldt (KS) Union, 13 March 1913.