John Greathouse and Elizabeth Family- Lydia Ann Greathouse

Lydia Ann Greathouse

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 1801 - Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky 371,375
    Christening: 
          Death: 16 Jan 1872 - , Wayne County, Illinois 361
         Burial: in Bush Creek - Greathouse Family Cemetery , Wayne County, Illinois 329
 Cause of Death: 

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Events

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• She has conflicting birth information of 1804 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. ³⁶¹ This date is based on her tombstone inscription. Since both the census records indicate a birth of 1801, it is possible that the tomstone is in error or the transcription on the tombstone was misread as 1804, when it should be 1801.

• She appeared on the census in 1810 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. ¹⁹ Lydia Ann Greathouse is listed with John Greathouse Jr. as 1 female under 10 (Lydia Ann)

• She appeared on the census in 1820 in Townhip North Of West, White County, Illinois. ²⁹⁵ Lydia is listed with Hiram Greathouse as 1 female 10 under 16 (Lydia)

• She appeared on the census in 1830 in , Hamilton County, Illinois. ²⁸⁸ Lydia is listed with Hiram Greathouse as 1 female 20 under 30 (Lydia)

• She appeared on the census in 1840 in , Wayne County, Illinois. ²⁸⁹ Lydia Ann Greathouse is listed with Hiram Greathouse as 1 female 30 under 40 (Lydia)

• Lawsuit: 1841-1851, , , Kentucky. ³⁶⁹ Lawsuit complains that he has been dead for a year and no one has administered his estate or paid the bill owed to merchants for fence posts purchased in the spring of 1840. Parthenia and Lydia and their husbands were named in this lawsuit. Lydia's husband was named as Hiram Greathouse.

• She appeared on the census in 1850 in , White County, Illinois. ³⁷¹ Lidda Greathouse is listed with Hiram Greathouse as age 49, female, b. KY

• She appeared on the census in 1860 in Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois. ³⁷⁵ Lydia A Greathouse is listed with Hiram Greathouse as age 59, female, b. KY

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Parents

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         Father: John  (Johannnes) Greathouse Jr. (1777-1840) 11,15 
         Mother: First Wife (Abt 1777-      ) 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Hiram Greathouse (1796 - 1868) 294,295 
       Marriage: 7 Nov 1819 - , Union County, Kentucky 376
       Children:
                1. Male Greathouse (1820-      )
                2. Lucenia Greathouse (Abt 1821-1883) 332
                3. Daniel P. Greathouse (1824-1862) 140,286
                4. William H. Greathouse (1826-1902) 265

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Notes

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Burial Notes:

Source: Penny Knapp - Inscription: Lydia Ann, wife of Hiram Gratehouse, born 1804, died 1872.

General:

Source: Vivian Morlock Taylor
"I have determined that the Lydia Greathouse who married Hiram Greathouse in Union County, KY in 1819, was the daughter of John Greathouse, Jr.. Lydia's father signed the consent for Lydia to marry, and John Senior had died in 1816.

Marriage Notes (Hiram Greathouse)

Source: Penny Knapp - Lydia had her father's concent for her marriage. They were married by Minister Caliborne Duval in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Union County, KY ^20,329