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Lydia Christian 1826 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1826

Birth Location: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA

Father: David Christian

Mother: Melvina Trent

Spouse(s): Manassa Asbury

Children(s): William Asbury, Nancy Asbury

The story of Lydia Christian began in 1826 in Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. In 1850, Lydia Christian resided in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA. Lydia Christian married Manassa Smith Asbury, and had children including William Kirk Asbury, Nancy Jane Asbury. Lydia Christian passed away in 1850 in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Lydia Christian began in 1826 in Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1850, Lydia Christian resided in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA.
  • Lydia Christian married Manassa Smith Asbury, and had children including William Kirk Asbury, Nancy Jane Asbury.
  • Lydia Christian passed away in 1850 in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Christian
1802 – 1861
Birth Location: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
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Melvina Trent
1803 – 1861
Birth Location: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Manassa Asbury
1831 – 1863
Birth Location: Tazewell,,Virginia,USA
MA

Children(s)

William Asbury
1852 – 1941
Birth Location: Tazewell Co., VA
WA
Nancy Asbury
1854 – 1925
Birth Location: Tazewell,,Virginia,USA
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Lydia Christian's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Christian
1826 – 1850
Birth Place: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Parents
David Te-beth-ki Christian
1802 – 1861
Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Melvina (Linea 'Linny') Trent
1803 – 1861
Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Bailey Kumskaka Cornstalk) Christian
1770 – 1853
Botetourt County, Virginia, United States of America
Louisa (Katherine) Harman
1772 – 1829
Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Ellinipsico Cornstalk
1748 – 1777
Standing Deer
1755 – 1775
Capt. Harman
1736 – 1832
Lydia *
1736 – 1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Chief Cornstalk
1720 – 1777
Heliziknopo Ounaconoa
1715 – 1796

Lydia Christian's Descendants

1.
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Lydia Christian (1826 – 1850) m. Manassa (Smith) Asbury (1831 – 1863-07)
  1. 1. William (Kirk) Asbury (11 Nov 1852 – 28 Feb 1941)
  2. 2. Nancy (Jane) Asbury (Feb 1854 – 10 Feb 1925) m. William (H) Beavers (20 Sep 1852 – 10 Sep 1932)
    1. 1. Mary (Jane) Beavers (1877 – Aug 1935) m. Elijah (Alexander) Vance (28 Mar 1841 – 3 Feb 1929)
      1. 1. Rebecca (Ava) Vance (12 Sep 1903 – 27 Feb 1972)
      2. 2. Elijah (Alexander) Vance (abt 1906 – bef 1959)
      3. 3. Jesse (Abner) Vance (29 Oct 1906 – 20 Jan 1979)
      4. 4. Henry (Pierce) Vance (abt 1910 – abt 1959)
      5. 5. Dewey (Amize) Vance (abt 1911 – abt 1936)
    2. 2. Laura (Belle) Beavers (22 Jan 1879 – 20 Apr 1947)
    3. 3. Ella (Anna Eliza) Beavers (9 Nov 1880 – 22 Jul 1962) m. William (Henry Harrison) Whitt (1 Dec 1880 – 4 Jun 1954)
      1. 1. Cora (Ethel) Whitt (12 Oct 1900 – 17 May 1991) m. Joseph (Monroe) Whitt (9 Nov 1894 – 8 Dec 1980)
        1. 1. Joseph (Delbert) Whitt (18 Jan 1921 – 29 May 1973) m. Ida (Mae) Dowell (abt 1926 – )
        2. 2. Marvin (Doyle) Whitt (1 Aug 1923 – 10 Aug 1923)
        3. 3. Milton (Arvis) Whitt (20 Feb 1924 – 15 Jan 1986) m. Alva (Pearl) Gross (30 Dec 1925 – 7 Oct 2018)
        4. 4. Alma (Jean) Whitt (17 Oct 1926 – 1933)
        5. 5. Jack (Elvin) Whitt (30 August 1928 – 16 Aug 2010) m. Elsie (M) Coburn (abt 1930 – ) m. Tertia (Diana) Baker (22 Dec 1924 – 12 Dec 1991) m. Sarah (Faye) Navarro
        6. 6. John (Harold) Whitt (11 Apr 1931 – 25 Dec 1987) m. Rhoda (Jean) Clary (30 Jun 1936 – )
        7. 7. Calvin (Curtis) Whitt (20 Jun 1933 – 10 Dec 1998) m. Rose (Ann) Richardson (abt 1937 – ) m. Sharon (Kaye) Sage (17 Mar 1940 – 24 Mar 2021)
        8. 8. Ruth (Maola) Whitt (14 May 1936 – 18 Jul 2013) m. Joseph (Newton) Pires (19 Jun 1933 – 23 Jun 2014)
        9. 9. Raymond (Haywood) Whitt (24 May 1939 – 6 Oct 1941)
      2. 2. Bessie (Lee) Whitt (23 Oct 1902 – 24 Apr 1975) m. Fred (Elisha) Stevenson (21 Mar 1901 – 30 Aug 1933) m. Claude (S) Blevins (1898 – aft 1937) m. Thomas (H) Robinson (abt 1917 – )
        1. 1. Freda (McGlee) Stevenson (1 Feb 1924 – Oct 1991) m. Chester (F) Sinsko (1 Feb 1921 – Dec 1975)
        2. 2. Melvin (Blair) Stevenson (18 OCT 1926 – 31 Jul 1927)
        3. 3. Edith (Jrushia) Stevenson (abt 1928 – 29 September 1941)
        4. 4. Ruth Blevins (abt 1937 – )
        5. 5. Charlotte Blevins (abt 1939 – )
      3. 3. Sadie (Marie) Whitt (10 Jan 1905 – Sep 1986) m. George (Melvin) Lester (31 Aug 1904 – Jun 1981)
        1. 1. Evelyn (Lorraine) Lester (16 Dec 1924 – 8 Jun 2000)
        2. 2. Glenna (Helene) Lester (abt 1927 – 30 November 2017)
        3. 3. Marshall (V) Lester (24 Jun 1928 – 28 August 2020)
      4. 4. Mamie (Gladys) Whitt (28 Feb 1907 – 23 Feb 1988) m. James (Everett) Kelly (15 Dec 1905 – Sep 1986)
        1. 1. Dorothy Kelly (abt 1927 – )
        2. 2. James (E) Kelly (abt 1932 – 31 Jan 2003) m. Connie m. Henrietta (Logene) Yates (10 Nov 1930 – 1995)
        3. 3. James (E) Kelly (abt 1938 – )
      5. 5. Theodore (Thornton) Whitt (1 Apr 1909 – 30 Jun 1979) m. Hattie (Agatha) Williams (16 Jan 1915 – 14 Mar 1987)
      6. 6. Walter (Hubert) Whitt (12 May 1911 – 29 Jul 1962) m. Leola (Virginia) Lawson (abt 1916 – Apr 11 2012)
        1. 1. Robert Whitt (abt 1933 – )
        2. 2. Jackie Whitt (abt 1936 – )
        3. 3. Lois (Jaunita) Whitt (abt 1939 – )
        4. 4. Nancy Whitt
        5. 5. Roger Whitt
      7. 7. Daisy (Nell) Whitt (abt 1914 – 8 Apr1972) m. Aubrey (Walter) Wilson (10 December 1909 – 26 April 1977)
        1. 1. Nancy (Jo) Wilson (abt 1944 – )
      8. 8. Dennis (Alfred) Whitt (12 May 1916 – 21 Apr 1980) m. Louise (Bowen) Green (24 Jul 1920 – 2016)
        1. 1. Alfred (Bowen) Whitt (1938 – ) m. Dottie (Jean) Shifflett (abt 1939 – )
        2. 2. Clara Whitt (abt 1939 – ) m. Leroy (Leonard) Murray
        3. 3. Marshall (Allen) Whitt (3 Apr 1941 – 26 Nov 2014)
        4. 4. Ronald (Terry) Whitt (5 Aug 1947 – 27 Jul 2008)
      9. 9. Willis (Dale) Whitt (3 Sep 1918 – 10 May 1988) m. Helen (Pauline) Waddles (abt 1922 – )
        1. 1. Walter (Wallace) Whitt (24 Mar 1940 – )
      10. 10. Clinton (Morris) Whitt (17 Nov 1920 – 4 Jun 1973) m. Christine (Louise) Crumrine (14 Dec 1926 – 26 Apr 2001)
        1. 1. Jerry (Dale) Whitt (24 Sep 1951 – 03 Nov 1999)
        2. 2. Penny (Sue) Whitt (14 Jan 1959 – Jun 1999)
        3. 3. Keith (O.) Whitt (10 Oct 1966 – 24 Sep 2007)
    4. 4. Dorothy Beavers (1882 – )
    5. 5. Ida (Lydia) Beavers (18 Sep 1884 – 7 Sep 1964)
    6. 6. John (William) Beavers (Oct 1887 – )
    7. 7. William Beavers (Oct 1887 – )
    8. 8. David (Carl) Beavers (9 Feb 1891 – 12 May 1957)
    9. 9. Ada (Pearl) Beavers (Apr 1896 – 7 Sep 1964)
    10. 10. Robert (Lee) Beavers (31 Mar 1900 – Mar 1963)

Lydia Christian's Timeline

5 Records

1826
1826
Birth of Lydia Christian in Sinking Waters,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
Sinking Waters,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
1826
1826
Birth of Lydia Christian in Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 24
Lydia Christian resided here in Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 24
Death of Lydia Christian
None
1857
1857
Age 31
Death of Lydia Christian in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA
Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1826
    Event Place: Sinking Waters,Tazewell,Virginia,USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M432_979; Page: 299B; Image: 177

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1826
    Event Place: Sinking Waters, Tazewell, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell, Virginia; Roll: M432_979; Page: 299B; Image: 177

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1857
    Event Place: Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
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