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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

In 1854, Lydia Jane Watson entered the world in Tennessee, born to Beverly Buck Watson and Nancy Ellen Page. Lydia Jane Watson married Joseph Redding Griffin, and had children including Cordelia Jane Griffin Idle, Laura Sealy Griffin, Zodie Griffin, Beverly Buck "Asa" Griffin, Dora Belle Griffin, Lillie Ann "Annie" Griffin, Joseph Asa Griffin, Rebecca Griffin. Lydia Jane Watson passed away in 1900 in Dyer County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1854, Lydia Jane Watson entered the world in Tennessee, born to Beverly Buck Watson and Nancy Ellen Page.
  • Lydia Jane Watson married Joseph Redding Griffin, and had children including Cordelia Jane Griffin Idle, Laura Sealy Griffin, Zodie Griffin, Beverly Buck "Asa" Griffin, Dora Belle Griffin, Lillie Ann "Annie" Griffin, Joseph Asa Griffin, Rebecca Griffin.
  • Lydia Jane Watson passed away in 1900 in Dyer County, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

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
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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
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Joseph Griffin
1891 – 1973
Birth Location: Friendship, Crockett, Tennessee, USA
JG
Rebecca Griffin
1893 – 1979
Birth Location: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
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Lydia Watson's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Watson
1854 – 1900
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
Beverly Buck Watson
1798 – 1873
Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
Nancy (Ellen) Page
1821 – 1859
Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Robert Watson
1763 – 1826
Monticello, Albemarle Co., Virginia
Frances (Parham) Browne
1771 – 1820
Brunswick Co., Virginia
John (Benjamin) Page
1783 – 1849
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Mary (Polly) Eubanks
1786 – 1842
North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
William Watson
1740 – 1807
Nancy Randolph
1765 – 1806
Beverly Browne
1748 – 1791
Frances Parham
1750 – 1783
John Page
1756 – 1804
Anna Greene
1750 – 1832
William Eubanks
1770 – 1847
Margrett Campbell
1771 – 1836
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Watson
1714 – 1751
Amy Jones
1718 –
Henry Randolph
1721 – 1771
Tabitha Poythress
1725 – 1805
Sarah Lanier
1713 – 1804
Jesse Page
1728 – 1800
Sallie Thompson
1732 – 1764
James Campbell
1746 – 1810
Ann Brandon
1756 – 1820

Lydia Watson's Descendants

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Lydia (Jane) Watson (abt 1854 – 1900) m. Joseph (Redding) Griffin (January 1849 – 8 Mar 1930)
  1. 1. Cordelia (Jane Griffin) Idle (abt 1875 – 11 Jun 1934)
  2. 2. Laura (Sealy) Griffin (10 Sep 1876 – 29 Jan 1964) m. Thomas (Elihu) Lancaster (1 January 1868 – 24 July 1951)
    1. 1. Lillie (Belle) Lancaster (abt 1904 – 30 Oct 1984) m. Sam (Houston) Whitley (1 February 1897 – 11 March 1972)
      1. 1. Sam (Thomas) Whitley (10 Dec 1919 – 14 Dec 1919)
      2. 2. Velma (Laura) Whitley (09 Oct 1921 – 30 Apr 1993)
      3. 3. Edward (Arthur) Whitley (28 Mar 1924 – 06 Jan 1995)
      4. 4. John (Felix) Whitley (23 Feb 1926 – 8 Jul 1926)
      5. 5. James (Lewis) Whitley (25 Dec 1927 – 11 May 1937)
      6. 6. Clyde (Homer) Whitley (22 Jun 1929 – 26 Jul 1929)
      7. 7. William (L) Whitley (11 Jan 1932 – 23 Apr 1989)
      8. 8. Joe (R) Whitley (abt 1935 – )
      9. 9. Susie (Fay) Whitley (30 Nov 1936 – 20 June 2021) m. Joe (Henry) Dugger (24 Jan 1934 – 25 Apr 2005)
        1. 1. Barbara (A) Dugger (Abt. 1959 – ) m. Kenneth (Dale) Hawthorne (02 Oct 1956 – )
        2. 2. Gary (Lynn) Dugger (17 Mar 1964 – )
        3. 3. Gregory (Joe) Dugger (12 Oct 1965 – )
    2. 2. Rebecca (Ann "Beckie") Lancaster (abt 1905 – 8 Apr 1975) m. Ethel (Eugene) Kirby (29 Jun 1897 – 18 May 1951)
      1. 1. Tommie (Eugene) Kirby (3 Apr 1932 – 10 October 1992)
    3. 3. Martha (Calidonia) Lancaster (abt 1907 – 18 September 1961) m. Walter (Ealey) Rambo (2 Feb 1896 – 15 Aug 1970)
      1. 1. Walter (Ealey) Rambo (19 Oct 1923 – 27 Mar 2011) m. Mary (Bernice) Sublett (1 Jan 1927 – 02Sep2016)
        1. 1. Edward (Lee) Rambo (3 Apr 1947 – 22 Oct 1947)
        2. 2. Jimmie (Ray) Rambo (24 May 1948 – ) m. Mary (Dolores) Hamilton (3 Aug 1949 – )
        3. 3. Walter (Ealey) Rambo (3 Nov 1952 – )
      2. 2. Blanche Rambo (abt 1927 – 11 Jul 1977) m. V Gibson m. R (T) Walker
        1. 1. James (Robert) Walker (17 Dec 1929 – 8 Jun 1952)
      3. 3. Baley (Doris Alene) Rambo (14 Nov 1928 – 21 May 2017) m. Jerry (Lemo) Pilgrim (22 June 1925 – 24 February 2006)
      4. 4. Robert (Dalton) Rambo (25Mar1930 – 01 Oct 2006) m. Velma (La Verne) Peterson
      5. 5. Armond (Dejean) Rambo (10 May 1933 – 24 Jul 2005) m. Margaret ("Margie") Marchuk
        1. 1. John (E) Rambo (abt 1956 – )
        2. 2. Cathy (Ann) Rambo (12 Dec 1956 – 12 Dec 1956)
        3. 3. Cathy (Lynn) Rambo (13 Jan 1959 – 17 Feb 2018) m. Antonio (A) Dellolio (abt 1959 – 27 May 2006)
        4. 4. Cindy Rambo (5 May 1960 – )
        5. 5. Gina Rambo (16 Mar 1973 – )
      6. 6. Ed (Jenota) Rambo (19 Jul 1934 – 15 Mar 2004) m. Rose (Ella) True (4 Oct 1935 – 30 Dec 1999) m. Dolores (Mae) Trotter (6 July 1942 – 22 Apr 2005) m. Betty (A) Brindel (abt 1946 – ) m. Hazel (N) Johnson (1938 – )
        1. 1. Billy (Edward) Rambo (28 Jan 1955 – 21 Jun 2016) m. Kathleen Landau (abt 1956 – )
        2. 2. Ella (Regina Marie) Rambo (14 Jul 1962 – 5 Mar 2000) m. Vincent (Lee) Mccullen (17 Aug 1958 – )
      7. 7. Mattie (Laura) Rambo (19 Jan 1940 – ) m. Jay (Floyd) Anderson (6 Nov 1915 – 8 Oct 1975)
    4. 4. Zoda (Susan "Susie") Lancaster (abt 1908 – 12 Oct 1988) m. Herbert (Doyle) Parmer (27 Jul 1906 – 1 December 1983) m. Clayton (Dewitt) Renick (28 Mar 1900 – 1 Apr 1978)
      1. 1. Dorothy (Lou) Parmer (18 October 1931 – 28 October 2007)
      2. 2. Mary (S) Renick (9 Apr 1944 – )
    5. 5. Margaret (Lucinda) Lancaster (3 Mar 1909 – 1980) m. Harvey (Stanford) Hamrick (22 Mar 1908 – 19 August 1986)
      1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Harris (20 July 1927 – 9 May 2017)
      2. 2. Buck (Henry) Hamrick (12 Apr 1932 – 15 Jun 1990)
      3. 3. Fred (Stanford) Hamrick (16 Jun 1943 – ) m. Mary (Darlene) Springfield m. Mary (Darlene) Springfield
    6. 6. Buck (Asa) Lancaster (13 Feb 1911 – 24 Mar 1979) m. Loucille Carter (27 Aug 1912 – 29 Jun 2002)
      1. 1. Linda (Kay) Lancaster (abt 1946 – 20 Dec 1996) m. James (Dwight "Lew") Lewing (9 Oct 1944 – 12 Dec 2007)
        1. 1. Donald (Eugene) Lewing (abt 1964 – ) m. Suzanne (Ida (Ida Suzanne) Smith) (Moore) (31 May 1966 – )
        2. 2. Paul (Allen) Lewing (15 Jun 1970 – )
      2. 2. Thomas (Marion) Lancaster (8 Aug 1955 – 3 Sep 2013) m. Mary (Kathryn) Spurgeon (21 Aug 1953 – )
        1. 1. Peter (Christopher) Spurgeon (24 Dec 1971 – 16 Aug 2013)
        2. 2. Katrina (Marie) Lancaster (28 Aug 1978 – ) m. Billy (W) Warren (abt 1977 – )
    7. 7. Ida (May) Lancaster (1912 – 1912)
    8. 8. Joseph (Newton) Lancaster (31 Aug 1913 – 25 Oct 1976) m. Johnnie (Mae) Butler (26 Mar 1914 – 19 Aug 2002)
    9. 9. James (Henry) Lancaster (12 Apr 1916 – 1 Aug 1996) m. Doris (Florene) Foster (3 Sep 1919 – 28 September 2016)
      1. 1. Donna (Florene) Lancaster (5 Mar 1940 – ) m. John (Robert) Watson (27 Dec 1928 – 15 May 2003)
      2. 2. Thomas (Elihu) Lancaster (20 September 1942 – 24 August 2015)
      3. 3. Francine (Elaine) Lancaster (25 Feb 1947 – 2013) m. Stephen (V) Fitz (31 Jul 1951 – 15 Jul 1992) m. Jaime (K) Glenn (15 Apr 1954 – ) m. John (P) Hargleroad (abt 1947 – ) m. Lynn (A) Wegner (1 Sep 1942 – )
      4. 4. Jim (Henry) Lancaster (22 Jan 1951 – ) m. Mary (Esther) Weekley m. Donna (M) Lesko (abt 1962 – )
      5. 5. Nathan (Noel) Lancaster (18 September 1952 – 12 June 1965)
    10. 10. John (Griffin) Lancaster (1 Jan 1918 – 18 May 1970)
  3. 3. Zodie Griffin (14 May 1879 – 13 Jul 1955)
  4. 4. Beverly (Buck "Asa") Griffin (26 Dec 1876 – 12 Jan 1954) m. Mary (Anna) Farmer (5 Apr 1880 – 2 Mar 1937)
  5. 5. Dora (Belle) Griffin (Feb 1887 – 4 Nov 1918)
  6. 6. Lillie (Ann "Annie") Griffin (14 May 1888 – 26 Jan 1973)
  7. 7. Joseph (Asa) Griffin (27 Apr 1891 – 19 Aug 1973)
  8. 8. Rebecca Griffin (5 Feb 1893 – 24 Mar 1979)

Lydia Watson's Timeline

7 Records

1852
1852
Birth of Lydia Jane Watson in Tennessee
Tennessee
1854
abt 1854
Birth of Lydia Jane Watson in Tennessee
Tennessee
1855
1855
Age 1
Birth of Lydia Jane Watson in Tennessee
Tennessee
1860
1860
Age 6
Lydia Jane Watson resided here in District 20, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
District 20, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
1870
1870
Age 16
Lydia Jane Watson resided here in District 7, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
District 7, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
1880
1880
Age 26
Lydia Jane Watson resided here in District 2, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
District 2, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
1900
1900
Age 46
Death of Lydia Jane Watson in Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
Dyer County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

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

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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 1900
    Event Place: Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
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