Lydia ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in , Hickman, TN. ¹ The 1850 census recorded farmer Absolum McClanahan, 50, living with wife Lydia, 42; William, 21; Catherine, 19; Absolum, 16; Robert, 14; and James, 4. All children were born in Tennessee, the father in Kentucky, and mother in North Carolina. His real estate was valued at $2000.

Next door is his son, David, farmer, 23, with his wife, Mary, 24; and Catherine, 2.

Also a neighbor is John McClanahan, farmer, 24, living alone.

On the previous page is Thomas M. McClanahan, 45, living with his wife Frances, 40; Leonidas, 18; Frances, 14; Mortimer, 10; Howell, 6; William, 2; and June, 6 months. Also in the home listed apart as if not their child is John McClanahan, 18. All were born in Tennessee except Thomas in South Carolina.

Lydia married Absolom N. McClanahan, son of William McClanahan and Nancy Wright. (Absolom N. McClanahan was born about 1800 in , , KY ¹ and died about 1857.)