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Sarah Elizabeth <I>Black</I> Lyddon

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Sarah Elizabeth Black Lyddon

Birth
Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Death
7 May 1941 (aged 92)
Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Sarah Elisabeth Black, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Black, was born in Floyd county, Indiana, April 7, 1846. When 4 years of age she came with her parents to Warren county, Ill. Where she grew to womanhood. At the age of 18 she was united in marriage to Henry Lyddon on May 30, 1867.

There were two children born to this union. The oldest, Alonzo Irvin, survives his mother and one daughter, Eliza Jane died at the age of 18 months. Besides her son Lonnie with whom she has lived for several years, Mrs. Lyddon has one sister living in Bartlesville, Okla., but who is in poor health and was not able to attend the funeral services, and a number of nieces and nephews. Five brothers, one of which was a twin to Mrs. Lyddon, and one sister preceded her in death. Her husband passed away in 1933. Mrs. Lyddon has been a resident of the Lenox community since 1881. She was a very devoted to her home and her loved ones and even in her advanced years was mentally alert and kept abreast of the times, and could discuss current topics very fluently and accurately. Much of her time in recent years was spent in reading and working with her flowers. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, May 15, 1941
Sarah Elisabeth Black, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Black, was born in Floyd county, Indiana, April 7, 1846. When 4 years of age she came with her parents to Warren county, Ill. Where she grew to womanhood. At the age of 18 she was united in marriage to Henry Lyddon on May 30, 1867.

There were two children born to this union. The oldest, Alonzo Irvin, survives his mother and one daughter, Eliza Jane died at the age of 18 months. Besides her son Lonnie with whom she has lived for several years, Mrs. Lyddon has one sister living in Bartlesville, Okla., but who is in poor health and was not able to attend the funeral services, and a number of nieces and nephews. Five brothers, one of which was a twin to Mrs. Lyddon, and one sister preceded her in death. Her husband passed away in 1933. Mrs. Lyddon has been a resident of the Lenox community since 1881. She was a very devoted to her home and her loved ones and even in her advanced years was mentally alert and kept abreast of the times, and could discuss current topics very fluently and accurately. Much of her time in recent years was spent in reading and working with her flowers. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, May 15, 1941


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