Lydia Biggs was born in 1834 in LaGrange, Fayette, Tennessee, one of six children born to Dr. Amariah Biggs and his first wife, possibly named Mary Lydia. Amariah's wife died about 1834-1835, and he remarried in 1836 in Memphis, Tennessee to Mary Alva Wells, who reared his children and had several more with him.
In 1850 Lydia married a young man named Willis Harrison, who had been teaching school and boarding with her family in Clark, Arkansas. He later became a physician, also the profession of Lydia's father. The couple started their family in Arkansas, then moved to Coryell and Bell counties in central Texas where more children were born. Lydia died near McGregor, McLennan, Texas in 1883 and was buried in Comanche Springs Cemetery there.
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In 1850 Lydia married a young man named Willis Harrison, who had been teaching school and boarding with her family in Clark, Arkansas. He later became a physician, also the profession of Lydia's father. The couple started their family in Arkansas, then moved to Coryell and Bell counties in central Texas where more children were born. Lydia died near McGregor, McLennan, Texas in 1883 and was buried in Comanche Springs Cemetery there.
Info provided by Joan (Wyatt) Bradley (#32926924)
Lydia Biggs was born in 1834 in LaGrange, Fayette, Tennessee, one of six children born to Dr. Amariah Biggs and his first wife, possibly named Mary Lydia. Amariah's wife died about 1834-1835, and he remarried in 1836 in Memphis, Tennessee to Mary Alva Wells, who reared his children and had several more with him.
In 1850 Lydia married a young man named Willis Harrison, who had been teaching school and boarding with her family in Clark, Arkansas. He later became a physician, also the profession of Lydia's father. The couple started their family in Arkansas, then moved to Coryell and Bell counties in central Texas where more children were born. Lydia died near McGregor, McLennan, Texas in 1883 and was buried in Comanche Springs Cemetery there.
Info provided by Joan (Wyatt) Bradley (#32926924)
In 1850 Lydia married a young man named Willis Harrison, who had been teaching school and boarding with her family in Clark, Arkansas. He later became a physician, also the profession of Lydia's father. The couple started their family in Arkansas, then moved to Coryell and Bell counties in central Texas where more children were born. Lydia died near McGregor, McLennan, Texas in 1883 and was buried in Comanche Springs Cemetery there.
Info provided by Joan (Wyatt) Bradley (#32926924)
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Wife of Dr. W.L. Harrison
Aged 48 years 2 months 7 days
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