Lydia J Phillips1

#4913, (4 April 1855 - 20 February 1925)

Family 1

William T. Hesson b. c 1852, d. b 1896
Children 1.Scott F Hesson6 (c 1872 - )
 2.Hershel K Hesson6 (c 1874 - )
 3.Lenna Hesson6 (1877 - )
 4.Emma Hesson6 (c 1880 - )

Family 2

Thomas C Bruce b. c 1834, d. 1914
Child 1.Parley Jennings Bruce9 (1898 - 1944)
Lydia J Phillips was also known as Jane.2 
Prob. siblings.3 
Her married name was Hesson. 
Her married name was Bruce. 
Birth*4 April 1855She was born on 4 April 1855 at IndianaG.4 
Marriage*24 December 1871She married William T. Hesson, son of Benjamin Hesson and Elizabeth Tuley, on 24 December 1871 at Spencer Co., IndianaG.5,1 
8 June 1880She and William T. Hesson appeared on the census of 8 June 1880 at Jackson Twp., Spencer Co., IndianaG.6 
Marriage*12 February 1896She married Thomas C Bruce, son of John M Bruce and Elizabeth Barnhill, on 12 February 1896 at Warrick Co., IndianaG.7 
14 June 1900She and Thomas C Bruce appeared on the census of 14 June 1900 at Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co., IndianaG.8 
Death*20 February 1925She died on 20 February 1925 at Gentryville, Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co., IndianaG, at age 69.4 

Citations

  1. [S198] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database], Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research and Works Progress Administration, compilers, online Ancestry.com, William T Hesson and Lydia Phillips, marr. 24 Dec 1871, Spencer Co. Spencer County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: 6; Page: 335.
  2. [S648] Indiana Marriages 1811-1959/2007/2019 (index and images), online FamilySearch.org, Marr. of son Lee Bruce and Emma Hesson, 1899, q.v.
  3. [S648] Indiana Marriages 1811-1959/2007/2019, online FamilySearch.org, img of p. 335, entry before lic. for William T. Hesson and Lydia J. Phillips on same day: Wm. H. Phillips and Nancy J. Hesson, lic. 22 Dec 1871 ; marr. 23 Dec 1871 by J. W. Laird J.P.; filed 4 Jan 1872.
  4. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011/2017, Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Certificate > 1925 > 03 > img. 2392/2507. Reg. No. 6885. Mrs. Lydia Jane Bruce, b. Spencer Co. IN 4 Apr 1855, dau. of Bennett Phillips, b. SC, and Melanda Stark, b. unk.; housekeeper, wid. of Thomas C Bruce; d. RR #1 Gentryville, Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co. IN, 20 Feb 1925, age 69y 10m 16d, acute cardiac asthma; inf. Mrs. Lee Bruce, res. Boonville IN; bur. Garrison Chapple Certificate > 1925 > 03 > img. 2392/2507. Reg. No. 6885. Mrs. Lydia Jane Bruce, b. Spencer Co. IN 4 Apr 1855, dau. of Bennett Phillips, b. SC, and Melanda Stark, b. unk.; housekeeper, wid. of Thomas C Bruce; d. RR #1 Gentryville, Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co. INCertificate > 1925 > 03 > img. 2392/2507. Reg. No. 6885. Mrs. Lydia Jane Bruce, b. Spencer Co. IN 4 Apr 1855, dau. of Bennett Phillips, b. SC, and Melanda Stark, b. unk.; housekeeper, wid. of Thomas C Bruce; d. RR #1 Gentryville, Pigeon Twp., Warrick Co. IN, 20 Feb 1925, age 69y 10m 16d, acute cardiac asthma; inf. Mrs. Lee Bruce, res. Boonville IN; bur. Garrison Chapple Certificate > 1925 > 03 > img. 2392/2507. Reg. No. 6885. Mrs. Lydia Jane Bruce, b. Spencer Co. IN 4 Apr 1855, dau. of Bennett Phillips, b. SC[sic] 21 Feb 1925, online Ancestry.com.
  5. [S648] Indiana Marriages 1811-1959/2007/2019, online FamilySearch.org, img of p. 335, entry after lic. for Nancy J. Hesson and Wm. H. Phillips on same day: William T. Hesson and Lydia J. Phillips, lic. 22 Dec 1871 ; marr. 24 Dec 1871 by J. W. Laird J.P.; filed 4 Jan 1872.
  6. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Wm T (28), b. and parents b. IN, farmer; Lydia J (23), b. and parents b. IN.
  7. [S648] Indiana Marriages 1811-1959/2007/2019, online FamilySearch.org, Warrick Co., 1895-1901, sh. 3, line 4, imgs. 33-35/183. Thos. P [sic] Bruce, age 61, farmer, b. OH, res. Warrick Co., son of John M Bruce and Elizabeth Barnhill; and Lyda J Phillips, age 47, b. IN and res. Warrick Co. IN, dau. of B Phillips and [Malinda S]tarks; both 2nd marr., marr. Warrrick Co. IN 12 Feb 1896 by F A Griffiths.
    Warrick > 1892-1897 Volume 9, img. 268/328, p. 472. Thomas C Bruce and Lydia J Hesson, marr. 12 Feb 1896 by F A Griffith, minister.
  8. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Thomas C (64), b. OH Jun 1835, parents b. OH; Lydia J (45), b. IN Apr 1855, father b. NC [sic, death cert. has SC] and mother b. KY, 6 children, all living; marr. 27 [sic] yrs.
  9. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, Year 1944 > Roll 2, img. 2132/3009, No. 5124. Parley J Bruce, b. Warrick Co. IN 11 Mar 1898, son of Thomas Bruce, b. OH, and Lydia Phillips, b. IN; carpenter, husb. of Girtha, res. Boonville, Warrick Co. IN; d. Madison State Hospital, Jefferson Co. IN, 20 Feb 1944, age 45y 11m 9d, general paralysis (aortis syphilis); inf. Madison [illegible]; bur. Tennyson Cemetery, Tennyson IN, 21 Feb 1944.