Lydia Margaret Heckathorn
- Born: 12 Feb 1845, Ohio
- Marriage (1): Levi Ewing on 21 Jul 1864 in Wells Co., IN
- Marriage (2): Warren Kelley Shoemaker on 2 Apr 1868 in Wells Co., IN
- Died: 24 Jul 1885, Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA at age 40
- Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN
Other names for Lydia were Heckedorn and Hickathorn.
General Notes:
1870-census for Harrison township (Bluffton post office), Wells, Indiana on the 22nd of June 1870, has Dillman Ewing Shoemaker, age 4, with mother Lydia Shoemaker, age 25, born in Ohio, keeping house, and stepfather farmer Warren K. Shoemaker, age 27, born in Ohio.
On the same page we find George Heckedorn age 53, Joseph Heckedorn age 58 and wife Elizabeth Heckedorn age 60, all born in Pennsylvania. Is this Lydias father, uncle and aunt, or just an odd coincidence? Were George and Mary Ann divorced?
1880 census for Harrison, Wells, Indiana says Warren Shoemaker is Dillmonds stepfather.
Lydia Heckathorn Ewing Shoemaker has a marker next to Warren Kelly Shoemaker and his second wife in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton.
Lydia married Levi Ewing, son of William Ewing and Catharine Gorrell, on 21 Jul 1864 in Wells Co., IN. (Levi Ewing was born in 1820 in Mohican, Ashland, OH and died in Mar 1866 in Decatur, Indiana, USA.)
Lydia next married Warren Kelley Shoemaker, son of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson, on 2 Apr 1868 in Wells Co., IN. (Warren Kelley Shoemaker was born in Dec 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio, died on 18 Mar 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA and was buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana.)
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