Lydia Lightfoot ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 71994815

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 21 September 1850, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁵ 1850 US Census
Page 141B, Dwelling 569, Family 569, Roll 165
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Lydia Cornell..27..OH
(Living with husband and 1 daughter.)

2. 1860 US Census, 13 September 1860, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 150, Roll 289, Dwelling 1131, Family 1098
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Lydia Cornell..37..OH
(Living with husband, 2 children, and brother.)

3. 1870 US Census, 28 June 1870, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 127, Family 122, Roll 351
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Lydia Cornell..47..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

4. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Porter Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁸ 1880 US Census
Page 524B, Roll 0305
Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana
Lydia Cornell..Mother..57..OH..At Home
(Widowed and living with married son, Merritt, and his family.)

Lydia married Alvin Cornell, son of Isaac C. Cornell and Priscilla Morgan, on 29 January 1843 in Porter, Indiana, United States.^{1 2} (Alvin Cornell was born on 10 October 1819 in Wayne, Ohio, United States,^{4 7 10} died on 14 April 1878 ¹⁰ and was buried in April 1878 in Cornell Cemetery, Hebron, Porter, Indiana, United States ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 21 September 1850, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁵ 1850 US Census
Page 141B, Dwelling 569, Family 569, Roll 165
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Alva Cornell..29..OH..Farmer
Lydia Cornell..27..OH
Melissa Cornell..6..IN
Daniel Miller..17..OH..Farmer

2. 1860 US Census, 13 September 1860, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 150, Roll 289, Dwelling 1131, Family 1098
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Alvin Cornell..39..OH..Farmer
Lydia Cornell..37..OH
Morrit Cornell..10..IN
Delos Cornell..6..IN
Eli Lightfoot..22..OH..Farm Laborer

NOTE- Lydia's brother, Eli, was living with them and working on their farm which was right next to the farm of brother John Lightfoot and his family.

3. 1870 US Census, 28 June 1870, Boone Township, Porter, Indiana, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 127, Family 122, Roll 351
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Alvin Cornell..50..OH..Farmer
Lydia Cornell..47..OH..Keeping House
Merit Cornell..19..IN..Working on Farm
Deloss Cornell..15..IN..Working on Farm

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Alvin Cornell
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 29 Jan 1843
Event Place: Porter, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: , Porter, Indiana
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 28 Jan 1843
Spouse's Name: Lydia Lightfoot
Spouse's Residence Place: , Porter, Indiana
Spouse's Residence County: Porter
Spouse's Residence State: Indiana
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: Alpheus French
Page: 165
Record Number: 172
GS Film Number: 001686155
Digital Folder Number: 005014493
Image Number: 00496
Number of Images: 1

Citing this Record:
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDH3-KDF : 21 January 2016), Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot, 29 Jan 1843; citing Porter, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,686,155.
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