EMILY LYDA

1858 - 1943 (85 years)

Generation: 1

EMILY LYDA was born on 29 Mar 1858 (daughter of DANIEL LYDA and AMANDA MEEK); died on 1 Nov 1943.

EMILY married DR. ROBERT FERRELL BAKER on 19 Jan 1878. DR. (son of RICHARD T. BAKER and JANE E. GOODWIN) was born on 15 Jun 1846; died on 16 Feb 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

VIRGIE BAKER was born on 21 Dec 1878; died on 25 Jan 1952.

Generation: 2

DANIEL LYDA was born on 31 Jul 1824 (son of WILLIAM LYDA and RACHEL JUSTICE); died on 14 Mar 1875; was buried in Old Zion Cemetery, White County, Tenn..

DANIEL married AMANDA MEEK on 14 Jan 1851. AMANDA (daughter of CHARLES MEEK and NANCY SPERRY) was born on 19 Apr 1834; died on 27 Aug 1909; was buried in Old Zion Cemetery, White County, Tenn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

AMANDA MEEK was born on 19 Apr 1834 (daughter of CHARLES MEEK and NANCY SPERRY); died on 27 Aug 1909; was buried in Old Zion Cemetery, White County, Tenn..

Children:

1. EMILY LYDA was born on 29 Mar 1858; died on 1 Nov 1943.
Mary Alice Lyda was born on 19 May 1863; died on 16 Jul 1935.
Katherine Lyda was born on 3 Oct 1865; died on 7 Feb 1942.

Generation: 3

4.	WILLIAM LYDA was born about 1782 (son of ANDREW LYDA and MARY DAVIS); died about Nov 1840 in White Co., Tennessee. WILLIAM married RACHEL JUSTICE. RACHEL (daughter of JOHN JUSTICE) was born on 16 Sep 1796; died before 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

RACHEL JUSTICE was born on 16 Sep 1796 (daughter of JOHN JUSTICE); died before 1860.

Children:

Sarah Lyda was born in ?.
Louisa Lyda was born in ?.
Ann Lyda was born in ?.
Manna Lyda was born in ?.
Henry Lyda was born on 31 Oct 1821; died on 14 Mar 1875.
2. DANIEL LYDA was born on 31 Jul 1824; died on 14 Mar 1875; was buried in Old Zion Cemetery, White County, Tenn..

CHARLES MEEK was born on 10 Mar 1805 (son of THOMAS MEEK and NANCY BOWEN); died on 27 Feb 1875 in White Co., Tennessee; was buried in Old Sparta Cemetery.

CHARLES married NANCY SPERRY about 1827. NANCY (daughter of THOMAS SPERRY and SALLY ROBERTS) was born in ?; was buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

NANCY SPERRY was born in ? (daughter of THOMAS SPERRY and SALLY ROBERTS); was buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery.

Children:

Elizabeth Meek was born on 9 Apr 1828.
Emily C. Meek was born on 8 Apr 1832.
3. AMANDA MEEK was born on 19 Apr 1834; died on 27 Aug 1909; was buried in Old Zion Cemetery, White County, Tenn..
John Meek was born on 18 Sep 1837.
Mary Ann Meek was born in 1838.
Clark Meek was born on 11 Jan 1840.
Thomas Meek was born on 1 Jul 1843.
Lena Meek was born on 1 Jan 1848.
Joseph Meek was born on 11 Nov 1850.

Generation: 4

8. ANDREW LYDA was born about 1740 in Virginia; died in 1813 in Buncombe County, N.C..
ANDREW married MARY DAVIS. MARY was born in ?; died between 1785 and 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

MARY DAVIS was born in ?; died between 1785 and 1790.

Children:

Henry Lyda was born in ?.
Mary Lyda was born in ?; died on 19 Jul 1840; was buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
Esther Lyda was born in ?.
4. WILLIAM LYDA was born about 1782; died about Nov 1840 in White Co., Tennessee.
Rhoda Lyda was born in 1784 in North Carolina.

10.
JOHN JUSTICE was born in ?.
Children:

5. RACHEL JUSTICE was born on 16 Sep 1796; died before 1860.

12.

THOMAS MEEK was born on 21 Mar 1772 (son of JOHN MEEK and JANE McCUTCHEN); died on 23 Jun 1854 in White Co., Tennessee.

THOMAS married NANCY BOWEN on 23 Mar 1801 in Knox County, Tenn.. NANCY (daughter of CHARLES BOWEN and NANCY GILLESPIE) was born about 1785; died in 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

NANCY BOWEN was born about 1785 (daughter of CHARLES BOWEN and NANCY GILLESPIE); died in 1827.

Children:

6. CHARLES MEEK was born on 10 Mar 1805; died on 27 Feb 1875 in White Co., Tennessee; was buried in Old Sparta Cemetery.

14. THOMAS SPERRY was born in ?.
THOMAS married SALLY ROBERTS. SALLY was born in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15.
SALLY ROBERTS was born in ?.
Children:

7. NANCY SPERRY was born in ?; was buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery.