Lydia Frances Steele (1867-1941)

Lydia Frances "Lyd" Steele was born in Limestone County, Texas in 1867.

She was the second child born to the marriage of Francis "Frank" Marion Steele and Lucinda Chisum. 

Lydia's siblings included the following four sisters and one brother:

Lula
Louella
Isham Alfonso
Mary Allye
Lena Rhoda

The 1870 and 1880 U. S. Census records show Lydia living with her family in Limestone County, Texas.

1870 U. S. Census record

1880 U. S. Census record

Lydia married Silas Abraham "Abe" Greer circa 1883 and had the following children:

Robert Francis, 1885-1926; m. Florence Irene Jarrell

Albert Alphonso, 1887-1963; m. Ida Pearl Webb

Bonnie Dena, 1890-1976; m. Oscar Moss Bratcher

Lena Lucille, 1904-1984; m. Maurice Everett Phillips, Sr.

Lydia and family lived in Limestone County, Texas for several years before moving to Childress County and making their home there.

1900 U. S. Census

1910 U. S. Census

1920 U. S. Census

Abe Greer died on September 23, 1934.  Lydia Steele Greer died on December 24, 1941.  Both are believed to be buried in the Thornton Cemetery in Thornton, Limestone County, Texas.

Lydia Frances "Lyd" Steele Greer was my great grand aunt through her brother, Isham Alfonso Steele, who was my great grandfather. 

Mary Bush Edmonds (1855-1931)

Mary Bush Edmonds was born Clarke County, Georgia on April 6, 1855.  She was the eighth child born to the marriage of James Powell Edmonds and Rebecca Ann Snow.

The 1860 U.S. Census show Mary living with her family in Dark Corner, Clarke County, Georgia.

Mary and family are shown living in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia in the 1870 U.S. Census.

On November 7, 1875, Mary Bush Edmonds married James Thomas Brown in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.

The 1880 U.S. Census shows Mary, James, two of their ten children and Mary's mother, Rebecca living in Blasingames, Walton County, Georgia.  Mary's father, James Powell Edmonds died in 1864 during the Civil War.

Mary, James and their ten children are shown living in Allens, Walton County, Georgia in the 1900 U.S. Census.

The 1910 U.S. Census shows Mary, James and four of their children living in Brooks, Walton County, Georgia.

I have been unable to confirm the residence of Mary and James for census years 1920 and 1930.  However, both Mary and James died in Walton County, Georgia within a few years of the 1930 census so the assumption is made that they resided in the same area for those years.

Mary Bush Edmonds Brown died on March 8, 1931.  James Thomas Brown died on February 11, 1933.  Both are buried in the Brown Gresham Cemetery in Walton County, Georgia.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, Scott A. Steinbrink.

The following children were born to the marriage of Mary Bush Edmonds and James Thomas Clegg:

Mary E., 1877
Joe P., 1878
William Thomas, 1880-1954 (m. Nellie Mae Phillips, 1899-1965)
James Lumpkin, 1882-1935
Lula F., 1883
John, 1886-1933
Emma O., 1888
Grover Grady "Bud", 1891-1956 (m. Hattie Belle Phillips, 1892-1958)
Pearl M., 1894
Georgia M., 1897

Mary Bush Edmonds was my paternal great grand aunt through her brother, my great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds; his son, Bruce Edmonds; and his grandson, Bruce Alfonso Edmonds.