She was a sister of Hannah Houser who married James Arthur...i.e.broth ers married sisters.
At census time on 7/14/1870 as Lydia Deal, 62, born TN, she was livingw ith daughter Lucinda and John Gressel in Greenup, Cumberland Co, IL.
Descendants say she was born in Washington Co, VA but nearly everycens us says TN.
Some say she died in 1870, others say 1885 but she was not listed ina ny census after 1850. Did she remarry? When did she really die?
