Lydia Beecher

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Beecher was born on 10 June 1805, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Beecher Sr., was 45 and her mother, Mary Ann Albrecht, was 42. She married Stephen Beecher Cook Jr. on 19 March 1822, in Pequea Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 31 July 1885, in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Beecher Cook Jr.
1797–1874
Lydia Beecher
1805–1885
Marriage: 19 March 1822
Cyrus Beecher Cook I
1823–1880
Benjamin Franklin Cook
1825–1828
William Edmond Cook
1827–1828
Mary Lucetta Cook
1829–1879
James Albert Cook
1830–1873
Cassia Ann Cook
1831–1894
William Augustus Cook
1834–1919
Christeana Cook
1836–1836
Ann Eliza Cook
1838–1926
Lewis Paxton Cook
1840–1865
Martha Matilda "Mattie" Cook
1843–1901
Josephine Elizabeth Cook
1845–1912

Sources (10)

  • Lydia Cook in household of Stephen B Cook, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lydia B. Cook, "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970"
  • Lydia Cook in entry for Wm. A. Cook and Fannie Day, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.

Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Stephen Beecher Cook and Lydia Beecher

Stephen Cook and Lydia Beecher “Lydia Beecher born June 10, 1805, Reading, Pennsylvania, died July 31, 1885 in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Lydia is the 16th child of John and Mary Ann Albert Beecher. Mary …

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