Lydia Elvira Holcomb

Brief Life History of Lydia Elvira

When Lydia Elvira Holcomb was born on 23 October 1774, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Benajah Holcomb Sr, was 37 and her mother, Lydia Forward, was 28. She married Bela Moses Tuller in 1794. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 27 March 1848, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bela Moses Tuller
1773–1821
Lydia Elvira Holcomb
1774–1848
Marriage: 1794
Flavel T Tuller
1795–1881
Flora Tuller
1798–
Homer Tuller
1796–1866
Elvira Tuller
1803–1806
Lydia Tuller
1805–1875
Holcomb Tuller
1809–1868
Achilles Tuller
1812–1859
Aurelius Tuller
1815–1819
Elvira Tuller
1818–1880

Sources (2)

  • Lydia H. Tuller in entry for Flavel Tuller, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Lydia H. Tuller in entry for Flavel Tuller, "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Somerset), from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.

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

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