Rosa's Cousins - Lillie Chase

According to her Find A Grave entry, Lillie Mae Chase was born 25 May 1868 in Oceana County, Michigan, the daughter of Crawford and Mary (Johnson) Chase. Crawford Chase was the oldest brother of Lucy Jane (Chase) Shipman, Rosa's mother. He has been a little difficult to research. In 1850 he was not with the rest of the family, but as a 16 year old was with a different family, but in the same county in Connecticut. By 1860 he was married and living in Geauga County, Ohio, next door to Lake County where his parents were. The 1863 Civil War Draft Registration placed him in Crawford County, Pennsylvania in the area where his wife was from.

The 1870 census showed 2 year old Lillie with her mother and siblings in Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas, in the household of her mother's family. Her father was listed on the Mortality Schedule for Cherokee County as having died in February of that year. However he was also listed on the Mortality Schedule for Mercer County Illinois. Checking that entry it showed him listed from the household of his parents and siblings. It appears that both his wife and his parents reported his death in Feb 1870.

When Lillie appeared on the 1880 census she was with her mother and older brother in the household of Ralph Chase where she was listed as a daughter. Ralph was Crawford's brother and had apparently married Crawford's widow Mary. The household also included Hattie, age 6, the daughter of Ralph and Mary. They were living in Leroy Township, Lake County Ohio.

On 19 Jun 1887 in Lake County, Lillie married James Hulbert, a widower who was 20 years older than her. They were in neighboring Ashtabula County for the 1900 census with their 2 older children: Henry J. and Vira I. Their 3rd child, Reed was born in 1904 and the 3 children were all still at home for the 1910 census. James, Lillie, Vira and Reed all appeared in the Ashtabula City Directories for 1915 and 1918 in the rural section. However that was a little misleading because James died 6 Oct 1916 and was buried in Lake County Ohio.

Although I haven't found a marriage record, Lillie had remarried before the 1920 census, as she was listed as Lillian Vincent with her 15 year old son, Reed Hulbert, in Ashtabula County. I haven't yet located her in 1930 or 1940 censuses, but she died 29 Dec 1952 in Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, with the name Lillie M. Turner so apparently had married a third time. She was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Andover, Ashtabula County.

Quaker Cousins - Lydia Caroline (Hartley) Mendenhall

Another one of the 1st cousins of my gt-grandmother, Mary Magdalene (Hockett) Albertson, was Lydia Caroline Hartley, the daughter of Rebecca's brother, Norton Daniel Hartley. I find it interesting that Rebecca named her oldest son Norton and her daughter who was just 2 years older than Mary Magdalene she named Lydia Caroline. So my gt-grandmother had a 1st cousin named Lydia as well as a sister named Lydia. Lydia Hartley was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.

Cousin Lydia was born 15 Jan 1846 in Preble County Ohio to Norton Daniel and Deborah Ann (Jones) Hartley. Lydia was the 6th of 12 children. They family had moved to Indiana by 1852 and then to Iowa by 1855. The family was listed in Cedar Township, Lee County, Iowa on the 1856 Iowa state census and the 1860 and 1870 US census. Lydia was listed as Lydia in 1856 and 1860 and as Caroline in 1870. Also in the 1870 household was E. Mendenhall, a 20 year old farm laborer. Mendenhall was a well known Quaker name.

It was the next year, 8 Jan 1871, when Lydia Caroline Hartley married Evin Mendenhall. They soon moved to Kansas as their oldest daughter was born there in December of 1872. They were listed on the 1880 census in Crawford Township, Cherokee County Kansas and she was back to Lydia again. The family was found on the 1900 census in Harrison Township, Franklin County Kansas, with their 7 living children, 5 girls and 2 boys. Franklin County is almost to the eastern edge of Kansas and my gt-grandmother lived in Sherman County Kansas which is at the western edge. The Mendenhalls were still in Franklin County on the 1910 census. Lydia Caroline was listed as Line or Lina. Two unmarried daughters were still living with them. Lydia died there 15 Apr 1916 and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. Her husband Evin died in 1922 and was buried in the same Cemetery and they have a double gravestone.