Lydia S. Leighton Yerkes (1838-1910)

Lydia S. Leighton Yerkes

Birth

13 Apr 1838

Howellville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

5 Dec 1910 (aged 72)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Greenwood Cemetery

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Daughter of David Leighton and his wife Lydia Evans. On March 20, 1864, she married US Army officer Krewson Yerkes. Mother of Warren R. Yerkes (b. August 20, 1865) and Anna E. Yerkes (November 21, 1868 - February 26, 1870), both born in Philadelphia.

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Age 72

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Lydia Evans Leighton

1801–1890

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LTC Krewson Yerkes

1837–1910 (m. 1864)

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Lydia Evans Leighton

LTC Krewson Yerkes

Elizabeth Leighton Kingston

Sarah Jane "Jennie" Leighton

PVT Thomas J. K. Leighton

Warren R. Yerkes

Anna E. Yerkes

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Lydia Evans Leighton

LTC Krewson Yerkes

Elizabeth Leighton Kingston

Sarah Jane "Jennie" Leighton

PVT Thomas J. K. Leighton

Warren R. Yerkes

Anna E. Yerkes

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