Lydia Ann Babson was born 12 July 1845 in Illinois, the daughter of Theodore Babson (1803-1890) and Betsey Tarbox Emery (1804-1874). On 30 June 1869 Lydia married Joseph Cook Hopkins and the couple would have at least five children--Eliza, James, Charles, Jennie, and Elizabeth. Joseph Hopkins was born in Pennsylvania circa May 1841, the son of James J. Hopkins and Jane Cook. In 1860 Joseph was living with his parents on a farm in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois. Joseph enlisted on 1 June 1864 in the Illinois 139th Infantry Regiment and was mustered out on 28 October 1864. In 1870 Lydia and Joseph were living with her parents on a farm in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois; by 1880 the couple and four children were farming on their own in Clarion. By 1900 Lydia, Joseph, and two daughters had relocated to Mendota, Illinois and were still farming. I could not find a death date for Joseph, but Lydia applied for this Civil War Pension on 2 September 1904. In 1910 Lydia was living with her son Charles and his wife in Jackson, Kansas; in 1920 she was living with her daughter Elizabeth and her husband in Los Angeles. Lydia passed away on 20 April 1923.
Lydia Ann Babson was born 12 July 1845 in Illinois, the daughter of Theodore Babson (1803-1890) and Betsey Tarbox Emery (1804-1874). On 30 June 1869 Lydia married Joseph Cook Hopkins and the couple would have at least five children--Eliza, James, Charles, Jennie, and Elizabeth. Joseph Hopkins was born in Pennsylvania circa May 1841, the son of James J. Hopkins and Jane Cook. In 1860 Joseph was living with his parents on a farm in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois. Joseph enlisted on 1 June 1864 in the Illinois 139th Infantry Regiment and was mustered out on 28 October 1864. In 1870 Lydia and Joseph were living with her parents on a farm in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois; by 1880 the couple and four children were farming on their own in Clarion. By 1900 Lydia, Joseph, and two daughters had relocated to Mendota, Illinois and were still farming. I could not find a death date for Joseph, but Lydia applied for this Civil War Pension on 2 September 1904. In 1910 Lydia was living with her son Charles and his wife in Jackson, Kansas; in 1920 she was living with her daughter Elizabeth and her husband in Los Angeles. Lydia passed away on 20 April 1923.
