Individual Details

Online database gives parents as William S. and Elizabeth Johnson.

John Washington Cason, her first husband was much older - born 24 Feb 1818, Anderson Co, SC. He died 26 Nov 1877, Titus Co, TX and is buried Snow Hill Cemetery. John Cason's first wife was Thursa Jane Scott by whom he had possibly ten children. They likely married in Georgia; she died 18 Feb 1873 in Titus Co, TX. Only one son was born to Lydia and he was born only a few weeks before his father died.

Lydia probably died of complications of childbirth after the birth of twins - the grave of the babies Ruth and Ophelia Thomas found in Willow Wild Cemetery. They were born in January of 1884 - Lydia died the 7th of February, Ruth, the 20th, and Ophelia on the 21st. They are all buried in the same plot.

Birth	9 May 1856	Barbour County, Alabama
Marriage	Ca 1876	Texas - John Washington Cason
Marriage	Ca 1878	Texas - Christopher Yancy Thomas
Death	7 Feb 1884	Fannin County, Texas

Spouse	Christopher Yancy Thomas (1851 - 1899)
Child	Ella Graves Thomas (1880 - )
Child	Lev Thomas (1881 - )
Child	Ophelia Thomas (1884 - 1884)
Child	Ruth Thomas (1884 - 1884)

Spouse	John Washington Cason (1818 - 1877)
Child	Washington Cason (1877 - 1960)