Lydia Adron Lewman
1882 - 1957 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Lydia Adron Lewman was born on 17 Apr 1882 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 18 May 1957 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas. Notes:
Mrs. Lydia Gilkison Dies In Her Sleep
Mrs. Lydia Adron Gilkison, 75, died unexpectedly in her sleep early yesterday morning at her home, 1416 Main. She had been in her usual health Friday, sewing on a quilt and doing her housework as usual.
she was born in Fleming county, Ky., April 17, 1882, a daughter of James W. and Mary M. Lewman, and was married there Dec. 16, 1897, to Samuel S. Gilkison. They came to Atchison county in 1901, locating on a farm near Cummings, where they resided until his death Dec. 6, 1942. She had lived in Atchison since that time.
Surviving are six children, William I. Gilkison, Alvin S. Gilkison and Mrs. Albert &Myrtle) Meyer, all of Atchison; James A. (Dick) Gilkison, Horton; Clarence E. Gilkison, Kansas City, Kas., and Edwin E. Gilkison, Hoyt; 21 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Judith Walker, Atchison, and Mrs. Della Ingels, Garden Grove, Calif.; four brothers, Leonard and Walter Lewman, Cummings; Curtis Lewman, Muscotah, and Marvin Lewman, Hollywood, Calif.
Mrs. Gilkison was a member of the Atchison Methodist church and of the Mary-Martha Sunday school class. Her hobbies were flowers and quilt making. She enjoyed doing things for her friends.
Funeral services will be held at the Stanton chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow, the Rev. H.J. Sterling officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Six nephews will be pallbearers. The body is at the Stanton mortuary.
The Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kansas. Sunday, 19 May 1957.
Name:
daughter of James W. Lewman and Mary Malisa Spradling
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Plot 39-2-EFamily/Spouse: Samuel Sanford Gilkison. Samuel (son of Levi Monroe "Roe" Gilkison and Sarah Elizabeth Planck) was born on 18 Nov 1874 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 5 Dec 1942 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William Isaac Gilkison was born on 4 Oct 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 7 Mar 1976 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri.
- Myrtle Olive Gilkison was born on 26 Nov 1902 in Kansas; died on 26 Dec 1958 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.
- Arthur James "Dick" Gilkison was born on 20 Oct 1906 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; died on 17 Dec 1984 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Muscotah Cemetery, Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas.
- Alvin Samuel Gilkison was born on 16 May 1909 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas; died on 15 Aug 1965 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.
- Clarence Earl Gilkison was born on 15 Apr 1912 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas; died on 6 Jun 1980 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.