Lydia Adron Lewman
1882 - 1957 (75 years)-
Name Lydia Adron Lewman Born 17 Apr 1882 Fleming County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 18 May 1957 Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas [1, 2] Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas [1, 2] Person ID I606 Hedges Last Modified 16 Jan 2024
Family Samuel Sanford Gilkison, b. 18 Nov 1874, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 5 Dec 1942, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas (Age 68 years) Children + 1. William Isaac Gilkison, b. 4 Oct 1899, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 7 Mar 1976, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas (Age 76 years)+ 2. Myrtle Olive Gilkison, b. 26 Nov 1902, Kansas , d. 26 Dec 1958, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas (Age 56 years)3. Arthur James "Dick" Gilkison, b. 20 Oct 1906, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas , d. 17 Dec 1984, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 78 years)4. Alvin Samuel Gilkison, b. 16 May 1909, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas , d. 15 Aug 1965, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 56 years)5. Clarence Earl Gilkison, b. 15 Apr 1912, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas , d. 6 Jun 1980, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas (Age 68 years)Last Modified 13 Dec 2021 Family ID F380 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 17 Apr 1882 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Died - 18 May 1957 - Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas 
Buried - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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.
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