Lydia Maria Luce Markham

Lydia Maria (Macomber) (Luce) Markham. The Macomber genealogy says of Lydia and her husband Ephraim, "They joined the Mormons, went to Salt Lake City, and were never heard from."

Her husband is on the 1851 Cummings Company. Lydia and her children came to Utah in 1848 or 1849. Church records prove they arrived before 7 April 1850, when her daughter Ester Ann Luce received a patriarchal blessing in Salt Lake. A daughter, Caroline, was married in Utah February 1851 and the other children are on the 1856 Census. (Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database).

The idea that she and her children came to Utah in 1850 probably stems from her later marriage to Stephen Markham, who led a company to Utah that year.

Sources

• Justin Swanström
• http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-...
  • Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Jan 1 2015, 16:56:22 UTC

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Lydia McComber Markham

Lydia Maria McComber was born August 7, 1798 at Richmond, Massachusetts. She married Ephraim Luce on 17 Mar 1828. To this union were born the follwing children: Harriet Ellen Luce Luke, Ester Ann Luce Hoagland, Andrew Grant Luce, Caroline Little Luce Chatwin, Andrew Jackson Luce, Thomas Benton Luce

She married Stephen Markham on 12 Apr 1852 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was 54 years old and he was 52 years old. She died on 30 Jun 1873 at Spanish Fork, Utah and was buried along side her husband and his other wife, Mary Curtis Markham, in the Spanish Fork Cemetery.

Born Aug. 17, 1798 in Richmond, Lincoln County, Mass.

Died June 30, 1873 at Spanish Fork.

The following names are also listed on the obelisk: Caroline L. Markham Lydia McCombe Stephen Markham Mary Markham

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via Stephen Markham by SmartCopy: Sep 18 2015, 12:29:50 UTC
• Residence: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States - 1860