BREWER, Lydia M. ⁵⁴¹³

   Other names for Lydia were BREWER, Lydia ⁵⁴⁰⁹ and COX, Lydia.⁸⁵²²

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 13 Jun 1900, Bear Creek Twp, Chatham Co, NC. ⁵⁴¹³
1) Cox, Nathaniel, head of household, born June 1858, age 41, married for 16 years, born NC, parents born NC, farmer, owns his farm free
2) Cox, Lydia M., wife, born Nov 1861, age 38, married for 16 years, 4 children, 3 living, born NC, parents born NC
3) Cox, Nancy E., daughter, born May 1884, age 16, born NC, parents born NC, attends school for 3 1/2 months
4) Cox, Mattie E., daughter, born Sept 1888, age 11, born NC, parents born NC, attends school for 3 1/2 months
5) Cox, Annie J., daughter, born Jan 1893, age 7, born NC, parents born NC, attends school for 3 1/2 months
6) Cox, Rebecka J., sister, born Feb 1852, age 48, single, born NC, parents born NC, cannot read or write
7) Brewer, Agnes E., mother-in-law, born Jan 1821, age 79, widow, 4 children, 2 living, born NC, parents born NC, can read but not write
8) Scott, Palmer, boarder, born Aug 1877, age 22, single, born NC, parents born NC, farm laborer, cannot read or write.

• Census, 1920, Chatham Co, NC. Lydia M Cox is 58, widow, farmer, with sister-in-law Rebecca (67, single). (District 4, Bear Creek Twp, Chatham Co, NC, family 170)

• Census, 23 Apr 1940, Bear Creek Twp, Chatham Co, NC. ⁸⁵²²
1. Scott, J. H., head of household, owns his farm, valued at $500, age 54, married, completed 7th grade, born NC, lived in same house on 1 April 1935, worked 60 hours during week of 24-30 March, occupation farmer on farm, works on own account, worked 52 weeks during 1939
2. Scott, Annie, wife, age 47, married, completed 7th grade, born NC, worked 40 hours during week of 24-30 March, occupation housework at home, unpaid family worker, worked 52 weeks during 1939, no other income
3. 6 children listed
4. 1 daughter-in-law listed
5. Cox, Lydia, mother-in-law, age 78, widow, completed 6th grade, born NC, lived in same house on 1 April 1935, unable to work, no other income.

Lydia married Nathaniel COX circa 1883.⁵⁴¹³ (Nathaniel COX was born in Jun 1858 in North Carolina ⁵⁴¹³ and died before 1920.)