LYDIA JANE DEHART
| BIRTHDATE: July 18, 1824 Birthplace: Wayne Co., KY Married: James Sharpe Tabor November 4, 1844 Died: November 14, 1914 Swain Co., NC |
CHILDREN Jefferson Tabor John DeHart Tabor Nathan Elbert Tabor Miranda Jane Tabor James Taylor Tabor William Joseph Tabor Thomas Harvey Tabor Martin Webster Tabor Henry Clay Tabor Mary Lyzinthia Tabor Sarah Eleanor Tabor George Leroy Tabor |
BORN 1845 May 3, 1846 May 11, 1848 October 3, 1849 August 11, 1851 January 22, 1853 August 24, 1854 June 24, 1856 May 24, 1858 April 7, 1961 March 5, 1863 October 7, 1865 |
DIED June 26, 1867 August 17, 1931 March 21, 1923 March 3, 1907 November 13, 1918 November 2, 1920 July 29, 1920 April 23, 1937 February 15, 1927 October 11, 1946 June 26, 1947 March 26, 1858 |
Lydia DeHart was born near Bowling Green, Kentucky, the oldest child of John DeHart and Jane Roberts. When she was four years old she set out with her parents on horseback for Macon County, North Carolina. That long trip over the mountains, held on a horse by her mother, was one of her first memories. She was of medium height and weight and had blue eyes and a fair complexion. Lydia was a devoted wife and mother, ministering to the needs of her family with love and discipline.
One of Lydia's less pleasant memories was having to take the news to her father that her young sister, Hazeltine, had drowned in the Little Tennessee River. Their home was on the banks of the river. In an unguarded moment the little two year old girl had slipped on the bank and fallen in. By the time her mother could get to her it was too late.
From the time Lydia was twelve, she assisted in the birthings of her brothers and sisters. As the oldest daughter, she had the responsibility of keeping her mother's house in order. Her load was lightened somewhat when her father became able to purchase slaves. "Aunt Sookey" then did much of the drudgery.
She joined the Cold Spring Baptist Church as an older teenager, transferring her membership to Brush Creek Baptist Church after she was married. She brought all of her children up with regular teaching from the Bible.
Lydia survived her husband for 25 years. After the children were all grown she moved off the farm to live with her younger children. She died at the age of 90, agile and alert to the end. She is buried with her husband in the Tabor Cemetery in the Brush Creek Community of Swain County, North Carolina.