Born in Hamilton, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Harrison Howel Irvin
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Henry Monroe Irvin [half], Mary Caroline (Irvin) Cooper [half], Harriett Ann Irvin [half], Augustus E Irvin [half], Fannie (Irvin) Puckett [half], Minerva Edith Irvin [half], Oscar Martin Irvin [half] and Charles Irvin [half]
Wife of
John Wright Allen
— married
12 Feb 1850 in Hamilton County, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Harriet (Allen) Harper, William Henry Allen, Josiah Allen, John Lorn Allen, Millie Olive (Allen) Eddy, Willis Alexander Allen and Charles Allen
Died
at age 40
in Hamilton, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2014
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Biography
Lydia was the daughter of Henry H.Irvin and the granddaughter of of Abraham & Esther Runyon Irvin ,and the granddaughter of Moses and Nancy Dale Shirley, Abraham was born in Middlesex County New Jersey on June 8,1781 and died November 15,1865 in Hamilton County IL. In 1804 Abraham married first married Esther Runyon she was born 1787 in New Brunswick New Jersey and died 1861 in Hamilton County IL. Abraham married a second time to Lucretia Lockhart.
Lydia was born in 1831. She passed away in 1872.
Sources
- See death certificate for John Lorn Allen
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Nanette Wofford 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Jen Schaafsma :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TX6473283 [compare], Ancestry member jschaafsma1027
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