Lydia was born in 1864, daughter of Obadiah Drake and Susanna E. Wells.
Sources
"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJY5-DFK : 10 February 2018), William C. Smith in entry for Elmer E. Smith and Lydie E. Drake, 04 Dec 1889; citing Davenport, Scott, Iowa, reference 2:3L7M55K; FHL microfilm 1,831,677.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6B-2NY : accessed 1 December 2018), Lydia E Smith in household of Elmer E Smith, York Township Bellevue village Ward 1-2, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 11A, family 277, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,318.
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