Lydia's son Hubert Brown was born in 1895. Otto seems to be Hubert's father so Lydia and Otto may have had an earlier relationship and she married Otto (again?) in 1905 after having been married to Corda Whelchel.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9Q-3B6 : 13 January 2022), Lydia Mc Carty in household of James Mc Carty, Fall Creek Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPP-M3B : 3 August 2022), Corda E Whelchel and Lydia A Mccarty, 28 Mar 1899; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004168326.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGR-P2H : accessed 29 January 2023), Lyda Brown in household of Ott Brown, Fall Creek, Hamilton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 7A, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 353; FHL microfilm 1,374,366.
"Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7W-N32 : 3 December 2014), Lydia Adeline Brown, 22 Feb 1916, Fall Creek Township, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Cicero.
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