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Lydia Garris McCormick (1844-1940) was the daughter of Nathanael and Elizabeth Everett Garriss. She had 8 siblings.

She married Sherman McCormick (1847-1913) and had five children: Charles Joseph McCormick (1873 - 1946) Julia McCormick York (1877- unknown) Clarence McCormick (1883-1949) Nathan McCormick (possibly named William Nathan) (1878- unknown) Rose B. McCormick Wells (1889 - 1966)

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My mother, her grandaughter Madeline, used to tell of how Lydia had pierced ears. Lydia was apparently quite a joker and enjoyed terrifying her grandchildren by putting a large hairpin through her ear. Madeline said the children would plead with her to stop, believing that it must have hurt, but Lydia would just laugh and continue teasing them.