Looking for Lydia Ostrander/Ostander/Pierce? Adams b. ? m. 1792? died 1845. Maiden name indicated by L.D.S index card giving Ann Jane's parents names indicated Ostrander. Then contradicted by Lds when another relative found their records indicated Lydia's daughter Anne Jane Adams Allshouse was endowed in the Mormon church for her parents (Salt Lake Tempe records #9039 Book D IVG., page 252 shows her mothers name to be Lydia Ostander Adams. Her father Samuel Douglas Adams. She died in 1923. On checking this, later research showed Anne Janes name spelled four different ways. Lydia married Samuel Douglas Adams abt 1792 in Indiana Pa. Daughter Anne Jane Adams b 11 Nov 1836 Indiana Pa. Said to have been other children. LDS film #1761135 Lydia Adams husband Samuel Douglas m abt 1792 Indiana Pa. Filmed Temple records of deceased individuals, it seems to be from 1870? Filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah. In 1840 Lydia was located in Pittsburgh. Lydia Adams 1840 Pennsylvania Allegheny County Roll M704_441 Pittsburgh, West Ward Page 348 Image 58 1840/PA/Allegheny County/Pittsburgh-West Ward p. 348, Image 1 (Ancestry.com) ADAMS, Lydia 1 male - 10-15 years, 1 male- 15-20 years, 6 males- 20-30 years, 1 male- 30-40 years, 1 female- under 5, 1 female- 5-10, 1 female- 10-15, 1 female- 40-50 Died 1845. Lydia and three daughters (names not known except for Anne Jane, but one may have been named Amanda), came down with Smallpox and were put in a straw strewn room in Pittsburgh Pa. 9 year old daughter Ann Jane was the only one to survive after watching her mother and sisters die. Were buried where Union station now stands. The Methodist burying ground was dug up and moved when the station was built, then moved again when the station expanded. Lydia is said to be of the Youghiogheny River Band of Shawnee. It was said there were several other children, names not known. Found a sister when reading Anne Janes Civil War Widows pension file. Catherine E. Murray of Dellslow W. Va. in which she states she is Anne Janes sister. When Ann Jane died, one of her daughters Ida Mae (Allshouse) Veatch, giving information for the death certificate, said Ann Jane's mother Lydias maiden name was Pierce. Lydia, Samuel, the rest of their children are my stubbornest brick walls Laurie Beth Roman