Soloman Lidgard
County records spells it Lidgard, but on his tombstone it is spelled Soloman Lidghard and relation spells in Lidgard.
Married Mary ANN Hatfield 20 Aug 1835, Marion Co. OH.
Children of Soloman and Mary Ann Lidgard

They had 12 children and they were all living at the time of their mothers death.

Martha -our ancestor b: 31 Jul 1836 in Marion County, OH
d: 04 Aug 1893 m: Henry Tomlinson
See their tombstone in Star City cemetery.

Mariah or Maria b: Feb 1839 in Pike Co., IL or 17 Apr 1838 in Marion County, OH. d: 31 May 1911 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN.
m: James B. Marker on 21 Jan 1861 or 21 Feb 1861 in Pike Co, IL
children: Azuva A., Mary E., Sophia, Loretta, James F. and Bertha
1867 purchased a farm of 397 acres in Van Buren Twp., having passed a few years in Indian Creek Twp. on land given by James B. Marker's mother. His mother was Anna Reynolds, Marker, Hatfield, Lidgard. She had 3 husbands. She came to Pulaski Co. with Lidgard and she died 03 July 1854, leaving one child by her last husband- Mahalia Lidgard. Could she have married Johnson Lidgard and was he a brother of Soloman? See bottom of page 4.

Johnson b: 15 Jan 1840 in Pike Co, IL d: 8 Nov 1907 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN
m: June 1866 Lucinda (Waterhouse) Crissinger native of Marion Co. OH. She bore her husband one son, a member of the German Baptist Church. d: Dec 1867 Married Sept, 1869 to Rachel Paul or Shephard b: 1837 She borne him six children. She was a member of the Christian Church. d: 1908. Johnson was employed on his father's farm until Sept. 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Forty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; in the fall of 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran in the same company, and was mustered out in the fall of 1865. He took part in all the battles around Vicksburg, and was with Gen. Banks in the Red River campaign. At the close of the war, he engaged in farming in Indian Creek Twp. Mr. Lidgard is a Democrat.

Charles b: Mar 1842 in Marion Co, OH d: 1910 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN
m: 13 Aug 1864 married Mary E. Rhinehardt

James b: 28 Oct 1843 in Marion Co. OH d: 19 Dec 1923 in Winamac, Pulaski County, IN
m: Nancy Ketner in Feb 1867 Married again at age 40 on 28 Aug 1883

John b: 27 Dec 1845 in Marion Co, OH d: 9 Dec 1916 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN
m: Sarah Jane Crissinger b: 09 Mar 1849 d: 12 Sept 1910

Harrison L. b: 17 Sept 1848 in Marion Co., OH d: 21 Oct 1919 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN
m: Amanda Josephine Summers in 1874

Mary Ann b: 24 June 1850 in Marion Co., OH d: 12 Mar 1921 in Star City, Pulaski County, IN
m: George Washington Kahler/Kohler. Daughter Mary Maud m: Jesse Sutton

Henry b: 17 Jan 1852 in Pulaski County, IN d: 24 June 1923 in Pulaski County, IN
m: 10 Feb 1887 to Ann Smith

Christopher L. b: 18 Nov 1854 in Marion Co., OH d: 12 Mar 1933 in Pulaski County, IN
m: 23 Dec 1883

Elizabeth (Kitty) Ellen b: 11 Jan 1856 in IN d: 28 Sept. 1953
m: 08 Mar 1884 Kelly, then Timmons, Fisher and Stafford

Phoebe Jane b: 28 Oct 1858 in Star City, Pulaski Co., IN d: 1954 in Pulaski County, IN
m: Cornelius Moyer

From a history book on Cass Co., IN
Soloman was a tailor and came to the US in 1833 from Lincolnshire, England. He settled in Marion County, OH north of Columbus where be bought eighty acres of land, and where he married Mary A. Hatfield, who also came from Lincolnshire, England.
In 1838, he sold his place and removed to Pike County, IL, west of Springfield along the MO line where he farmed on shares until the spring of 1841, when he came to this township (Indian Creek Twp.) and entered 160 acres, on which he lived until the fall of 1867. He bought south part of Sec. 26 of Indian Creek Twp. in Cass Co. in 1857. In 1872 he sold it to J & H Lidgard. Then he moved to Van Buren Township, Pulaski County, where he died, April 4, 1874. Soloman and Mary Ann were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He lived in Pulaski County at the time of his death from Lung Fever. He had no Will. Heirs who received from the estate was his widow Mary Ann Lidgard and children. His children received $48.37 1/6 each.

Mary Ann funeral services were on the 30th of July 1884 and conducted by Elder Buckles of Winamac. All 12 of her children were living when she died.
The 1860 Census stated that Mary Ann could not read or write.∼Solomon married MaryAnne Hatfield about 1835 in Ohio.
They had 13 children. They moved from Ohio to Pittsfield Illinois and then to Pulaski County Indiana. Solomon came to the United States with two Brothers, William and Johnston. MaryAnne Hatfield is the daughter of Henry Hatfield and are from Lincolnshire England. They are the parents of Charles Lidgard and the grandparents of Ulysses Lidgard and the great grand parents of Harry O Lidgard Other children to Solomon and Maryanne Hatfield Lidgard can be found on the Solomon Lidgard web site.