Biography
Lidia Jackson was born 20 September 1802 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States to Charles Jackson (1770-1818) and Lucy Cotton (1768-1818) and died 13 November 1892 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. She married Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 14 September 1835 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
After their marriage, Emerson immediately began calling his wife "Lidian" rather than Lydia.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Waldo Emerson (1836-1842) | |||
| Ellen Tucker Emerson (1839-1909) | |||
| Edith Emerson (1841-1929) | 22 November 1841 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 20 November 1929 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States | William Hathaway Forbes (1840-1897) |
| Edward Waldo Emerson (1844-1930) | 10 July 1844 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 27 January 1930 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Annie Shepard Keyes (1847-1928) |
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