Biography
Lydia Ann Hopper Conley Killian was born 11 October 1795 in Burke County, North Carolina, United States to Thomas Hopper (1766-1851) and Rebecca Jennie Gray (1768-1851) and died 18 October 1834 Lafayette County, Missouri, United States of unspecified causes. She married Robert Conley (1795-1816) 22 January 1811 in Harrison County, Indiana. She married John Killian (1796-1858) 25 August 1818 in Howard County, Missouri.
Zion Settlement
LDS Pioneer home in 1831 (1881 engraving, artist unknown)
Zion Settlement was a small, short-lived village of early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located near Independence, Missouri in Jackson County, Missouri. The church believes that this spot will be the central spot for building of the kingdom of God ("Zion" or "New Jerusalem") in the latter-days per revelation given to the prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). The settlement collapsed in 1833 when angry anti-Mormon mobs drove the settlers out of the county.
Lydia and her 2nd husband were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdery (1806-1850) in Sept 1831, in Lafayette County, Missouri. Her sister Rebecca would marry one of the four missionaries. After Lydia's death, John Killian remarried to Lydia's cousin Sarah McClure (1798-1872) and followed the church to Kirtland, Ohio and then to the Salt Lake Valley.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Killian (1819-) | |||
| George Killian (1819-1882) | |||
| Thomas Killian (1820-1862) | |||
| Letha Jane Killian (1822-1898) | |||
| Nancy Elizabeth Killian (1824-1898) | |||
| Franklin Killian (1825-1866) | |||
| Josephine Almira Killian (1827-1887) | |||
| Jacob Killian (1828-1901) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Zachariah Taylor Hopper (1790-1816) | |||
| William Vaughn Hopper (1794-1824) | |||
| Lydia Ann Hopper (1795-1834) | 11 October 1795 Burke County, North Carolina, United States | 18 October 1834 Lafayette County, Missouri, United States | Robert Conley (1795-1816) John Killian (1796-1858) |
| Sarah Hopper (1796-1854) | |||
| Jerimiah James Hopper (1796-1879) | |||
| Mary Polly Hopper (1798-1846) | |||
| Charles Hopper (1800-1880) | |||
| Keziah Hopper (1806-1859) | |||
| Hannah Hopper (1808-1887) | |||
| Rebecca Hopper (1808-1896) | 1 June 1808 Burke County, North Carolina, United States | 23 April 1896 Napa, Napa County, California, United States | Ziba Peterson (1810-1849) |
| Elizabeth Hopper (1811-1895) | |||
| Thomas Hopper (1815-1897) | |||
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