Sources
1. “Michigan Census,” Sydney Township, Montcalm Co., June 9, 1870 p175 lines 39-40 & p176 lines 1-2, microfilm, Michigan State Library, Lansing, MI, Sep 8, 2003, Spells first and last names as Lydia Ferris.
2. “Michigan Census,” Sydney Township, Montcalm Co., June 9, 1870 p175 lines 39-40 & p176 lines 1-2, microfilm, Michigan State Library, Lansing, MI, Sep 8, 2003, Lists Lydia as being one year old.
3. “1860 U. S. Census,” Tattnall County, Georgia, 1 July 1860, book transcription, Macon, GA, genealogical library, 23 Nov 2002.
4. “1850 U. S. Census,” Tattnall County, Georgia, 1 July 1850, Book transcription, Macon, Georgia, Genealogical Library, 23 November 2002.
5. Joseph Earle Steadman, Barton and Stedman also Steedman and Steadman Families, 1987.
6. Brian H. Nilsson, Anthology of a Southern Family: The Brewtons, 1997.
7. LDS Web Search
8. AFN: 23L9-7MH LDS Website.
9. AFN: 3ZDZ-R9.
10. AFN: 3ZDZ-Q4.
11. “Certificate of Marriage,” mid 1800’s, Montcalm Co. MI, ledger (“the little book”), Clerk’s Office, Montcalm Co. courthouse.
12. “Michigan Census,” Sydney Township, Montcalm Co., June 9, 1870 p175 lines 39-40 & p176 lines 1-2, microfilm, Michigan State Library, Lansing, MI, Sep 8, 2003, Last name is spelled “Ferris.”.
13. “Michigan Census,” Sydney Township, Montcalm Co., June 9, 1870 p175 lines 39-40 & p176 lines 1-2, microfilm, Michigan State Library, Lansing, MI, Sep 8, 2003.
14. Cleo B. Brown, The Brewton-Hendricks Family of Bulloch and Tattnall County, Georgia, 1962.
15. “Record of Birth,” Jun 16, 1878, Michigan, Book A, p174, record #317, birth, Clerk’s office, Montcalm Co. courthouse.
16. From Family Record Group, International Genealogical Index.

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