Dear Knox Co. Researchers,
I'm new to this list. I'm starting to work on one of my husband's lines. I
don't have a lot to go on. We believe there is a connection to the Eli
LILLY family, but we're not exactly sure where.
According to tradtion, there were two brothers. Supposedly the brothers had
a stepfather who was a mean one. They beat him up and
left him for dead. Our Thomas worked his way South. He supposedly even
met Abraham Lincoln splitting rails in KY. Eli LILLY's line (the ancestors
of the
pharmaceutical Eli LILLY, I should say) stayed in IN. The progenitors of my
husband's line
moved to the SOUTH, TN and MS. This is as far back as we know....
Descendants of Thomas H. Lilly
1 Thomas H. Lilly 1813 - Bef 1880
. +Alymra J. ? 1826 - Aft 1900
........ 2 William Thomas Lilly 1845-1851 -
............ +Julia C. Wolverton 1849 - 1895
................... 3 Mattie Lilly 1876 -
....................... +C.K. Crumby
................... 3 Mary Elizabeth Lilly 1878 -
................... 3 Annie Lilly 1884 -
................... 3 Velma Lilly 1886 - 1954
....................... +Henry Charles Egge
................... 3 Vernon L. Lilly 1889 - 1971
....................... +Alice Selena Clifton 1886 - 1968
.............................. 4 Vernon L. Lilly, Jr. 1912 - 1968
.................................. +Minnie Helen Carmen 1916 - 1993
.............................. 4 Howard Earl Lilly 1915 - 1938
................... 3 Minnie E. Lilly 1892 - 1984
........ *2nd Wife of William Thomas Lilly:
............ +Molly Neil
........ 2 John H. Lilly 1854 - Bef 1900
............ +Cindy Plunk
................... 3 Annie J. Lilly 1872 -
................... 3 Nancy Lilly
........ 2 Elizabeth J. Lilly 1856 - Aft 1947
............ +David T. Harris 1841 - Aft 1900
................... 3 Clayborn F. Harris 1877 -
........ 2 Nancy L. Lilly 1858 -
........ 2 Sarah E. Lilly 1864 -
Any help would be most appreciated.
Kara