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Burial location: Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky.
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Mary E. or Mary Mountjoy Burke (records conflict, but her tombstone has 'Mary Mountjoy Burke' on it), daughter of William B. Burke, MD, and the former Lucy Baker of Madison County, Kentucky, was born 1 Mar 1872.
She married William H. Lillard (son of Thomas Madison Lillard and Mary Bright Lillard), and they had a son named William, who survived them (died in Pawhuska, Oklahoma - was raised by his father's brother, Love Lillard, and wife in Pawhuska).
A daughter Margaret Bronston Lillard was born 4 May 1898 and died 9 May 1898. Mary died in 1912, and her husband died in 1914. Mary and her husband adopted a son, Allen Garrard Lillard, Sr., who died 16 Feb. 1954 (buried Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, Florida).
Mary had nine brothers and sisters: William Buchanan or William Baker (spouse Irene Dillon), Thomas Bronston (spouse Serena Jeffries "Rena" Linney), Lucy Elliston (spouse Abner Miligan/Mulligan), Robert Edward (spouse Lucille McCord Collins), Julia Clyde (known as Clyde)(spouse Frederick W Millspaugh), Nell Bronston (spouse Luther Tiederman), Emma Chenault (spouse Robert H Harris), Samuel Harding (called Harding)(spouse Hazel Copeland) and Collins Allen (had spouse, name not known).
From The Stanford Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 19, 1912: Many local friends were grieved last week to learn of the death Friday at Danville of Mrs. Mary Burke Lillard, wife of W. H. Lillard, the well known cattle man.
She had been ill of pneumonia only a short time. She was 40 years of age and was born in Boyle county. She is survived by a husband, two sons, Allen aged 12 and William aged 5, her father, Dr. W. B. Burke, five brothers, W. B. Burke, Jr., of Prestonburg, Ky., T. B. Burke, of Lexington, Robert and Collins of Boyle, Hardin of Birmingham, Ala., four sisters, Mrs. F. W. Millspaugh, Birminham, Ala., Mrs. Robert Harris, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. A. G. Milligan, and Miss Nellie Burke of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Lillard was a consistent member of the Christian church, an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and taught a large class in the Sunday school.
Source: S-1616776629 Repository: #R-2142460164 Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was Note: APID: 1,7884::0
Source: S-1616776667 Repository: #R-2142460164 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18 Note: APID: 1,7602::0
Source: S-1624983149 Repository: #R-2142460164 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0
Source: S-1635497766 Repository: #R-2142460164 Title: Web: Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 30 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi Note: APID: 1,70633::0
Source: S-1846364931 Repository: #R-2142460164 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco Note: APID: 1,6061::0
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Mary E. or Mary Mountjoy Burke (records conflict, but her tombstone has 'Mary Mountjoy Burke' on it), daughter of William B. Burke, MD, and the former Lucy Baker of Madison County, Kentucky, was born 1 Mar 1872. She married William H. Lillard (son of Thomas Madison Lillard and Mary Bright Lillard), and they had a son named William, who survived them (died in Pawhuska, Oklahoma - was raised by his father's brother, Love Lillard, and wife in Pawhuska). A daughter Margaret Bronston Lillard was born 4 May 1898 and died 9 May 1898. Mary died in 1912, and her husband died in 1914. Mary and her husband adopted a son, Allen Garrard Lillard, Sr., who died 16 Feb. 1954 (buried Flagler Memorial Park, Miami, Florida). Mary had nine brothers and sisters: William Buchanan or William Baker (spouse Irene Dillon), Thomas Bronston (spouse Serena Jeffries "Rena" Linney), Lucy Elliston (spouse Abner Miligan/Mulligan), Robert Edward (spouse Lucille McCord Collins), Julia Clyde (known as Clyde)(spouse Frederick W Millspaugh), Nell Bronston (spouse Luther Tiederman), Emma Chenault (spouse Robert H Harris), Samuel Harding (called Harding)(spouse Hazel Copeland) and Collins Allen (had spouse, name not known).
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The Stanford Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 19, 1912:
Many local friends were grieved last week to learn of the death Friday at Danville of Mrs. Mary Burke Lillard, wife of W. H. Lillard, the well known cattle man. She had been ill of pneumonia only a short time. She was 40 years of age and was born in Boyle county. She is survived by a husband, two sons, Allen aged 12 and William aged 5, her father, Dr. W. B. Burke, five brothers, W. B. Burke, Jr., of Prestonburg, Ky., T. B. Burke, of Lexington, Robert and Collins of Boyle, Hardin of Birmingham, Ala., four sisters, Mrs. F. W. Millspaugh, Birminham, Ala., Mrs. Robert Harris, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. A. G. Milligan, and Miss Nellie Burke of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Lillard was a consistent member of the Christian church, an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and taught a large class in the Sunday school.
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The Stanford Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 19, 1912: Many local friends were grieved last week to learn of the death Friday at Danville of Mrs. Mary Burke Lillard, wife of W. H. Lillard, the well known cattle man. She had been ill of pneumonia only a short time. She was 40 years of age and was born in Boyle county. She is survived by a husband, two sons, Allen aged 12 and William aged 5, her father, Dr. W. B. Burke, five brothers, W. B. Burke, Jr., of Prestonburg, Ky., T. B. Burke, of Lexington, Robert and Collins of Boyle, Hardin of Birmingham, Ala., four sisters, Mrs. F. W. Millspaugh, Birminham, Ala., Mrs. Robert Harris, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. A. G. Milligan, and Miss Nellie Burke of Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Lillard was a consistent member of the Christian church, an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and taught a large class in the Sunday school.