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Thomas Lilly (1771 - 1823)

Thomas Lilly
Born in Fluvanna, Virginia,map
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Husband of — married 7 Oct 1800 in Fluvanna, Virginiamap
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Died at about age 52 in Ross, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Thomas Lilly, born ca. 1771,(13) died 1823 in Ross County, Ohio.( Thomas3 Lilly, (William2, Edmund1 Lilly of Fluvanna County, Virginia)

Thomas Lilly, born 1767 or 1771, Fluvanna County, Virginia, died 1823; married Theodocia "Docia" Rilley/Reilly, of New Jersey, 19 October 1800. She was born in 1772 in New Jersey, died 1839, in Madison County, Ohio. When they moved from Virginia to Ross County, Ohio, they brought 5 children with them, four more were born in Ohio.

History of Madison County, Ohio, (Chicago, Illinois: W H Beers, 1883), 898. His picture is in this book.

James Lilly (deceased) was the youngest of his parent's nine children, born in Ross County, Ohio, 4 October 1816. His paternal grandparents were William and Elizabeth (Pollet) Lilly, the former a descendant of English Ancestors, and the later, a native of France. They resided in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Mr. Lilly's father, Thomas Lilly, was born in 1771, in Virginia, where he married Theodocia Riley, who was born in New Jersey in 1773. They came to Ohio in 1809, with five children, and located in Ross County, where the father died in 1823. In 1830, Mrs. Lilly and family moved to Madison County, where they located in Fairfield Township, near the present site of Lilly Chapel, where Mrs. Lilly died 4 February 1839, aged 66 years. Their family consisted of nine children, four daughters and five sons: two died single, five are now living; of the later, two reside in this county.
James Lilly was fourteen years of age when his mother removed to this county, and he grew to manhood on the farm near Lilly Chapel. Previous to and during the war, he was largely engaged in grazing, trading, and shipping of stock. He subsequently dealt extensively in land, and, at the time of his death, he owned several large tracts. In 1866, he removed to London, and two years later he removed to the "Judge Jones Farm," four miles west of London. After two years residence on this farm, he returned to London, and there died of typhoid fever, 10 October 1874. He was twice married, first to Matilda Anderson, a native of Virginia and a resident of this county, whom he married in 1843. By her, he had seven children, four living, viz., Emma, wife of J. B. Young, resident of Lexington, Iowa; Mary E., wife of J. S. Gardner, of Franklin County; George W., who graduated at Wesleyan University, with a degree of A. B., and at Michigan University in 1881 with a degree of C. E. since when he has been engaged as a civil engineer; Eugene A. One son, William, enlisted when at the age of 17 in the Fourtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in a hospital in Kentucky.

Mrs. Lilly died in 1859, and in 1861, Mr. Lilly married Susan (Melvin) Davidson, the widow of George W. Davidson, deceased. Of their three children, two are living, Ella, a student of Wesleyan University, (Massachusetts); and John W. A., who lives with his mother in London. James Lilly united with the Methodist Episcopal Church when quite young, and in after years, donated the site of the present church to that denomination, the new building taking the name of Lilly Chapel, and the village is now known by the same name. He was a Republican in politics, and at the time of his death, was senior county commissioner, serving a term of three years. He own property in the city of London, and laid out James Lilly's subdivision of that town. Honest and upright, firm in character and decision, full of benevolence and charity, and a shrewd businessman, he accumulated a considerable fortune and occupied a prominent and influential position in the community. Few men were more useful to the town in which they lived and but few men contributed more to the moral and material prosperity of the county than he.

Eugene A. Lilly, dealer in real estate, London, was born on a farm in Fairfield Township, (now the site of Lilly Chapel) 9 May 1858. He came to London when eight years of age and was there reared. He took a course of study at the Ohio Weleyan University, and subsequently attended the University of Michigan, graduating from the later in the class of 1880, with a degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. He then went to Chicago, where for a short time he was assistant to Prof. Wheeler of the University of Chicago. He then returned to London where he has resided, with the intention, however, of resuming his work in chemitry in the future. He is still a young man, but so far in life he has met with good success in his business transactions. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge Chapter and Council, and a Republican in politics.


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Thomas Lilly son of William Lilly

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