Ila was born in 1908, the 5th of 6 children to Lummie W Walls and Mary Alberta Musselwhite. Her siblings were: Benjamin Jackson Infant Boy, Theodore Blackshear, Oscar Lee, and Grover C; her half-siblings were: Robert Daniel, Retta Jane, Rudolph Jefferson, Loran William, Elve Marvin, Edgar Bennett, Mary Ethel, Leona, Charlie Delmar, Samuel Davis, Ruby, Gladys, Carrol Devon, and Henry Vernon.
Fact: Residence (1910) Militia District 1040, Crisp, Georgia
Fact: Residence (1920) Militia District 1040, Crisp, Georgia
She married in 1925 to James Sanford Killgore, son/daughter of James Walter Killgore and Katherine Belle Robinson. She was about 17 years old. They had at least 4 children together:
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKD-JZ6 : accessed 20 June 2020), Ila A M Walls in household of Lunnie W Walls, Militia District 1040, Crisp, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 17A, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 183; FHL microfilm 1,374,196.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD3-V7J : accessed 20 June 2020), Filormay Walls in household of Lomey Walls, Militia District 1040, Crisp, Georgia, United States; citing ED 23, sheet 10B, line 57, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 247; FHL microfilm 1,820,247.
"Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23C2-VKN : 12 July 2019), James S Kilgore and Illa Mae Walls, 1925; citing Marriage, Orange, Florida, United States, citing multiple County Clerks of Court, Florida; FHL microfilm 1,887,397.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3MQ8-26Z : accessed 21 June 2020), Lilla Killgore in household of James Killgore, Militia District 1671, Dooly, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 9B, line 96, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 353; FHL microfilm 2,340,088.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCC-R9T : 24 May 2020), Ila Mae Kilgore in household of James S Kilgore, Lockhart, Election Precinct 29, Orange, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-46, sheet 13B, line 46, family 318, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 604.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRD-NPZM : accessed 20 June 2020), Ila Mae in entry for James S , Or Jim Or Jim Killgore, Florida, United States, 25 May 1992; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Petersburg Times, born-digital text.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5J-ZVJ4 : accessed 20 June 2020), Ila Mae Killgore in entry for Mr Marvin Walls, Florida, United States, 1994; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Orlando Sentinel, The, born-digital text.
"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVCF-9S2 : 25 December 2014), Ila Mae Killgore, 16 Apr 1996; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 49053, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPVQ-W2C : 19 May 2014), Ila M Killgore, 16 Apr 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGJ-ZM9F : accessed 21 June 2020), Mrs Ila Mae Killgore, Florida, United States, 17 Apr 1996; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Orlando Sentinel, The, born-digital text.
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