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Thomas Jefferson Lile
T.J. Lile, Muhlenberg County, was born August 20, 1853, and is the fifth of eight children born to William T. and Margaret L. (Short) Lile, natives respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee. William T. Lile was the son of Col. James Lile, who married Lucy Nance, natives of North Carolina. Col. Lile was a soldier in the war of 1812, served in the battle of New Orleans; also served in the Mexcian war in 1845. The mother of our subject was a daughter of William Short, who married a Miss Bunton; he was also a soldier in the war of 1812.
T.J. Lile was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. In 1881 he embarked in the mercantile business eight miles northwest of Greenville. He has met with good success. His parents moved from Bedford County, Tenn., to Muhlenberg County, Ky., in 1848. Mr. Lile is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 911.
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