Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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William Thomas Lile & Margaret Short

William Thomas Lile
Born: 13 August 1817 Granville Co., NC
Married: Margaret Short about 1843 in Bedford Co., TN
Died: 29 July 1860 Muhlenberg
Buried: Lile family burying ground, old Dr. Simpson farm, Muhlenberg
Father: James Hester Lile (1794 - 1855)
Mother: Margaret Lucy Nance {1795 - between 1870 and 1880)

Spouse: Margaret Short
Born: 18 January 1823 Bedford Co., TN
Died: 15 January 1901 Muhlenberg
Buried: Lile family burying ground, Muhlenberg
Father: believed to be William Short
Mother: a Miss Bunton
Note: Margaret Short is probably the daughter of William Short from his first marriage. A Bedford Co., TN family history lists William's second marriage and children - Margaret is not listed among these children. William left his second family and disappears from record.

Children of William T. Lile & Margaret Short:

  1. William James Franklin Lile
    Born: 17 October 1844 Bedford Co., TN
    Died: 11 July 1862 from Measles and typhoid fever contracted while serving during the Civil War
    Never married
  2. Theophilus Allison Lile
    Born: 26 March 1847 Bedford Co., TN
    Died: 5 May 1904 Muhlenberg
    Married: 13 August 1868 Muhlenberg
    Spouse: Cordelia Ann Randolph
    Born: 3 February 1845
    Died: 7 December 1933 Muhlenberg
    Father: Ashford Randolph
    Mother: Geraldine Oats
    Theophilus and Cordelia are buried at the Lile family burying ground.
  3. James H. Lile
    Born: about 1849
    Died young
  4. Amanda Cordelia (Nancy Jane) Lile
    Born: 1850
    Married: 14 February 1867 to Charlie Mannahan
  5. Thomas Jefferson Lile
    Born: 20 August 1853 Muhlenberg
    Died: 13 January 1923 Muhlenberg
    Buried: Lile burying ground
    Married: 16 October 1884 at the home of William Pace in Muhlenberg
    Spouse: Nannie Roma Pace
    Born: 1868 Muhlenberg
    Died: 1893 Muhlenberg
    Buried: Murphy Cemetery, Muhlenberg
    Father: William Ledfeter Pace
    Mother: July Ann Sherrod Murphy
  6. Robert J. Lile
    Born: 9 November 1855 Muhlenberg
    Died: 19 October 1893 Muhlenberg
    Robert was a deaf mute, described in court records as an idiot; never married.
    Buried: Lile family burying ground
  7. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Lile
    Born: 19 April 1860 Muhlenberg
    Died: 13 August 1922 Muhlenberg
    Married: 3 January 1883
    Spouse: John Newman Hammonds
    Born: 9 October 1860
    Died: 11 November 1935
    Father: James Hammonds
    Mother: Caroline Barrett
    Sarah and John are buried at the Eades Family Cemetery in Muhlenberg.

Contributed by Jean Wells

Updated August 2, 2017