From: KyArchives Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2018 12:59 AM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Sills.Lawrence.C.1929.Breckinridge.OBIT Lawrence C. SILLS January 27, 1929 Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, January 30, 1929 OBITUARY, Page 4 LAWRENCE SILLS The funeral of Lawrence SILL, age 46, was held in St. Romuald Catholic Church, Hardinsburg on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m., with the Pastor Reverend M. Rosengarten saying the requiem mass. Burial was in St. Romuald Cemetery. Mr. SILLS died of pneumonia, as a relapse of influenza. Mr. SILLS is survived by: the widow, who was Miss Bess MATTINGLY of Hardinsburg. three children: Carol SILLS Maurice SILLS Anthenette SILLS three sisters: Mrs. H. A. McINTYRE of Hardinsburg, Ky Miss Anna SILLS of Hardinsburg, Ky Mrs. Charles WALLACE of Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County) three brothers: Eugene SILLS of Hardinsburg, Ky J. C. SILLS of Hardinsburg, Ky Lawrence SILLS (should be Jonas SILLS) of Hardinsburg, Ky Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com Additional Comments: I searched the Breckinridge County 1900 census and found Lawrence SILL's family. I had to find the name of Lawrence's other brother: SILLS: George age 46 born Nov 1853 Marsalene age 39 born Oct 1860 Laura Marcelene Larence age 19 born May 1881 Lawrence Mary E. age 17 born Aug 1882 Mary Essie Eugene age 16 born Feb 1884 Joseph age 13 born Jul 1886 Joseph C. Mary age 13 born Jul 1886 Anna Mae Janas ++ age 07 born Oct 1893 Jonas In 1910 Breckinridge County, there was another daughter listed named Maggie who was age 6, but the father George had already passed away in 1909. Lawrence married Bessie Mae MATTINGLY, and they had three children: Thomas Carroll SILLS Maurice Gregory SILLS Elizabeth Antoinette SILLS Bessie was the daughter of William Thomas MATTINGLY and Dorothy Anne MATTINGLY MATTINGLY. (Information I found on Find-A-Grave.com) Breckinridge County Cemeteries, Volume one, published in 1991 and the listing for the cemetery here on the Archives site: #0010 St. Romuald Catholic Church and Cemetery, located on Highway 259, the cemetery lies between the Parish Church and the northern limit of the city of Hardinsburg, Ky. Central Breckinridge County. SILLS, Lawrence C. 16 May 1881 -- 27 Jan 1929 Bessie Mae MATTINGLY 15 Jul 1897 -- 04 Aug 1984 (see Bessie's obituary I posted on this Archives site; obituary has died Aug 7, 1984) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/