Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Family Group Records L
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:
- 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
- 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.
- James H. Lile
Born: about 1849
Died young
- Amanda Cordelia (Nancy Jane) Lile
Born: 1850
Married: 14 February 1867 to Charlie Mannahan
- 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
- 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
- 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