LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin.  Appeared in the Central City Messenger and
Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June,
and July 1959.

T.J. Lile's Grandfather Served in War of 1812 and Mexican War

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 Mexican war in 1845[?illegible].  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, TN, to Muhlenberg County, KY, in 1848.  Mr. Liles is a
member of the Masonic fraternity.

Lile Short Nance Bunton
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NC TN Bedford-TN

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