Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Muhlenberg Co.

T. J. LILE, Muhlenburgh [sic] 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.  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 
Muhlenburgh 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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