HARRY J. LILLY // farmer, P. O. Centennial, was born on his father's old homestead, a part of the Lilly tract, in Mount Pleasant Township, this county, September 18, 1848. His grandfather, Henry Lilly, was born in Eden, Oxford Township, Adams County, and at an advanced age, built the house where our subject now resides, and a mill. He, Henry Lilly, was twice married. First to Miss Kane, a native of Harford Co., Md., who died, leaving three sons, who grew up to manhood: Thomas, who was educated at Georgetown College, of which he subsequently was teacher, and then treasurer, and finally a priest; later was stationed at St. Inigoes, in Maryland; afterward was sent to St. Joseph's Church, at Philadelphia, and there died; George, who farmed here until 1860, when he went to Texas; and Col. James, who resided in this neighborhood until 1859, when he went to Richmond, Va., where he remained until Fort Sumter was fired on, when he went to White Sulphur Springs, Va., and there resided until 1873, when he moved to Hinton, W. Va., where he died in 1881, aged seventy-four years.
HARRY J. LILLY // farmer, P. O. Centennial, was born on his father's old homestead, a part of the Lilly tract, in Mount Pleasant Township, this county, September 18, 1848. His grandfather, Henry Lilly, was born in Eden, Oxford Township, Adams County, and at an advanced age, built the house where our subject now resides, and a mill. He, Henry Lilly, was twice married. First to Miss Kane, a native of Harford Co., Md., who died, leaving three sons, who grew up to manhood: Thomas, who was educated at Georgetown College, of which he subsequently was teacher, and then treasurer, and finally a priest; later was stationed at St. Inigoes, in Maryland; afterward was sent to St. Joseph's Church, at Philadelphia, and there died; George, who farmed here until 1860, when he went to Texas; and Col. James, who resided in this neighborhood until 1859, when he went to Richmond, Va., where he remained until Fort Sumter was fired on, when he went to White Sulphur Springs, Va., and there resided until 1873, when he moved to Hinton, W. Va., where he died in 1881, aged seventy-four years.
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