Mother: Margaret Shumate 1801-1869
Served in Co. E, the Raleigh Rangers, 36th Infantry Regiment.
Military service: enlisted in the Confederate Army on 8-5-1861 by Colonel John S. Carr at Princeton, WV. Later taken prisoner by the union army.
Misc: According to one of his great-grandaughters he apparently carved a pin or broach for each of his daughters from human bones while he was prisoner
Nickname: Andy Sockhead, it is said that he acquired the name because he wore a sock on his head following being deprived of his clothing while being a prisoner of the Yankees.
Mother: Margaret Shumate 1801-1869
Served in Co. E, the Raleigh Rangers, 36th Infantry Regiment.
Military service: enlisted in the Confederate Army on 8-5-1861 by Colonel John S. Carr at Princeton, WV. Later taken prisoner by the union army.
Misc: According to one of his great-grandaughters he apparently carved a pin or broach for each of his daughters from human bones while he was prisoner
Nickname: Andy Sockhead, it is said that he acquired the name because he wore a sock on his head following being deprived of his clothing while being a prisoner of the Yankees.
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Tollison Lilly
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George W Lilly
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William S "Shoemaker Bill" Lilly
1828–1895
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Nancy Lilly Lane
1830–1913
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Samuel D. Lilly
1833–1888
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Mary Frances "Fanny" Lilly Wills
1835–1899
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Joseph H. "Curly Joe" Lilly
1840–1906
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James Lundie "Grinning Jim" Lilly
1848–1915
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