Lillard, James M.

LILLARD, PATTERSON, MILLER

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/1/2019 at 20:04:02

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 600:

"JAMES M. LILLARD, farmer, section 14, Garden Grove Township, was born in Calhoun County, Illinois, in 1841, son of Thomas and Rhoda (Patterson) Lillard, natives of Virginia and Missouri respectively. They immigrated to Decatur County in 1857, and settled upon the farm where James M. now resides. The father died in 1882, aged eighty-six years, five months and sixteen days. The mother is still living at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mr. Lillard was reared on a farm, and has followed farming through life. He was married in Decatur County, in 1883, to Ellen Miller, daughter of Jefferson and Cleopatra Miller, born in Indiana, in 1854. They have one child – Charley W. Mr. Lillard is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His farm consists of 200 acres of land, well cultivated. His father served in the war of 1812, and saw Dick Johnson shoot Tecumseh. He killed the Indian who was disguised in a hog’s skin. He helped to build the first court-house in St. Louis."

Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)