Thomas Jefferson Lilley and Amy Ann Wells

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Husband Thomas Jefferson Lilley ¹

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           Born: 14 Feb 1824 1
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           Died: 23 Mar 1904 - Coal Center, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert Lilley (      -1826) 1 2
         Mother: Orpha Buffington (1798-1854) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 24 Jan 1856 1

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Wife Amy Ann Wells ¹

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           Born: 5 Aug 1830 1
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           Died: 20 Feb 1895 1
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         Father: John Wells (Abt 1779-1853) 4
         Mother: Deborah Allen (Abt 1792-1872) 4

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Children

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1 F Emma Jane Lilley ⁵

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           Born: 17 Feb 1859 - Fayette Co, PA 1
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           Died: 7 May 1911 1
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         Spouse: Joseph Benjamin Crowthers (1854-1930) 5 6
           Marr: 25 Feb 1879 - Coal Center, Washington Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Jefferson Lilley

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On the death of his father, he and his five brothers and sisters were bound out to relatives by word of mouth; but not on paper, which his mother refused to do. So when an axe head flew off and split open his knee cap, making him a cripple for life, young Thomas Jefferson Lilley was considered worthless on the farm. He could ride, however, and he became a drover, making one trip on horseback to the far west in Illinois, but making several trips eastward to Philadelphia and Baltimore, traveling most of the way over the National Road, which was then at the height of its great usefulness. He became a school teacher, later moving to Greenfield (later known as Coal Center), Pennsylvania, and becoming a general merchant, eventually dying there. Although incapacitated for service he became a draft officer during the Civil War.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 575.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 784.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 592.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 576.

5 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 574.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 975.