Carroll-Huntington County IN Archives Biographies.....Lilly, David 1860 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

DAVID LILLY.

   To make a success of agriculture, it is necessary to be something more than a
hard worker. A farmer may labor from dawn to twilight every day in the year and
fail to accomplish much. There must be sound judgment and discretion exercised
at the same time, a knowledge of soils, grains, live stock and, in fact, general
business. The man who accomplishes much as a farmer in these days is accorded a
place alongside of the men who succeed in the learned professions and the
skilled trades, and this is quite natural, since it requires more ingenuity,
intelligence and management to succeed in farming than perhaps any other
vocation. David Lilly, an enterprising farmer of Jefferson township, who
occupies a beautiful home, with every convenience available to those who live in
the .country, has succeeded in farming because he has not depended upon hard
labor alone.

   Mr. Lilly is a native of Huntington county, Indiana, born on September 7,
1851, and is a son of James and Margaret (Leakey) Lilly. James Lilly was born in
Nicholas county, West Virginia, and came to Henry county, Indiana, with his
parents when twelve years old. His parents were farmers and he worked out for a
time, but later purchased eighty acres of land in Huntington county, which he
farmed for six years. He then sold out and moved to Jasper county, where he
purchased one hundred and twenty acres and where his first wife died. He was
married again in Jasper county and then sold out and moved to Carroll county,
settling in Jefferson township, where he owned one hundred and sixty acres of
land and where he lived for fifty-six years. He passed away on February 5, 1905.
He was a Republican in politics and, in the days before the Civil War, an ardent
abolitionist. For a number of years before his death, he was in the active
ministry of the gospel and a devout and earnest member of the Christian church.
His wife, Margaret Leakey, was a native of Henry county and was one of thirteen
children born to her parents, who were large landowners and farmers by
occupation. James and Margaret (Leakey) Lilly were married on July 25, 1844. To
them were born four children, Joseph and Sallie, both of whom died on November
1, 1849; Martha, who lives in Logansport and is the wife of Rev. J. G. Tedford;
and David, the subject of this sketch.

   David Lilly remained at home until thirty-two years old, farming with his
father until he purchased eighty acres of land. In the early years, he raised
thoroughbred stock. He inherited forty acres of land from his father, and also
farms forty acres belonging to his daughter and forty acres belonging to his
sister. The land is located in section 11, of Jefferson township. Aside from his
own farm, the farm belonging to his daughter and sister, which he cultivates, he
has also put some fifty acres of land, belonging to Mrs. Lilly, into
cultivation. He has made a conscientious effort to perform well all of the
duties of life and, if the verdict of his neighbors, is accepted, it must be
admitted that he has succeeded well in this purpose.

   On March 21, 1883, Mr. Lilly was married to Anna Rothrock, the daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Cochell) Rothrock, of White county, but natives of
Pennsylvania. The father immigrated to White county on April 27, 1833, witn his
parents, and the mother, with her parents, a few years later. Mr. and Mrs. Lilly
have been the parents of three children, James William, who died in infancy;
Margaret, the wife of David H. Roth, of Jefferson township; and Guy A., who
lives on the home farm and assists his father. He owns eighty acres of land.
Mrs. Lilly died on September 23, 1913.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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