Charlotte R. (Owen) Lillard (1833-1862)

According to a genealogy.com post by Janet Wamble, Charlotte R. (Owen) Lillard was the wife of Richard M. Lillard and the mother of Jesse Watson Lillard.  Charlotte was born in Williamson County, TN in 1833 to Jesse Mercer Owen and Sarah (Atkinson) Owen. 

Morgan Lillard

Morgan Lillard represents the point at which thing start getting pretty murky for my strand of the Lillard line.  We know that John D. Lillard's father was named Morgan; But it seems that there were at least two Morgan Lillards in the early 19th century and it's not quite clear who was who.  There was a Morgan Lillard who served as a 2nd Corporal with the Rockingham (NC) regiment during the War of 1812.  It is also possible that this was the same Morgan Lillard who served as a Rockingham County constable from 1812-1814.

It is a further possibility that the Morgan Lillard in question was the son of Moses Lillard--traditionally regarded as the beginning patriarch of the family in America.

Ina Mae (Lillard) Young Rickman (1897-1986)

Ina Mae Lillard was the youngest child of Jesse Watson Lillard and Martha "Mattie" Cassandra Porter.  She was born September 26, 1897 in Water Valley township, Randolph County, AR.  She married Van L. Young on September 15, 1924 in Tyronza.  One child was born to this union--Jack Leslie Young.  Sadly, Van died six years later.  Ina married for the second time in Ravenden Springs, AR on August 18, 1940 to a gentleman named Burl Rickman.  She was employed as the postmistress for Ravenden Springs, where she passed away in February 1986. 

Nettie Meadows (Lillard) Davis (1895-1962)

Nettie Meadows Lillard (sometimes called "Nettie Bell" or "Nettie Margurette" was born on February 10, 1895 in Water Valley township, Randolph County, AR to Jesse Watson Lillard and Martha "Mattie" Cassandra (Porter) Lillard.  Along with her parents, she moved to Tyronza, AR in 1906. She married Lee Davis in Ravenden Springs in 1916.  No children were born to this union

The couple made their home in Ravenden Springs, where Lee was in the mercantile business for a time with his father and two brothers--Jim and Clark.  After selling the store, Lee and Nettie farmed and raised stock, mules, and horses for sale.  Lee served in World War I after receiving training at Tulane University.  However, he was in theater only three months when the war ended.  Nettie died on October 26, 1962 and is buried in the Jones Cemetary in Randolph County, AR. (Porter genealogy)  An old family genealogy notes that at Nettie's funeral, "A very large crowd attended, and she had so many beautiful flowers.  She will be missed by all who knew her."

In the photo, Nettie is young woman in the back ground seated by herself with the hat.

pic retrieved from http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randolph/lillard3.jpg

William David Lillard (1892-1960)

William David Lillard, son of Jesse Watson Lillard and Martha "Mattie" Lillard, was born on December 15, 1892 in Watervalley, AR and died on January 2, 1960 in Tyronza, AR.  In 1906, young William moved with his parents from Water Valley to Tyronza, AR where he grew up and attended school.  He met and  married Pruda Barger in Tyronza.  Three children were born to this union:  Lora Lillard, Freda May Lillard, and a son who died at birth. (source)

According to records collected by my great aunt, William and Pruda at some point moved to Marked Tree, AR where their daughters grew up and married.  Following the unexpected death of Freda's first husband shortly after marriage, she eventually remarried a Church of God minister named Larry May.  The couple moved to Alabama in 1955.  After Larry suffered a stroke and could no longer work, William and Pruda moved there as well to help Freda.

Luther Carroll Lillard (1888-1924)

Luther Carroll Lillard, son of Jesse Watson Lillard and Martha "Mattie" Lillard, was born on October 20, 1888 in Randolph County, AR.  He married Beulah Webber, with whom he had six children:  Irene, Alberta, Anna, Paul Monroe, Inez, and Wallace.

Luther's life was tragically cut short when he was shot by a neighbor on December 17, 1924. Luther was living in Tyronza, AR at the time. The following comments on Luther's death come from a handwritten family history produced by one of my great aunts (I believe in the early to mid-1960s):

The shock of [Luther's] death was so very hard for all the family.  The man really had no excuse for shooting him (there was a little dispute over some chickens crossing over into his yard). He was sent to the pen for life, but was paroled after 6 years (with tuberculosis).

Thomas Frederick Lillard (1886-1953)

Thomas Frederick Lillard and Mazzie (Gamil) Lillard  retrieved from http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randolph/lillard4.jpg

Thomas Frederick Lillard was born August 1, 1886 to Jesse Watson and Mattie Lillard.  He married miss Mazzie Gamil, with whom he had seven children:  Lena Lillard, Ralph Lillard, Curtis Lillard, Clair Lillard, Dorothy Lillard, Juanita Lillard, and F. Eugene Lillard.

Thomas died on March 1, 1953 in Tyronza, AR.

Thomas Frederick Lillard, Mazzie Lillard, Ina Lillard and Nettie Lillard retrieved from http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randolph/page-9.html