Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Lilly was born in 1845, in Mercer, West Virginia, United States, his father, William H. Lilly, was 32 and his mother, Frances Sarah Pack, was 31. He married Sarah "Sally" C. FINK on 25 March 1869, in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mercer, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and West Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 16 January 1894, in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States.
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- George W Lilly in household of William Lilly, "United States Census, 1850"
- G W Lilly, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- George Lilly, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female personal name Lylie, probably from the name of the flower, Middle English lilie, lelie ‘lily’.
English: habitational name from Lelley in East Yorkshire or Lilley in Hertfordshire. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English lǣl ‘twig, brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah.
Irish: Anglicized shortened form of Allely .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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