Kathleen, As it turns out, I am also related by marriage to Lucy Victoria Lile. I have a little information handy in my Williams family data, but can send more later. Lucy is in the 1900 Census, Missouri, Greene Co., West Center Twp., E.D. 46, sheet 7B, lines 57-62, dwelling 134, family 134, with her parents: Lile, John A., head, w, m, Sep 1841, 58, mar. 30 yrs., Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer -------, Fannie, wife, w, f, Dec 1841, 58, mar. 30 yrs., 9 ch., 9 liv., Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee -------, Lucy V., daughter, w, f, Mar 1882, 18, single, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri Reynolds, Rosy, daughter, w, f, Feb 1878, 21, mar. 2 yrs. 2 ch., 1 liv., Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri Shipley, Allis, g-daughter, w, f, Aug 1896, 3, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri Lile, Eavy(?), g-daughter, w, f, Jul 1898, 1, single, Missouri, Georgia, Missouri Based on other records I am not certain that the years married and age of Fannie are correct here. See for example the 1880 census. John, Fannie, and 7 children (Alle Anna 13, Nancy E. 11, John A. 9, Thomas T. 7, James G. 4, William 3, and Rose S. 1) are in the 1880 Census in Pond Creek Twp., Greene Co., Mo., and the name is spelled Liles. John Lile's death certificate is online: John Liles (Lile) [parenthetical correction is on the certificate] died 18 Dec 1915, Republic Twp., Greene Co., Mo. born 18 Sep 1841, Ky. father, Greene Lile, born Ky mother, Nancy Carlen, born Ky informant, Mrs. Barney Dickinson, Republic, Mo. burial Wade Chapel Cem. Some of their children's death certicates are also online, for example Thomas Tilman Lile and John A. Lile [Jr.]. John's gives his parents names as John A. Lile and Fanny C. Blades; Thomas' gives John Lile and Fannie Blades. John A. Liles is in the 1860 Pond Creek Twp. Census apparently with his mother and her second husband, Alford O'Banion. Frances C. "Fannie" Blades was the younger sister of Ransom Dudley Blades, who married as his second wife, Gilly S. Williams, sister of my great, great grandmother, Sarah Jane "Sadie" (Williams) Baugh. Fannie and Ransom were the children of Edward Blades and Penelope Ellen Maynor (or Maynard and other spellings). Here are biographies of Ransom and his brother Edward and other records which provide information on the Blades family. EDWARD A. BLADES The farming class of America is notable for the degree of intelligence that is possessed among its representatives. Our subject belongs to one of the most progressive of families, and is proud of the fact that his father was one of those fast disappearing landmarks of a heroic past – an early pioneer. Mr. Blades was born in Monroe County, East Tenn., in 1830, but his parents, Edward and Ellen (Maner) Blades, were natives of North Carolina, where they grew to mature years and united their fortunes. From there they removed to Tennessee, and about 1836 came by ox-team to Greene County, Mo., being about two months on the road. They located in the woods on the Pickerel, and there was but one house within a distance of five miles. Mr. Blades spent the rest of his life there engaged in cultivating the soil, and died about 1847. He was a great hunter and sportsman, etc., and a man well and favorably known for miles around. He was one of the pioneers of Greene County, settl! ing there when Springfield was but a mere hamlet of log houses, and he contributed his full share toward the improvement and development of the county. He was of English origin. His wife died in Greene County in 1855. They were the parents of an old-fashioned family of fourteen children, as follows: Sally Ann, deceased; R. D., of Billings; Nancy, deceased; Isaac T., Cynthia, Edward A., Rebecca L., William, Elizabeth, James R., Frances, George Washington, and two died young. Our subject was reared amid the rude surroundings of pioneer life, and to obtain a limited education was obliged to walk three miles to the primitive log schoolhouse where he was taught the three R’s. In the year 1851 he married Miss Margaret Batson, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of Steven and Jane Batson, who came from Ohio to Greene County, Mo., at an early date, and here passed the remainder of their lives, the father engaged in farming. Eight children were born to our subject and wife, viz.: Ellen, deceased, was the wife of William Logan; Jane, wife of Charles Lane, of Lawrence County; James; Elizabeth Ann died young; Sarah P. died young; Martha E.; George Marion died young, and one whose name is unknown. Mr. Blades resided in Greene County until 1870, and then removed to his present farm near Crane Post Office. He has added to the original tract from time to time until he now owns 119 acres of excellent land, and has much of it under cultivation. His wife, ! who was a worthy member of the Methodist Church, died in 1891. Mr. Blades also holds membership in that church. During the war Mr. Blades served a short time in the army. The Blades family is a numerous and well-known one in Greene and Christian Counties, and its members are prominent and well respected. History of Greene County, Missouri, 1883 R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian, Chapter 18, pp. 605-606: Ransom D. Blades, Sr. This old settler and prominent citizen is the son of Edward and Ellen (Maynar) Blades, and was born in McMinn county, Tennessee, January 29, 1821. He was the second child and oldest son. His parents were natives of North Carolina, but moved to Tennessee shortly after their marriage. In 1836, when Ransom was fifteen years of age, they came to Greene county, Missouri, and settled on section 10, township 28, range 24. Then that part of the county was settled by only two or three families, and to the southwest of them there were no neighbors nearer than forty miles. They went through all the hardships incidental to early pioneer life, and the wild, open country that they found upon arriving they redeemed from the wolves and foxes, and the glad earth yielded bountiful crops to bless the hardihood and pluck of these pioneers. The schools, both in the eastern part of Tennessee and here at that early day were poor and scarce, and Mr. Blades received but six wee! ks' schooling. But in the great school of experience he learned his lessons well, and in due time arose to be one of Greene's foremost citizens. In April, 1841, Mr. Blades was married to Frances, daughter of Samuel Garoutte, Esq. She belonged to that noted family of that name which appears frequently in these pages, and whose family history appears fully in other chapters. Their marriage was blest with eleven children. Mrs. Blades died March 17, 1863, and on June 14, 1863, Mr. Blades was married the second time to Mrs. Gillie S. Davis, nee Williamson [sic, Williams]. Before the war Mr. Blades had been a Democrat, but favored the Union and the winter of 1861-2 he spent in Kansas, because he was outspoken in his devotion to the Union cause, and the Confederates then had possession of the country. He has been a member of the Methodist church for twenty-seven years, and now in an old age full of honor, he enjoys the respect and confidence of all good men, He owns a magnificent ! farm, well stocked and equipped in all the modern improvements. Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1894, pp. 145-147: Ranson D. Blades, Sr. In the following sketch. . . He lost his first wife in 1863, and for his second wife he took Mrs. Gillie S. Davis, widow of William Davis and daughter of Samuel Williams. She was born in Lawrence County, Mo., and her father was an early pioneer. William Davis was killed by bushwhackers in 1862. The Williams family settled west of Springfield, and Mrs. Blades was the first white child born in Lawrence County. . . .. Ozar'kin, Vol. III, No. 2, Summer 1981, p. 75, "Blades" Contributed by: Mrs. Orrin Maybee, 17069 N. Indian Avenue, Space 72, Box 724, North Palm Springs, CA 92258. Edward Blades came to Greene County, MO from McMinn County, TN in the year 1836 and settled in Pond Creek Township. Edward Blades was b 6 Jan 1777 NC; d 19 May 1844 Greene Co Mo; m ca 1817 Penelope Ellen Maynor/Maynard, b 28 Apr 1801 NC; d 1 Sep 1855/58 Greene Co MO; both bur Old Reynolds Cem. Children: 1. Sarah Ann Blades . . . 2. Ranson Dudley Blades, b 29 Jan 1821 McMinn Co TN; d 2 Dec 1901 Greene Co MO bur Blades Cem; m (1) 21 mar 1841 Greene Co MO to Frances Garoutte; m (2) 14 Jun 1863 Gillie S. Davis; m (3) Mary Swift. 3. Nancy L. Blades . . . 4. Isaac Tillman Blades . . . 5. Cynthia C. Blades . . . 6. Edward A. F. Blades . . . 7. Rebecca L. Blades . . . 8. William W. Blades . . . 9. Elizabeth "Betsy" Blades . . . 10. James R. Blades . . . 11. Frances C. Blades . . . 12. George Washington Blades, b. 1843/44 Greene Co MO; . . . Greene County, Missouri, Cemeteries, Vol. III, Pond Creek and Center Townships, Blades Chapel Cemetery, p. 14: Blades, Edward, 6 Jan 1779 - 19 May 1844, age 64 yr, 4 mo, 13 da 1850 Census, Missouri, Greene Co., Polk Township, dwelling 657, family 657: Blades, Penelope, 52, f, $500 R.E., NC Edward A., 21, m, Tn. Rebecca L., 18, f, Tn. William W., 16, m, Tn. Elizabeth M., 14, f, Mo. James R., 12, m, Mo. Francis C., 10, f, Mo. George W., 7, m, Mo. Until later, Ross Cameron -----Original Message----- >From: Kathleen LaRose <kathleenlarose@cox.net> >Sent: May 13, 2007 2:55 PM >To: molawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Bernard Claude Cunningham 1912-1994 > >Happy Mother's Day Mona! >Thank you for sending the info below. You are my only source for Lucy >Victoria Lile so far. Do you know where you obtained her name, do you have >any other info about her you are willing to share? How are you related to >the Brashers? >Enjoy your day, Kathleen > > >-----Original Message----- >From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of MoMaybee@aol.com >Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:22 PM >To: molawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Bernard Claude Cunningham 1912-1994 > >In my Brashers file I have Bernard Claude Cunningham's father as Robert >Berry >Cunning and his mother as Lucy Victoria Lile. > >I have no info on his parents other then their names. > >Hope this helps. > >Mona M. 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