52 Ancestors 52 Weeks - Week 43

Lillie T. Ingram

Lillie Ingram was born on July 11, 1885, in Owsley County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Jonah Ingram and Isabelle Wombles.

In 1901, she married John Harvey Sandlin, most likely in Owsley County, Kentucky. I have not found a record for that marriage. Lillie would have been about 16 years old.

The first time I have her in a census is the 1910 Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky. She is with her husband John, he is 38 and she is 21 years old. He is a laborer and they are renting a house. The children in the home are: Mary, 8, Asbury, 6, Eliza, 5 and Nannie is 3 years old.

The next time I am able to find them is in the 1930 census, in still in Bowlingtown, Perry County, Kentucky. She is 44 and John is 60. They own their home now, John is a laborer at odd jobs, and she is listed as a laundress. The children i the home are: Mattie, 15, Malta, 13, Lettie, 11, Green Berry, 8,  Lillian, 5, Margaret, 3, and James is under a year old. John cannot read and write, but Lillie can. There are no street names or house numbers, so I wonder if they live outside of town?

In 1961 John died at age 94. Lillie lived until October 22, 1966, when she died of a heart attack. She was living with her son, Asbury B. Sandlin, in Gary, Indiana. She was 81 years old. She was buried in the Vernon Cemetery in Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana.

 From The Tribune in Seymour, Indiana:

Mrs. L. Sandlin Dies Suddenly

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Sandlin, 81, a former resident of Vernon, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Vernon Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Ray Rabatin, pastor, officiating. Burial in the Vernon Cemetery.

Friends may call at any time at the Jordan Funeral Home at Vernon.

Mrs. Sandlin died suddenly Saturday at the home of her son, A.B. Sandlin, in Gary.

She was born July 11, 1885, in Owsley County, Kentucky, and married John Sandlin, who preceded her in death in 1961. They moved to Jennings County in 1937.

Survivors are 11 children, including two sons, A. B. Sandlin, Gary, and G. B. Sandlin, Columbus, Ga.; nine daughters, Mrs. Lettie Hammel, Mrs. Malta Hardesty and Mrs. Lona Grigsby, all of North Vernon, Mrs. Eliza Ritchie, Dupont, Mrs. Margaret Kahrs, Seymour, Mrs. Ellen Sandlin, Buckhorn, Ky., Mrs. Wanda Miller, Chicago, Mrs. Lillian Ruark and Mrs. Malvery Revers, both of Gary; one sister; 53 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.

Two daughters, Nan and Mary, and one son, James, preceded her in death.

Lillie Ingram Sandlin in my grandchildren’s second great-grandmother. Still much to do on this family.

Sources:
1910 Census; Bowlingtown, Perry, Kentucky; Roll: T624_500; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0171; FHL microfilm: 1374513; Ancestry.com
1930 Census; Bowling, Perry, Kentucky; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2340509; Ancestry.com
Death Certificates; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA;  Death Certificates; Year: 1966; Roll: 01; Ancestry.co
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com
Obituary: The Tribune; Seymour, Indiana; Monday, October 24; Page 12.
Find A Grave; Memorial Id: 14209900; [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14209900]; Find-A-Grave.com, 1966