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- Hello Alexis, I would like to introduce myself. My name is LarryLiles (actually Lawrence Eugene Liles) and I live just outside ofWashington, DC in Bethesda, MD. I got your Jan 05 email to ChesterSpradlin forwarded to me from him. I just memet Chester a couple ofweeks ago in Coalfield and figure we are 5th cousins going back toRebecca Liles' father Robert (b c 1759) I am very interested in thisLiles brothers' murder story involving Jesse Hacker, as they may be ofmy line back to my great grandfather Thomas (b 1859). He had a brotherWilliam who I am led to believe was a professional gambler and theyboth lived in Oliver Springs (Winters Gap).
When I started into genealogy I didn't even know the name of thisgreat grandfather, perhaps because of his legacy. My grandfather HenryFrancis (b 1879), orphaned at 12, moved to Illinois just after 1910.On my recent trip to Roane County I found Thomas' death detailed innewspaper articles where he was murdered after an evening of drinking,and an earlier account where he had murdered a man named Vann and shotat another named Potter, I think. So your note to Chester may link tothis same family group. Did this occurrence happen in Morgan,Andersen or Knox County? I found no mention of this in the RoaneHistorical Commission's papers. Do you have any web links or copieddocuments you may share? I checked your Hacker site and link onPattimac's Roane site but saw no information on Jesse's death. I doappreciate the citations you had on your Hacker site, and hope you'veaccumulated citations or documents on this incident. If not, I wouldwelcome knowing the county, and I will see if I can chase it down.Thank you for your time and consideration. Larry Liles
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Abt 1858 - 1891 (~ 33 years)
Siblings
d. 4 Oct 1861, Roane, Tennessee, United States