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Family/Spouse: Susan Langley. Susan (daughter of Andrew Jackson Langley and Mary B Reynolds) was born on 14 Jul 1881; died on 6 Jan 1936; was buried in Chesley Jackson Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ledford Liles was born in 1901; was buried in Langley Cemetery, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
2. Thelbert Edgar Liles was born on 27 Jul 1903; died on 3 Nov 1968.
3. Charles Luther Liles was born on 11 Oct 1905; died on 23 Oct 1967; was buried in Petros, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
4. Pearl Magnolia Liles was born on 17 May 1908; died on 5 Jul 1997; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
5. Rena Eileen Liles was born on 30 Aug 1910; died on 22 Apr 1993; was buried in Chesley Jackson Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
6. Verie Virgil Liles was born on 10 Aug 1912 in Scott, Tennessee, United States.
7. Zena Ella Liles was born on 12 Jul 1914; died on 3 Jun 1981; was buried in Chesley Jackson Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
8. Herman Winfred Liles was born on 7 Nov 1918 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 19 Mar 1990 in Iredell, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States.
9. Anna Mae Liles was born on 11 Dec 1920; died on 27 Apr 1988.

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"Uncle Bill's youngest brother, John, was staying with relatives inthe Coalfield area in the late 1870's. He got acquainted with a verylovely young girl named Lucinda Solomon. She was very beautiful andwas the granddaughter of Joseph Hicks, the Indian. John Liles andLucinda were married June 3, 1879. They went to the county seat ofMorgan County at Old Montgomery which is located between Wartburg andLancing. Since there were no automobiles in those days, some thinkthat John and Lucinda got up extra early that morning and headed forthe county seat in a horse and buggy. John, at this time was nineteenyears old and Lucinda was seventeen" From "A History of theCoalfield Area" by W.B. Lyles

1920 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, Page 27, District 1
LILES, John Head M W 61 TN Farmer
Cinda Wife F W 59 TN
Eller Dau F W 25 TN
BROWN, Sadie Gdau F W 8 TN

John married Lucinda Solomon on 3 Jun 1879. Lucinda (daughter of William Wriley Solomon and Judah Hicks) was born in Feb 1862 in Solomon Hollow, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Mary Jane Davis on 8 Nov 1853 in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States. Mary was born about 1824; died on 4 Aug 1864; was buried in Elverton, Roane, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From "A History of the Coalfield Area" by W.B. Lyles - - Another family was Solomons, who came from Virginia. They had a son by the name of William Riley Solomon. He was in his early twenties the winter they came through in 1855. They stayed until the weather was good enough, so they could go west. During their stay, he fell in love with a girl by the name of Julie Hicks. He decided to remain here with the Hicks family. They got married in early 1856. Their children were as foollows: Nancy, John, Lucinda, James, Margaret, Martha, and George. There is little known as about Mary and Nancy Solomon. Undoubtedly, they must have died in their infancy. John Solomon, who was born in 1858, died in the same place he was born in 1956 at the age of 98. He did not have any schooling, but he did know how to work. He was a hard worker. His line of work was farming and working in the log woods. He was a gardener and made the last one when he was 97 years old.
Not long after John was born, they had another daughter. When she was a year old, the Civil War started. The father, William Riley Solomon,had to go to war. He was a bugler during the Civil War. A few months after he left, Riley Solomon's wife had another daughter born in 1862. Her name was Lucinda, and she was the one who later was my (W.B.Lyles) grandmother. Her grandfather was the Cherokee Indian, Joseph Hicks.
After the war was over and William Riley Solomon got back home, a son was born, James. Two years later the daughter, Margaret, was born. Then, in the early 1870's, Martha was born. She had a terrible handicap - a very bad hairlip. It was verery difficult for her to eat. I can today remember her in her old age. It was very hard for me to understand the words she said. She never married, but when she was about 20, she had a son by the name of George. Everyone said that a boy by ththe name of Liles was his father, and he went by the name of George Liles. George grew up to be a big man - 6 feet, 6 inches, about 245 pounds. He left Tennessee and never did come back. The story is told that he went to Texas and married. It is said that he died in the state of Texas and was buried there. When Martha was in her 80's she died. She did not have an income. She stayed with people, working to earn her board - she did this all her life.
In 1880, Riley and Julie Solomon had their last child. George was born. He lived to be 94 and died in 1976 in Oakdale, Tennessee. All of these people earned their living by hard work. About 93% were listed as farmers. Some worked in the mines and log woods cutting timber.

1860 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1 (page 14)
SOLOMON, Wm27MWFarmerTenn
Juda26FWDomesticTenn
Mary6MWTenn
Nancy4FWTenn
John1MWTenn

1880 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1
SOLOMON, Wm. Riley46MWFarmerTN
Judah46FWKeepHouTN
John W.20MWFarmWorTN
James A.15MWFarmTN
Margret E.14FWHousWoTN
Marthy An12FWTN
Louiza5FWTN
MOORE, Jackson17MWFarmTN

William married Judah Hicks in 1856. Judah (daughter of Joseph Hicks and Nancy Hicks) was born about 1833; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas Liles was born in TN in 1800, but his parents were born in NC.He married (1823) Mary Russell(b1800) Rev Thomas Liles was a well todo farmer. He acquired much of the Samuel Borum property in HenValley. He and Mary in turn sold one fararm to his son, Thomas Jr. in1878, which is now the C.H. Smith place, a second farm of 80 acres tohis daughter, Latha Jane Shipwash (Mrs. John) in 1880, and a thirdfarm to his grandson, William Churchill "Ole Uncle Bill" Liles, Jr onMay 24, 1888. The latter is a landmark homeplace.........from "AStory of Oliver Spgs. and Its People" by Snyder Roberts

Thomas married Mary Polly Russell on 27 Feb 1823 in Roane, Tennessee, United States. Mary was born about 1800 in North Carolina, United States; died on 15 Jan 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "A History of the Coalfield Area" by W. B. Lyles - - -HisIndian name was unknown, but he was born in 1797 in western NorthCarolina. He made his way into what is known today as FentressCounty, Tennessee. There he met a family by the name of John Hicks.They were very good to him and took him in and fed him. He was nearlystarved to death. He stayed with them for several weeks, and theytook care of him.
In the John Hicks family, there was only one daughter by the name ofNancy..... As the Indian's health improved, and was back to normal,he began to notice Nancy, and she began to notice him. So theydecided to get married, when they did, Nancy did not change her nameas most girls do. The Indian changed his name to the name of JosephHicks. The reason he did this was that he did not want the governmentto know where he was - neither did he want the Indian nation to knowwhere he was.
So Joseph and Nancy left Fentress County and moved to what we knowtoday to Morgan County, Tennessee about three miles northwest ofCoalfield. At this time, Coalfield was known as or called Reo. Theyobtained a piece of ground that we know today as Solomon Hollow. Theybuilt a log house and started a family.

1850 Morgan County Census:
--20--33--154--1--Hicks--Joseph------53--m--*--farmer--$150.00--NC--*--*--*--*--*
--20--34--154--2--Hicks--Nancy------59--f--*--*--*--NC--*--*--*--*--*
--20--35--154--3--Hicks--Mary------30--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*
--20--36--154--4--Hicks--Judah------16--f--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*

1860 Morgan County Census, Dist 1
Hicks--Joseph------63--m----farmer----NC
Hicks--Nancy-------66--f-----housekeeper--NC

Joseph married Nancy Hicks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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