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(Written from the memories of Thelma "Darlene" Liles Silcox. Dates arefrom the family bible of Thelma Josephine Turner Liles, in herhandwriting)

Herman Winfred Liles Sr. Born November 7, 1918. His birth certificatewas never found. His 1st. grade teacher was still alive when heapplied to retire from the coalmines and helped him to get hissocial security and miner's retirement started. Thaat and his socialsecurity records was all that was ever acquired. He died March 19,1990 and is buried in Pence cemetery, Pence, Indiana. He was the sonof William Thomas "Tom" & Susan Jane Langley Liles. He worked in thecoalmines of TN and about 1955 moved to Indiana and worked at HarrisonSteel Mills in Attica IN. After a lay off at Harrison's he workedfor farmers and for years he ran the grain elevator at Steward, IN. Hewent back to work in the coalmines at Newman IL around the sprring of1971, and retired from the coalmines in mid 1983. Daddy's entiresiblings spell their last name Liles, but we are be related to peoplewith a spelling of Lyles. Not sure how the spelling was changed. Someof the Tennessee cousins say it was when a man had a feud with some ofhis family. Out of resentment he changed the "I" to a "Y". Nobodyseems to know for sure. You need to keep in mind that these were "HillPeople". Most of them had little formal education. My father could notread nor write and his opinion of education was that he had donealright without it so why would anyone else need it. Don'tmisunderstand; he was not an ignorant person by any stretch of theimmigration. He would pick up a stick in the yard and scratch outnumbers in the dirt and he could figure out pretty much anything hewanted to. I believe he went to school part time until about thirdgrade. When he lived in TN he had moonshine still and my brother Ron,who is just five years older than meme, said he could remember goingwith dad once to his still's hiding place. He could witch water anddig roots and herbs that naturalist now find priceless. As kids wenever went to the doctor when we were sick. We were given herbs andhad to drinink some of the worst tasting things that could be boiled up,but we lived through it. Dad loved dogs, hounds mostly, & was verygood shot squirrel hunting with his old shotgun. He played thefiddle and loved country music. He loved the TV show of the sixty "TheBeverly Hillbillies". He could relate to it and had sayings in hisvocabulary similar to Jed Clampet, but compared to dad's family Jedlooked like a Wall Street banker in a designer suite.

Herman married Thelma Josephine Turner on 5 Oct 1940. Thelma was born on 26 Mar 1925 in Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; died on 30 Jul 1979 in Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Silas "Sonny" Lee Elliot. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Judith Marie Liles, "Judy" born Sunday, August 15, 1943 at home, ForkMountain, Anderson Co, TN, delivered by Dr. Scott. Judy died of cribdeath, so they believed, on February 22, 1944, at 6 months of age. Sheis buried in Tennessee. Judy was the only child mother had born onSunday, the Sabbath.

Family/Spouse: Stella Haggard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James "Jim" William Ray Watkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kathy Jane Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roxanne Raymore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: "Charles" Andrew Silcox. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]