Sacramento County
Biographies
SAMUEL
LINCOLN LILLY
SAMUEL LINCOLN LILLY.--In the spring of 1913 Samuel Lincoln Lilly settled in Sacramento and engaged in the real estate business, and his contribution to the permanent growth and real progress of the city has been far-reaching in its scope. His success has been accomplished by steady application to his business. He was born at Iowa Point, Brown County, Kansas, on May 26, 1862, a son of B. F and Margaret (Hautbaugh) Lilly, born in Virginia and Tennessee respectively and pioneers of Kansas, now both deceased.
Samuel Lincoln Lilly received his education in the public school. After eleven years of age he rode race horses for five years in Kansas, Nebraska and Texas; he then rode the range in Texas and Colorado, trailing cattle into Nebraska. He followed this occupation for four years; then he concluded to try his hand at prospecting in Colorado, where he spent twelve years and was at Leadville, Aspin, Gunnison and Cripple Creek. He then removed to Oklahoma, where he went into the cattle-raising business and spent seven successful years in that industry; from Oklahoma he went to Cuba for one winter, then returned to Oklahoma and engaged in the wholesale grocery business for five years. Looking for a field of greater opportunities, he removed to California in the spring of 1913 and settled in Sacramento, where he has since been successfully engaged in the real estate business.
Mr. Lilly was married to Miss Helene Landmark and they were the parents of five children: Frances, Ernest, who spent two years overseas in the World War; Alida; Helene; and Fred L. There are three grandchildren. Mrs. Lilly passed away in 1907. He was married again in Oklahoma to Miss Eva C. Henson of that state. In politics, Mr. Lilly is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Royal Neighbors, and Modern Woodmen. He is an active and consistent member of the Missionary Baptist Church of Sacramento. He is a strong temperance man and has been a strong fighter for Prohibition and the eighteenth amendment, as well as the Wright act, and intends to keep on in the same line.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 960.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.