Her first husband. Benjamin W. Parrott died of pneumonia in Fayetteville, AR , as they were traveling back to Virginia after the war. Her brother John W. Shivers walked to pick up her and 5- month old baby daughter “Bennie” (Benjamin, after her father) to bring his sister and daughter back to her people in Texas. They returned by boat and train, but he walked there, as he did not have the money for the entire trip. Lillie later married into the Smith family.
Her first husband. Benjamin W. Parrott died of pneumonia in Fayetteville, AR , as they were traveling back to Virginia after the war. Her brother John W. Shivers walked to pick up her and 5- month old baby daughter “Bennie” (Benjamin, after her father) to bring his sister and daughter back to her people in Texas. They returned by boat and train, but he walked there, as he did not have the money for the entire trip. Lillie later married into the Smith family.
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