Matthias Lillich, Jr.

    Matthias Lillich, Jr., a native of Clermont County, Ohio, was born April 5, 1846, the younger of two children now living born to Matthias and Rosina (May) Lillich, who were natives of Germany. The father came to this country about forty years ago, locating in Ohio, where he followed farming until 1870, when he came to Warrick County, Indiana, and located on a farm of eighty acres near Boonville, where he still resides.

    Matthias Jr. was raised on the farm in Ohio, and received a limited education. In about 1871 he came to Warrick County and worked on his father's farm, and of whom he bought a few acres of land., and where he has since lived, engaged in farming and dairy business.

    December 19, 1866, he was married to Mary Gearing, of Clermont County, Ohio, and by her is the father of five children, four of whom are living: Minnie M., Annie B., Marietta and William. In politics Mr. Lillich is a Republican, and he and family attend the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.