Death notice, "Hon. L.D. Lillard Dead: A Former Member of the Legislature Stricken by Paralysis," 7/5/1901, p. 10, "ex-Representative of Freestone County and editor of the Fairfield Recorder."
Dallas Morning News .
Census of 1900 - L.D. Lillard, Freestone County, age 45, born July 1855 in Mississippi, Representative.
FamilySearch . 1900
L.D. Lillard, birth date 7/17/1850 on headstone, death date 7/4/1901, burial in Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone County.
Find a Grave .
"Death of L.D. Lillard," The Fairfield Recorder, 7/5/1901, p. 4, crediting Fairfield Library. Obituary, Lewis Daniel Lillard, "Tribute to Hon. L.D. Lillard," The Fairfield Recorder, 7/12/1901, p. 4, crediting Fairfield Library. Born 7/17/1850 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . July 5, 1901July 12, 1901
26th Legislature (1899) - L.D. Lillard, postoffice Fairfield, nativity Mississippi, age 44 (born circa 1855), editor, 22 years in Texas, member of previous legislature: 24th-25th, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual .