The Lowell Sun, "Judge Lilley Dead" (18 April, p. 12) and "Many Jurists at Funeral This Afternoon of Judge Charles S. Lilley" (20 April)

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C-015 — Judge Lilley died on Saturday evening 16 April 1921 at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 'aged 69 years, four months and three days'; the Lowell Sun obituary (18 Apr) says he 'sought few personal acquaintances following the untimely death of his wife and lived a secluded life among his books'. His funeral was held at 236 Fairmount Street on 20 April 1921 (burial Lowell Cemetery). The property was sold in 1925 by Bonney's granddaughter, Clara Bonney (Lilley) Dunbar — see C-016, C-049.
C-048 — Judge Charles S. Lilley died Saturday evening 16 April 1921 at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, after a brief illness; his funeral at 236 Fairmount Street on 20 April 1921 was attended by many jurists; burial in the family lot, Lowell Cemetery. The 1921 obituary records that he married Clara Bonney on 14 April 1891 and that their daughter was 'now Mrs. Dunbar of West Newton'.