Sixth Generation

1094. James Monroe KILLIAN was born on 21 May 1880 in North Carolina.^{200,415,1284,1808} He died on 15 December 1940 at the age of 60 in Catawba County, North Carolina.²⁰⁰ He was buried in St. Peter's Lutheran Church cemetery, north of Conover, Catawba County, NC.

James Monroe KILLIAN and Fannie M. [Lael] LAIL were married on 29 December 1898 in Catawba County, North Carolina.¹⁸²⁷ by W. A. Turner, J.P. Fannie M. [Lael] LAIL, daughter of Noah [Lagle/Lael] LAIL and Polly Maria or Mary HOLLAR, was born on 22 December 1879.^{200,1284,1808} She died on 14 January 1946 at the age of 66 in Catawba County, North Carolina and was buried in St. Peter's Lutheran Church (MO Synod) Cemetery.²⁰⁰

James Monroe KILLIAN and Fannie M. [Lael] LAIL had the following children:

+2856	i.	Arville Leonard KILLIAN.
2857	ii.	Rose Lee KILLIAN was born in 1902. She was baptized on 25 December 1902 in At the home of Noal Lail; parents, James M. Killian and wife.1828
2858	iii.	Fred Harold KILLIAN was born on 21 August 1923 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 16 September 2005 at the age of 82 in Community Alternatives Group Home, Hickory, North Carolina. He was buried in St. Peter's Lutheran Church cemetery, north of Conover, Catawba County, NC. His obituary appeared as follows: HICKORY - Fred Harold Killian, 82, a resident of Community Alternatives Group Home of Sixteenth Street, NE, in Hickory, passed away on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. He was born Aug. 21, 1923, in Catawba County to the late James Monroe and Fannie Lail Killian. He attended St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Conover. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five sisters, Rosie Jones, Nina Gantt, Sadie Killian, Freda Sigmon and Louise Carpenter; seven brothers, Arville, Vernon, Fredrick, Cecil, Ralph, Vance and Ervin Killian; and a number of nieces and nephews. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Zelma T. Killian of Conover; a brother-in-law, Junius G. Carpenter of Claremont; eight nieces; four nephews; and his extended family, the staff and friends of the Sixteenth Street, NE, Home in Hickory. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Conover. The Revs. Paul D. Sundbom and Delbert Roth will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church prior to the service from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Alternatives Group Home, 1740 Sixteenth St., NE, Hickory, N.C. 28601, or Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, N.C. 28658. The Killian family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. [Hickory Daily Record - Thursday, September 18, 2005]