Lilly and her family traveled from New York City to an undveoped area called Sackets Harbor, New York. There she helped her family and fellow travelers build up this village. When she was 15 she was married and later had a baby while her husband was away in Egypt. He husband had a tragic accident that took his life leaving Lilly to try to raise a baby on her as well as take over the house and manage finances. It was more than she could bear. But she had to do it for herself and for her daughter Cora. She had to make a life for them.