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LILBURN D. BENNETT, painter, Fairfield, was born in Ohio County, Ky., September 16, 1880.  His father, Asa Bennett, was born in Maryland, and removed to Kentucky while young where he married Delilah Woodward, a native of Maryland.  She was born in 1798, and died while visiting her son, L. D. Bennett, in Fairfield, on January 9, 1881. The father died several years ago in Kentucky. Their family consisted of eleven children, L. D. being the eighth. L. D. Bennett was married in Kentucky, August 20, 1853, to Amanda McCall, of that State. She was born May 11, 1837, and died in Fairfield, Ill., November 27, 1880. His present wife is Rebecca Cochran, whose father was a resident of Clay County, but now deceased. She was born in Clay County, Ill. Mr. Bennett's first marriage resulted in the birth of eleven children, five of whom are deceased. In early life, Mr. Bennett learned the trade of house and sign painting, which has been his chief occupation since moving to this county in 1857, excepting eight years, during which time he was called to fill public offices. He was elected in 1868 to the office of County Sheriff for two years, which duties he discharged with credit to himself, and from 1876 to 1880 was appointed Deputy County Sheriff, and again elected to the office of Sheriff in the fall of 1880 on the Democratic ticket. He is a member of Fairfield Lodge, No. 206, A. F. & A. M., Fairfield Chapter, No. 179, R. A. M., and both he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.