Found a couple of things about Lillian ...... while still waiting for the Archives to let me know the files I ordered are here !!
Miss Lilian F. Smith, of Merced, Cal., only ten years old, is a remarkable shot, having broken 495 and 323 out of 500 balls, without a miss
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_05/outV05/outV05q.pdfLillian SMITH and “Jim, the Kid”
A New York dispatch of a recent date thus tells of the marriage of Lillian SMITH, formerly of Watsonville: “At the time of the first appearance on Staten Island of the Wild West show, James G. WILLOUGHBY, otherwise known as “Jim, the Kid,” became enamored of Miss Lillian SMITH, of California, the champion rifle shot, who was attached to the show. A romantic marriage was the result, Justice HULSELUS, of Port Richmond, officiating in the tent. “Buck Naylor” and a few friends who were in the secret were present, while the father of Miss Lillian was watching outside eagerly with a gun in his hand to shoot “The Kid,’ as he was opposed to the match. After the marriage the bride was taken by her parents to Connecticut, and not until after several attempts did the groom finally, by strategy, succeed in regaining her. The couple have remained with Buffalo Bill ever since, but it now appears that jealousy has invaded the family in France. Justice HULSELUS, who united them in marriage, is in receipt of a letter from Paris in which the husband says: ‘My married life is a failure,’ and asks advice as to the manner of procuring a divorce. The Justice, under the peculiar circumstances, does not know what advice to give.”
The Salinas Weekly Index
August 1889
Also made the New York Times !!
August 11, 1889, Wednesday Page 9,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E5D61E38E533A25752C1A96E9C94689FD7CF