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DILLEY CENSUS RECORDS, WASHINGTON CO., OHIO
1810 Census, Belpre Twp.
M <10 10-16 16-26 26-45 >45 F <10 10-16 16-26 26-45 >45
Dilley, John - 3 - - 1 - 1 - - 1
Joseph 1 - - 1 - 2 1 - 1 -
Richard - - - - 1 4 - - 1 -
1820 Census, Belpre Twp
Dilley, John 1 - - 1 1 2 - - - -
Joseph 1 1 - - 1 3 1 1 1 -
Richard 1 - - - 1 2 4 - - 1
Dilley, Robert 28 cabinet maker Ohio (son of Joseph (Ephraim)
Nancy 28 (m 16 Dec 1841) ? (Nancy M. Collins)
Sarah 4
Pedro 1
Dilley, Abraham 33 Plasterer, real estate $800 Ohio (Joseph)
Isabel 33 (Shaw) Md
Clinton 11 Ohio
Sarah Jane 9 "
Tobias 6 "
Valentine 3 (male) "
Dilley, Balzer 32 Blacksmith, real estate $32 Ohio (Joseph)
Elizabeth 20 ? <m Jane Monahan?) "
John 12 "
William 9 "
Dilley, R. P. 38 Farmer, Cabinet maker Ohio (Joseph)
Nancy 38 Va
Sarah E. 13 Ohio
Pedro P. 11 "
Enoch M. 10 "
James W. 5 "
Robert E. 3 "
Milford 11/12 "
(Page 52 missing)
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The early descendants of Ephraim Dilley are the best researched of six Dilley clans for whom I have collected data. Ephraim's ancestry is known back to John Dilley of Woodbridge, NJ. He has a Revolutionary War record, althouoh it is often distorted in family reports. All 7 of his children lived to maturity, and all had children, mostly born in Guernsey Co., OH. Except for Joseph, who died in 1834, all his children lived to advanced ages. Abraham and Robert lived in Senecaville, Guernsey Co., OH for the rest of their lives. The old homestead is one-half mile north of the Senecaville Cemetery. The graves of the older generations are located in the SE corner of the cemetery. The Dilleys married into local families during most of the lives of the second generation. As the third Qeneration matured, migrations began occurring. calculated that before his death in 1844, Ephraim Sr. had 60 descendants living in Guernsey Co., mostly at Senecaville. Can you imagine Ephraim Sr.'s situation at church on Sundays before his death in 1844? Only Samuel had moved away to Mississippi by 1830.
The Ephraim Dilley clan is the Largest known of all Dilley clans that I have studied. Minnie Carpenter, a qrand-dauohter of Samuel Dilley b 1802, left two manuscripts with extensive compilations of descendants of Ephraim Sr. She lived near Salt Lake City. After divorcing her husband, she worked at a knitting mill near there, and wrote letters to descendants, collecting Genealoqy records. In 1831, she deposited an Ephraim manuscript at LDS in Salt Lake City. She corresponded extensively with Thomas Ray Dilley, a lawyer in Morgantown, W. VA, who collected Dilley records from about 1920 to 1939 when he died. He never achieved a compilation, but wrote many letters to descendants requesting information. His records are deposited at the Library of the Univ. of W. VA in Morgantown. I had some 1000+ pages of his records microfilmed in January 1951. In the collection was a well-organized account of Ephraim's descendants by Minnie, which was the source of my first Ephraim account.
A different account with more extensive records of later generations, and with names other than Dilley, was deposited at Salt Lake City by Minnie Carpenter in 1931. This account is on microfilm at Salt Lake City. I obtained a copy from Tom Dilley, of Cambridge City, OH. Another searchers Sandra Williams, added many vital records and later descendants than are found in these two compilations by Minnie. Her records are now on old computer disks for which she does not have hardware to print out copies. I have a partial record of her unfinished account.
An important part of genealogical research is finding the sites where descendants lived. I will attempt to summarize these sites. Most of Joseph's children lived in the Senecaville area, but two or three sons, Abraham V., Robert P., and Balzer? moved to Washington Co., OH, sometime in the 1850s before the Civil War. Two sons of Valentine Joseph Dilley, Richard H. and James L. enlisted from Washinoton Co. about 1861 for the Civil War. After the war, these brothers were giving oil leases on their land in Washington Co., OH. It is not clear why all moved back to Guernsey & Muskinoum counties after the war.
The earliest of Ephraim's sons to escape the family center in Senecaville, was Samuel, the younqest son He moved to Mississippi at about age 25 where he married and raised a large family. Yazoo Co. Miss. provided 3 soldiers from Samuel's family for the Confederate Army, with two losses and one more with loss of a leg. There is no record of any of Samuel's family returning to Guernsey Co. However, Minnie, the Genealogist went to Utah to live.
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The other big migration from Guernsey Co. to Minnesota (MN) about 1856-58, was made by Ephraim Jr. and nearly all his children, mostly already grown. Abraham was the only son who stayed behind, & later he lived in Greene Co., IN after he left Guernsey Co. William Sr. also moved to MN with some of his children. The others, Wm. Jr. moved around in Noble, Putnam, and Ross counties OH. His son Elijah moved to DeKalb Co., IN. Most of the later children of Wm Sr. moved to MN.
Most of the children of Joseph, Anna, Hannah, Abraham, and Robert remained in Guernsey Co. or nearby areas of OH. Abraham's only son Robert C. moved to Iowa. Most of his daughters married in Guernsey Co. and remained there. Robert's two sons, Benjamin F. and Robert A. moved to Iowa, but Benjamin moved around to MO and OK. Robert C. was also a wanderer. In later generations, there was much more moving.
This batch of records on Ephraim's clan is intended to provide quick access to descendants by census and other records, including a list of his descendants.
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by Win O'Hara
Descendants of David Dille, members of DAR
#8756 Mrs. Evelyn (Dille) Curtis, b in OH, wife of M. E. Curtis; she dau of Lewis B. Dille and Rohana White; gdau of Calvin Dille & Amy Hendershot; ggdau of David Dille & Naomi Dille (wrong wife!); pensioned 1833, d 1833 (1835 correct).
#23203 Miss Evelyn (Dille) Sweney, b in Iowa City, IA, dau of James Kerr Sweney & Ella Dille; gdau of Lewis B. Dille & Rohana White
#35962 Mrs. Ione Candace (Dille) Kelly, b Cincinnati, wife of R. H. Kelly; dau of Francis Miller Dille & Mary Isabelle Davis; gdau of Sidney Hilliard Dille & Candace Talbot; ggdau of Nehemiah Dille & Elizabeth Mcllrath.
#56151 Mrs. Allie Kniffin Dille, b Painesville, OH, wife of Fred Albert Dille; dau of C. W. Kniffin and Cecelia Beverly Dille; gdau of Lewis Dille & Amy Loverage (Bathsheba not Amy).
Descendants of Ephraim Dilley, Members of DAR
#54341 Miss Ida Frances Dille b Farmington, MN; dau of Wm Clark Dilley & Margaret Hagerty; gdau of Ephraim Dilley Jr. & Rachel Henry
#54771 Mrs. Louise <Dilley) Henderson, b Farmington, MN, wife of James C. Henderson; dau of Geo W. Dilley and Elizabetrh Nicholson; gdau of Ephraim Dilley Jr. and Rachel Henry.
#65031 Mrs. Lucy (Holsman) Hopkins b Guernsey Co., OH, wife of F. M. Hopkins; dau of Wm Holsman & Lucy Dilley (1818-1874) m 1841; gdau of Robert Dilley (1794-1878) & Hannah McDonald m 1817; ggdau of Ephraim Dilley Sr. & Lucy Ayres (1763-1840) m 1783.
#66606 Mrs. Bertha Reed Mil hollin b Guthrie Co., IA wife of Otis Milhollin; Dau of G. W. Reed and Hannah Holsman, m 1866; gdau of William Holsman & Lucy Dilley; ggdau of Robert Dilley and Hannah McDonald.
#76362 Miss Alice Dilley b Senecaville, OH, dau of Samuel M. Dilley (1827-1903) & Mary Taylor (1832) m 1850; gdau of Robert Dilley & Hannah McDonald.
#76363 Miss Clara Dilley b Senecaville, OH, dau of Samuel M. Dilley & Mary Taylor
#78126 Miss Minnie Patterson, b Anderson IN; dau of Levi S.
Patterson (1834-1890) &
Hannah Dennison; gdau of Stephen Dennison (1813-1864) & Catherine
Dilley (1820-1909)
#130381 Mrs. Zula McCool Curtiss died
#134071 Miss Helen McCool Smit died
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10 Apr 1923, Cambridge, OH
My Dear Miss Carpenter, I have had a busy winter with a sick husband. spoke to Mrs. Sam Dilley, whom I met soon after your letter came, also to Mrs. Eve Dilley ,Ephraim), and told them I would take your letter to them and they would give you the information which I could not. And neither my husband, who is James Henry Dilley., son of Hiram of Cumberland, Guernsey Co., OH. He knows almost nothing of his family history, so he is no help at all. Of his family, I knw there were Hiram (father of my husband) , Jonathan , who for many years was a probate judqe at Caldwell, Noble Co., OH; James who died at Uncle Jonathan's many years ago, and Luther who ran away from home in his youth and as far as I know was never heard of again.
I met Eph. (E. M.) in street a short time ago, and he is not dead, in fact is very much alive. I told him of your letters and he said he had received a similar letter, then launched into the family history, which of course I can't begin to remember, except that the three original Dilley brothers--Jonathan, Robert, and Ephraim or James came from England (legend!).
He said that he had attended a Dilley reunion in New York state where there were over 800 descendants. He also attended an immense big reunion at Senecav ille all within the past four years. He seemed pretty well posted on the family history, and told me to go and see or call Mrs. Alfred Weedone of Cambridge as shs was a Dilley and had a wonderful family tree. That she was a remarkably bright old lady well on to 80 years old, who knows more about the Dilley history than anyone. I know her husband very well but have never met her, and I'm ashamed to tell that I never found the time to talk to her about it.
I also know Mrs. Sam Dilley sliqhtly, but have no acquaintance with her husband though they live only two blocks from me. Eph. lives about four blocks from us. Eph. himself is a jolly fellow with the Dilley black, snappy eyes. He told me also that he knew of the Dilleys in Miss., but not what branch they belong to.
My-only daughter ,Willa (Dilley) Severance of Servicely ?, a suberb of Pittsburg..... end missing!
Notes: This lady was a VA Dilley married to a grandson of Jesse Dilley's branch, but she was living in Cambridge, where descendants of Ephraim were living. Senecaville was the earl y site of Ephraim's clan whereas Cumberland was the site where Jesse's four sons settled after migration from VA in 1839. This letter became available when Minnie Carpenter sent her letters to T. R. Dille for copyinq or possession of the originals. I think probably the latter. She provides a lot of clues about the fate of Dilleys in Guernsey Co. it may be that Sandra Williams can elaborate on events in this lady's letter.
Note: Tom sent me a certificate of death for James H. Dilley of Cambridge, OH who died 3rd June l934. He was born 25 Dec 1849. He was a widower of 84 years, 5 months and 8 Days whose son? Max Dilley reported the death. James Henry, a son of Hiram and Sarah North, birth place unknown, died of senility with arteriosclerosis as a contributory factor. He lived at 309 N. 8th St. in Cambridqe. His son lived in CA--city undecipherable. James Henry's wife, Hannah who wrote in 1923 that she had been busy taking care of a sick husband did not outlive her husband. Her letter does confirm the children of Jesse Dilley--James, Jonathan Hiram and Luke--Jay D. Andrews.
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Dear Sandra, 13 Feb 1987
I found buried in other papers the biographies of two guernsey
Co. residents in the History of Guernsey Co., Ohio by Col. Cyrus
B. Sarchet in 1911. I can see that you are familiar with these
records of James L. Dilley and Prof. Bert M. Thompson, a grandson
of Wm and Margaret (Dilley) Thompson. Margaret was a dau of Abraham
Dilley and James L. was a grandson of Joseph Dilley, two of Ephraim's
sons.
What is not apparent in your accounts of Joseph Dilley's descendants
is the sojourn of James L. Dilley (son of Valentine Joseph) in
Macksburg, Wash. Co., Ohio, from about 1861 to 1869. He enlisted
from there in 1861 for Civi1 War service and returned there after
4 years as a drummer and was wounded only 3 days before Lee's
surrender and lost a leg. He returned to Maxburg (Macksburg) and
married Clara A. Miller and engaged in mercantile business there
for four years with his brother Richard H. (Hutchison) Dilley.
After his marriage, he moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio where he was
a jeweler for 9 years. Finally, he moved back to Senecaville where
he was raised and was a jeweler from 1880 to 1908, and he was
buried there.
No mention of the oil boom in Aurelius twp is made in James biography,
but his father Valentine Joseph and an uncle Robert land in Aurelius
twp (Wash. Co.) for oil development. Another uncle, Abraham Dilley
who sold land for oil (see Nell ie Gard's records p 297). This
was about 1865. 1 think V. J. and Joseph V. are both Valentine
Dilley. Lewis and Isaac Dilley I don't recognize. Richard H. who
got one acre of land in Wash. Co., is probably James L. Dilley's
brother.
This rather extends the list of Joseph Dilley's sons and Grandsons
who lived for awhile in Wash., Co., Ohio. To complicate things,
James L. Dilley lived early in Cumberland, Guernsey Co. for a
while. Hiram, one of the Virginia-born Dilleys at Cumberland,
had a son James who was also a mayor of Cambridge and a band organizer.
Also, there were Joseph Dilleys in Wash. Co. among the Va Dilleys
there.
James L. Dilley was 19 yrs old during the 1860 census when he
lived with his father Valentine in Guernsey Co. They were at Senecaville
during the 1850 census too. They must have moved to Wash. Co.
shortly after the 1860 census because James L. enlisted there
in 1861.
Please correct on pl3 of your 9 Jun 86 Ephraim manuscript the
census record on 87 Robert Dilley in 1850. Don Dilley corrected
my record from Shirley Kraker that included Samuel Berkley as
head of family for Robert P. Dilley. He was a separate entry and
not connected to Robert as I surmized from Shirley's report.
I have not been active in genealogy since Xmas except for a letter
to Don Dilley enclosing my census records for the 'Cumberland'
Dilleys in Guernsey, Noble, Morgan and Muskingum counties where
several Virginia Dilleys resided beginning in the 1840's. These
were James, Luke and Hiram born about 1810. There are some small
items from the Ohio trip not summarized yet. Anything new with
you? Sincerely, Jay D. Andrews
written by hand:
Enclosures: p 297 Nellie Gard's account 4 p
children of Valentine Dilley 1p
Notes on Athens Co, Ohio 2 p
Biography of Bert M. Thompson 1 p
Stories of Guernsey Co by Wolfe 2 p
History of Guernsey Co by sarchet 2 p
Descendants of Ephraim Sr in Wash. Co, Ohio 2 p
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Mr Dear Mr. Andrews Dec 14, 1947
Your letter received so long and not answered. My work in the schools requires so much of my time. I can tell you about Ephraim Dilley. I just wondered how you new about Ephraim? Was it that you found he was in the Revolutionary War? My maiden name was Bernice Scott; I was born in Senecaville, Ohio; my father, Dr. Winfield Scott, married Candace Hill, a daughter of Dr. Noah Hill and Mary Dilley. Mary Dilley was a daughter of Abraham Dilley and Jame Wilson McCleary. Abraham Dilley was a son of Ephraim Dilley and Lucy Ayers. Now all these I have named are all buried at Senecaville, Ohio. We took our dear mother back not long ago. Five generations are there.
Ephraim Dilley's was record is at Trenton, N. J. office of Adjutant General. Ephraim Dilley's children are as follows: Anna, Thomas, Hannah, Perry Rose, Ephraim Jr., Samuel, Robert, Joseph, William, Abraham. (not Thomas & Perry Rose!--JDA).
Aaron Dilley and Hannah Perry was a cousin of Commodore Oliver Perry. Aaron Dilley's father was Jonathan Dilley. Jonathan's father was John Dilley and Sarah Dilley--was born in England 1649--came to the United States at Woodbridge, New Jersey.
My grandfather Dr. Noah Hill practiced medicine almost 50 years in Senecaville; my father Dr. Winfield Scott practiced medicine there over 30 years until his death. I should say that Ephraim Dilley was at Valley Forge with Washington.
Ephraim Dilley's stone at Senecaville cemetery being sand stone is now not legible mother had pictures taken of the grave 30 years ago so we have the dates. I am writing to all that want to enter the DAR or SAG to contribute something as I wish to have a marker placed there.
My brother or myself go back every two or three years to the cemetery.
Trust you may be able to find something that will aid you in locating if you are a descendant of Ephraim Dilley
Sorry for the delay,
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) Bernice Scott Hoge
Philadelphia, PA
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Will written 24 Jan 1887
WIlliam A. Dilley, hereby will to my children William A. Dilley, Daisy J. Dilley, Bessie S. Dilley, and Helen Dilley equally their heirs and assigns all my real and personal property and especially any and all money payable to me at my death out of the Odd Fellows Beneficial Association, and if I should die while any of my children are under age, I request the Probate Court to appoint my wife Caroline R. Dilley as the guardian of such minor child or children, and request that said court require no bond from her for the reason that I fully trust the interests of our children in her hands knowing that she will act in the matter honestly and for their best interest. and I hereby order and request the proper officers of said Association to pay over to my said wife said moneys as their guardian upon the proof and record of this will. My hand and seal William A. Dilley. Wit. George and James Pyatt. Will accepted into Probate 19 Feb 1887 by Judge Geo. S. Foley.
Probate of Will of deceased William A. Dilley 19 Feb 1887
This day the last will and testament of William A. Dilley late
of Muskinqum Co.. OH, deceased, was produced in writing in open
court and personally came George E. Pyatt and James Pyatt, the
attesting and subscribing witnesses thereto. and whose testimony
was reduced to writing and filed herein, and it appearing to the
court that Catharine R. Dilley the widow of said testator, and
William A. Dilley, Daisey J. Dilley, Bessie S. Dilley and Helen
Dilley, the next of kin of said testator residing within the state
of Ohio, have all been duly notified in pursuance of the former
order of this court, of the filing of said will, the application
to aduit the same to probate, and that the same would be for hearing
this day at ten o'clock am and proof of said notice filed
herein. And it further appears to the court that sa id testator
William A. Dilley deceased was at the time of the
execution of the same of full age and of sound mind , and disposing
memory and free of restraint, it is ordered
into probate.
Will Record 3, 1869-1975, p 119
In the name of the benevolent Father of all , I Abraham Dilley
of Blue Rock twp., Muskingum Co., OH do make
and publish my last will and testament.
Item first: I give unto my beloved wife all of my household and
kitchen furniture and two milk cows.
Item second: I give and devise unto my son Tobias A. Dilley the
farm on which I now reside, 37 acres more or
less, and all of my personal property except what is disposed
of in item first, by my son Tobias Diller, complying
with the following conditions, that is to say! to furnish my said
wife Isabela C. Dilley with feed and paster for
two cows, wood and coal and provision for her and family and to
pay all my debts and funeral expenses, and to
pay my daughter Sarah J. Perkins and her heirs and assigns $1500
in three years from the time of my death, and
my daughter Isabella R. Dilley $1500 in six years after my death
without interest. In testimony here of I have
set my hand and seal this second day of June in the year A D 1876.
Abraham Dilley. Witnesses: Davis Reed
and J. C. Dilley. Henry Korte, Probate Judge.
This da y, 24 Jun 1876, the last will and testament of Abraham Dilley, deceased, was produced in writing and duly proved by the oaths of Davis Reed and J. C. Dilley the attesting witnesses, and it appearing to the court that said will was duly executed and attested, and testator Abraham Dilley of full age, of sound mind and memory, and free from any restraint, it is now ordered by the court to be admitted to Probate. (some lawyer's jarqon omitted JDA)
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of Batavia, IA & Del Norte, CO., by Roy E. Curray
Notes by Jay D. Andrews, 18 July 1994
The Collins were descended from Abraham Dilley Sr. through the Hills of Senecaville, OH. Abraham's dau. Mary Roland Dilley married Dr. Noah Hill who practiced medicine for nearly 50 years in Senecaville, OH. Their dauahter, Candice Hill married Dr. Winfield Scott who practiced medicine there for over 30 years. So this account of Dilleys came from descendants of Hills and Scotts who were prominent in Guernsey Co., OH for many years. I will look for Mr. Curray's book in the DAR library next time that I visit there
I have an old letter from Bernice Scott Hoge of Philadelphia, who was a daughter of Dr. Winfield Scott, explaining the relationships. In this letter, written 14 Dec 1947 from Philly, Bernice relates that five generations of her ancestors are buried at Senecaville. She and her husband or brother Walter had taken "our dear mother" back to Senecaville not long ago; so Candice Hill was still alive then. I found her grave in the Senecaville Cemetery during my visit to Guernsey Co., in 1986. Bernice stated that Ephraim's stone of sandstone was not then legible, but Candice had taken pictures 30 years earlier when they were readable. In 1986, I found a stone for Ephraim & Lucy back of the old ones with the Inscriptions: Ephraim Dilley 1755-1844; his wife Lucy Ayres 1763-1840. Probably Bernice had a role in getting the replacement stone.
I am quite wary of the speculation about John Dill of Salem, MA being the father of John Dille as related by the Dille book, and Roy E. Curray questions it too. Win 0"Hara, who lived in northern N.J. for about 25 years, searched all the sources in NJ for many years, but Alas unable to find John Dilley's ancestry. He concluded that George Dill was not the father of John Sr. I found Dills and Dilles in New Jersey census records in the same counties and townships. I think that for early scribes, the pronunciation of the name would have caused them to distinguish between Dill and Dille.
I find the tradition about the European origin of Dilles mostly just speculation. There were prominent Dilleys in the London area who wined and dined Samuel Johnson, but they were too late to relate to John's parentage. The stories about Dilleys in Jamaica and South Carolina are quite improbable. The silly statements that two brothers quarreled and separated to use different endinqs to the name are pure fantasy. The name can be found in official record books spelled three or four ways by clerks for Dilleys who couldn't write or spell in the early days. There is value in noting the spelling of Dille which often indicates a descendant of David Sr.
Ephraim was not born in Sussex Co., N.J. He was born in Hunterdon Co., but he moved to Sussex Co. where he appeared in a court case in the early 1790s at Newton, NJ over an unpaid loan. A Jonathan Dilley appeared with him who was probably his older brother. He did reside in Sussex Co. before moving west in 1800.
In a letter in 1870 to his brother Ephraim Dilley Jr., Robert Dilley stated that Hannah Perry married Abram Ayres whose daughter Lucy married Ephraim. The story of Hannah (Perry) Dilley plowing while the battle of Monmouth was fought is probably mixed fiction. Robert Dilley was born in 1793, and he probably knew who his grandparents were on Lucy's side. In this letter, Robert calculated the ages of his brothers and sisters most of whom were still alive in 1670. I have long pondered the name Uiss; surely this was a family name but most unusual. How does one pronounce it? U, iss?
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