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Link to Fayette Co., PA Land Patent for Ephraim & Joseph Dilley, 1819 (page 83 of book)
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I, Robert Dilley of Guernsey Co., OH. 1. Just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. 2. that all my real estate be sold by my executor on such terms as he may think advantageous excepting the house lot that I live in at the town of Senecaville, being lot 20 & 92. 1 will use of house & lots to daughter Catherine free of rent until 1st of April 1879, which is then to be sold, and other real estate to be sold immediately after my death, and all divided among my heirs as follows: 3. 1 give to daughter Catherine Dennison $100; to son Benjamin Dilley $50 which am indebted to him; 4. it is my will that all my effects be reduced to money and divided equally amongst all my children, namely: Lucy Holsman who is dead, her share to her children; Catherine Dennison, Eliza Waller, Jonathan F. Dilley, Hannah Hickman, Samuel M. Dilley, Benjamin Dilley, and Robert Dilley. 5. I appoint Jonathan F. Dilley executor. Witnesses: John Munsell & B. F. Dilley. Signed: Robert Dilley, 9 Mar 1878.
Note: Robert's daughter Catherine, although married to a Dennison through the 1850s and into the 1860s, lived with her father, and continued to have children. I think her husband died about 1864. Her children should have been mostly grown by 1878 when Robert died.
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IN
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF OKLAHOMA, CHAPMAN PUBL. CO., CHICAGO, IL
1901
Robert Ayres Dilley, who is a resident of Logan Co., is accounted among his neighbors as one of the useful men of the community. He was born in Guernsey Co., OH, March 22, 1833, and is a son of Robert & Hannah (McDonald) Dilley, the former of whom was of English ancestry and a native of PA; and the latter born in Scotland, from which she emigrated direct to America with her parents when a small child. They settled in PA, and removed from there to Ohio in its pioneer days. The elder Dilley settled on a farm in the vicinity of Senecaville, and there our subject spent his boyhood days. The father was an active businesss man, and in addition to the development of his land, was engaged in the manufacture of carriages and salt.
R. A. Dilley attended common school, and in 1856 went into Guthrie Co., IA, locating on a farm and engaging in live-stock business. In 1861, he crossed the Mississippi River with an ox team, going through Denver and locating at CA Gulch, where leadville is located now, in the hunt for gold. He was quite successful, taking out about $16 a day, but was stricken with mountain fever and obliged to return home.
Soon after the conclusion of this experiment, Mr. Dilley went into the Army, enlisting in Co. C., Fourth IA Ini. and served 4 years and about 16 days. He was wounded in the hand at the battle of Pea Ridge. He was at the seige of Vicksburg, and of Champion Hills, Jackson, Missippi. He went with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and at the close of the war, took part in the Grand Review at Washington. He was discharged at Louisville, Ky. He was fortunate in keeping out of the hospital, but on the last march through the Carolinas, he contracted a cold, which settled in his eyes, so that he became nearly blind, and had to be led home. For six years thereafter, he was an invalid, unable to do anything for himself. Upon his recovery, he engaged in selling machinery in Wisconsin, Southern Minnesota, and Dakota. Later, he carried on farming and stock-raising in Guthrie Co., IA.
Coming to Oklahoma in the fall of 1889, Mr. Dilley located first on a farm in Payne Co., where he operated two years. In that county, he married Miss Lucinda E.Gimer who was a native of McCartha, Vinton Co.. OH. Mrs. Dilley located land at the opening of the the territory and now owns the NE quarter of section 13, R 2 west. The two resolved it was better to join their financial interests, so Mr. Dilley sold his land, and the two settled on her claim. They removed from there to Orlando in 1896. Of this union there are three children, Maude Hazel, John Robert, and Charles Dewey Dennis.
Mr. Dilley is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He has never sought office, but takes a lively interest in local and national affairs, keeping himself posted upon current events. He became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic in Iowa. (A full page picture of Mr. Dilley opposes his biography)
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Family of Dr. Leroy Hensley Dilley
Abram Dilley was an early son of Ephraim Dilley Jr. who did not follow his father to Minnesota. Abram moved to Greene Co., IN after 1862, and 8 of his 10 children were born in Guernsey Co., OH. Leroy was the oldest child who was killed in a buggy accident. Abram was a blacksmith and farmer. Leroy's family was hampered by the early deaths of both parents. He married 25 Jul 1672 Nancy Adeline Dyer; she was b-9 Oct 1852 and died 2 Jun 1892, and is buried at Old Linton Cemetery, Greene Co., IN. Dr. Leroy b 1 Jun 1849 d 30 Apr 1891 and is bur. at Linton Cem. Their children were:
1. Marcus E. b 18 Mar 1882 d 23 Jul 1882
2. Oren b 23 Oct 1883 d 26 Mar 1921; he m 4 May 1913 Hazel Crowe
at Newark, Greene Co.
Family of George William Dilley
Georqe W. Dilley was b 18 Nov 1852, d 22 Dec 1926; he m 23 Oct 1873 at Bloomfield, IN, Sarah Jane Raper b 3 Nov 1848, d 29 Jul 1926 at Solsberry. They are buried at Solsbury Cem. Greene Co., IN Their children were:
1. Willard b 28 Jul 1874., d 23 Nov 1954, m 4 Mar 1904 Mary
Elizabeth Baker
2. Leslie b 7 Mar 1876, d 4 Nov 1878 at Solsbury
3. Ephraim Christmas b 25 Sep 1678, d 17 Mar 1954 at Bloomfield;
m Effie Blaker
4. Chester Dare b 9 Nov 1880, d 18 Apr 1966; m "C-18 Jun
1905 Mary 0. Edwards; m (2) Iva Stanley (3) Letha Hayden; bur
Edwards Cem. Beech Cr. Twp.
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Family of Sarah Louisa (Dilley) Ooley
Sarah Louisa Dilley b 20 Apr 1854, d 24 Apr 1930 at Bloomfield; she m (1) 22 Jan 1874 Thornton Ooley b I Nov 1851, d 5 May 19 10; bur Ooley Cem. Beech Crk. Twp, Greene Co. Their children:
1. Nora Ooley b 19 Sep 1876, d 28 Sep 1889, bur. Ooley Cem.
2. Lillie Ooley b 10 Aug 1878, d 7 Aug 1964 School teacher
3. Howard b 6 Mar 1881 , d 18 Jul 1967 m 18 Jan 1908 no children
4. Laura Ham b 16 Jan 1886, d 26 Jan 1971
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