History of Henry County, Indiana (published 1884, I found in
New Castle-Henry
Co. Public Library) page 880.
L.S. Dille is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born July 14,
1912, a son of
Absalom and Thirza Dille, his father a native of Pennsylvania,
of English
descent, and his mother a native of New York. His father was a
soldier in
the war of 1812, serving under General Harrison, and was present
at the siege
of Fort Meigs. He died in 1816, in Ohio. L.S. was reared by his
grandfather, Caleb Dille, remaining with him till seventeen years
of age,
receiving a fair education for that day. In 1826 they came to
Wayne
Township, Henry County, Ind., where his grandfather died at an
advanced age.
He split rails at 25 cents a hundred and thus earned the money
with which he
bough his first forty acres of land. Afterward worked one year
for $50 and
bought forty acres more. It was in the dense forest, but he went
bravely to
work and in a few years had converted it into a good farm. He
has steadily
accumulated property till he now owns 320 acres of fine land,
all well
improved. Nove. 23, 1823, he was married to Margaret, daughter
of Joseph and
Mary Fort. They have had a family of eight children, but four
are living -
Mary L., Malinda E., Luthur S. Jr., and Margaret A. The deceased
are Thirza,
Harvey, Verlin and Josephine. Mr. Dille has been Treasurer of
the
Knightstown and Warrington Turnpike a number of years. Politically
he is a
Republican and a strong believer in the doctrine of the final
holiness and
happiness of all mankind.
Squire Dillee is a native of Monroe County, Ohio, born Dec.
18, 1927, a son
of Joseph and Elizabeth Dillee, his father a native of Pennsylvania
and his
mother of Virginia, and a grandson of Caleb Dillee. When he was
three months
old his parents came to Indiana and settled on Montgomery Creek,
where his
mother died, and his father afterward went to Fortville and lived
with his
daughter till his death in 1875, aged eighty-four years. Our subject
was
reared a farmer, a vocation he has always pursued. He now owns
alittle farm
of twenty-five acres. He was married in 1849 to Margaret, daughter
of George
Creath. They have tow children - Mary J. and Clara. Politically
Mr. Dillee
is a Republican. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company A,
Fifty-seventh
Indiana Infantry, and the following June was discharged on account
of
disability. In September, 1864, he was drafted and assigned to
Company A,
Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles
of Nashville,
Smithfield and Goldsboro, joined General Sherman and was with
him till the
close of the war.
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CEMETERY HEADSTONES:
Squire Dille (Dec 18, 1827 - Mar 2, 1902 & wife Margaret
(Jan 11, 1825 - July
28, 1907)
Luther S. Dille - died Dec 29 1891 aged 45y 8m 1d Cornelia
J. his wife -
died May 16, 1919 aged 79y 7m 20d
Dille Luther S. d 4-30- 1893, 80y 9m 16d (father) Mary L. Dille
1-9-1896, 55y
17d (daughter) and Margaret A. Dille (mother) 1-29-1896, 81y 7d
(One large
headstone with all three together.)
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