| OAS_AD('Top'); The Dillon Family Compiled by:Henry S. Dillon Dillon Genealogy *When "Sherm" Dillon prepared this narrative he interviewed family members in Ohio and West Virginia, including my grandfather, Vincent F. Dillon, of South Point. Henry S. Dillon August 24, 1997 "The Dillon family history and genealogy is taken in part from the record compiled by J. W. S.(Sherman) Dillon of Route 1, Denver Missouri (1932), who was a great, grand son of (*)Thomas Dillon, our original American ancestor. DILLON Genealogy (Direct Male Descent) The original American ancestor of the Dillon family to which we belong was (*)Thomas Dillon who came to America from Ireland before the War of the Revolution. He settled on a farm in Green County, Pa., where he followed his trade of a weaver. He taught his children to farm and at maturity most them adopted farming as a business. The sons were Thomas, Abraham, William, Isaac, Israel and JOHN. There is no record of any daughters born to (*)Thomas Dillon. I was unable to obtain any record of any daughter's in the original (*)Thomas Dillon family. Great Uncle John Dillon, the youngest brother of VINCENT Dillon, and the youngest of (*)Thomas Dillon's son, JOHN, wrote me that he knew nothing of the sisters of his Uncle's and father. JOHN is the son in whom we are vitally interested. He was the first of our direct ancestors to be born on American soil. His birth date was 1785 and he died in 1848. He resided in Franklin Township, Green County, Pa., and was a farmer by occupation; he was the father of five daughters and seven sons as follows: Nancy, Rachel, Mary, Betsy, Nellie, Hugh, Thomas, VINCENT, Peter, Hamilton, David and John. JOHN's youngest son was also John, who outlived his older brother, VINCENT, having died in W. Va. near Hamlin, between 1910 and 1920. He was born February 7, 1826 and was 9 years older than my father, Isaac Dillon who was his nephew. | |
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