childrenJoseph Dilley · Laura Dilley · Mary Dilley · Jane Dilley
Their story
What the record says
Grew up on a Wisconsin farm, educated in district school.
Civil War veteran, enlisted in Battery F, Fourth United States Artillery, served three years (Winchester, Cedar Mountain, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg).
Honorably discharged 1863.
Blacksmith, then made buggies/wagons until 1872.
Mercantile in Iowa City, Iowa.
Cattle buyer in Hastings, Nebraska (1882).
Hotel operator in David City, Alma NE, Boone IA, Mason City IA.
Came to Clinton 1907 and bought the Lafayette Inn, of which he was proprietor.
Democrat, Episcopalian, 32nd-degree Mason.
Married Emily Johns Feb 23, 1865.
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